Number of psychiatrists in medical and health facilities in Bulgaria (2012 – 2024)

Prevalence of psychoactive substance use Prevalence of medication use Prevalence of drug use Drug Prevention

Treatment Supply Treatment Demand Health consequences Harm reduction

Drug-related crimes Drug market Drug use and prison Monitoring of publications Attitudes to legal framework changes

Database (1999 – 2024).xlsx

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total	523	555	537	517	518	525	695	699	681	675	656	658	657
By region:
Blagoevgrad	6	6	10	8	7	7	15	18	18	17	17	18	17
Burgas	25	25	25	22	21	23	36	37	34	35	32	32	31
Varna	46	49	52	47	43	46	52	51	52	47	46	45	43
Veliko Tarnovo	20	20	19	18	17	18	25	26	26	29	29	29	30
Vidin	5	5	6	7	6	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	9
Vratsa	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	18	17	15	17	16	16
Gabrovo	11	13	14	14	14	13	16	15	15	13	13	13	14
Dobrich	18	16	17	17	18	18	22	24	24	25	25	24	22
Kardzhali	11	11	11	10	11	12	16	16	17	18	18	15	16
Kyustendil	7	7	7	7	8	7	12	11	12	11	11	9	8
Lovech	26	27	27	26	25	21	27	28	29	28	28	24	26
Montana	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
Pazardzhik	12	3	11	11	12	11	13	15	13	13	14	14	15
Pernik	6	8	7	6	6	6	9	9	11	11	11	9	10
Pleven	24	23	25	25	25	29	37	30	25	26	20	22	25
Plovdiv	48	49	53	50	50	48	71	70	66	64	64	69	70
Razgrad	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	6	6	4
Ruse	28	24	22	24	24	25	32	35	29	29	29	33	32
Silistra	3	3	3	2	3	2	5	5	6	6	4	4	3
Sliven	4	3	3	3	3	3	10	10	9	9	8	7	7
Smolyan	2	2		2	2	2	3	4	3	4	5	5	4
Sofia	13	13	11	12	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	11	11
Sofia (capital)	90	128	97	96	101	107	139	138	135	131	123	126	127
Stara Zagora	34	33	33	30	34	34	36	35	40	43	41	43	45
Targovishte	8	7	7	7	7	6	12	13	13	14	13	13	13
Haskovo	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	11	10	10	10	10	9
Shumen	12	13	13	14	12	12	17	17	16	6	17	16	16
Yambol	6	7	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	9	9	8	19
Unallocated									1	1		1	1

Source: National Center of Public Health and Analyses