Development regions of Romania


The development regions of Romania (Romanian: Regiunile de dezvoltare ale României) refer to the eight regional divisions created in Romania in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the European Union (EU). The development regions correspond to NUTS 2-level divisions in EU member states. Despite becoming increasingly significant in regional development projects, Romania's development regions do not actually have an administrative status and do not have a legislative or executive council or government. Rather, they serve a function for allocating EU PHARE funds for regional development, as well as for collection of regional statistics. They also co-ordinate a range of regional development projects and became members of the Committee of the Regions when Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007.
List
[edit]There are eight development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of București-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country:
- RO1 – Macroregiunea Unu:
- RO2 – Macroregiunea Doi:
- RO3 – Macroregiunea Trei:
- Sud - Muntenia – RO31; 7 counties; 2,825,694 inhabitants; 34,489 km2 (13,316 sq mi)
- București - Ilfov – RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,313,455 inhabitants; 1,811 km2 (699 sq mi)
- RO4 – Macroregiunea Patru:
- Sud-Vest Oltenia – RO41; 5 counties; 1,848,028 inhabitants; 29,212 km2 (11,279 sq mi)
- Vest – RO42; 4 counties; 1,671,030 inhabitants; 32,028 km2 (12,366 sq mi)
All but Sud-Est are landlocked.
| No | Name | Code | Area, km2 | Population (2025-01-01) |
Municipalities | Other cities | Communes | Villages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nord-Est | RO21 | 36,850 | 3,218,218 | 17 | 29 | 506 | 2,414 |
| 2 | Sud-Est | RO22 | 35,762 | 2,331,165 | 11 | 24 | 355 | 1,448 |
| 3 | Sud - Muntenia | RO31 | 34,453 | 2,825,694 | 16 | 32 | 519 | 2,019 |
| 4 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | RO41 | 29,212 | 1,848,028 | 11 | 29 | 408 | 2,070 |
| 5 | Vest | RO42 | 32,034 | 1,671,030 | 12 | 30 | 281 | 1,327 |
| 6 | Nord-Vest | RO11 | 34,159 | 2,544,010 | 15 | 28 | 403 | 1,800 |
| 7 | Centru | RO12 | 34,100 | 2,291,551 | 20 | 37 | 357 | 1,788 |
| 8 | București - Ilfov | RO32 | 1,821 | 2,313,455 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 91 |
| Total | 238,391 | 19,036,031 | 103 | 217 | 2,861 | 12,957 | ||
Economy
[edit]| 2006 | 2016[1] | 2020 | 2023 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region (NUTS-3) |
Total (million €) [2] |
€ per capita [3] |
PPP (million €) [4] |
PPP € per capita [5] |
% of EU average GDP (PPP) [6] |
Total (million €) |
€ per capita |
PPP (million €) in 2014[7] |
PPP € per capita |
% of EU average GDP (PPP) |
% of EU average GDP per capita[8] |
% of EU average GDP (PPP)[9] |
| Romania | 98,419 | 4,500 | 196,999 | 9,200 | 38 | 169,771 | 8,600 | 301,801 | 17,000 | 58 | 72 | 78 |
| Nord-Vest | 11,675 | 4,200 | 23,370 | 8,700 | 36 | 19,519 | 7,600 | 34,001 | 14,300 | 51 | 67 | 71 |
| Centru | 11,335 | 4,500 | 22,689 | 9,100 | 37 | 18,761 | 8,000 | 33,349 | 15,800 | 54 | 67 | 70 |
| Nord-Est | 10,787 | 2,900 | 21,591 | 5,900 | 24 | 17,081 | 5,300 | 30,912 | 10,400 | 36 | 46 | 47 |
| Sud-Est | 11,051 | 3,800 | 22,119 | 7,900 | 32 | 18,159 | 7,400 | 34,020 | 14,600 | 52 | 58 | 61 |
| Sud - Muntenia | 12,482 | 3,800 | 24,985 | 7,700 | 31 | 20,583 | 6,800 | 36,630 | 14,200 | 46 | 55 | 60 |
| București - Ilfov | 22,946 | 9,900 | 45,931 | 21,100 | 86 | 46 994 | 20,500 | 81,267 | 40,400 | 139 | 164 | 190 |
| Sud-Vest Oltenia | 8,138 | 3,600 | 16,290 | 7,200 | 29 | 12,451 | 6,300 | 22,677 | 12,400 | 42 | 56 | 62 |
| Vest | 9,940 | 5,300 | 19,897 | 10,500 | 43 | 16 081 | 8,900 | 28,698 | 17,600 | 60 | 74 | 78 |
HDI index
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Legend:
List of NUTS2 statistical regions of Romania by Human Development Index as of 2023[10]
| Rank | Region | HDI (2023) |
|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | ||
| 1 | București - Ilfov | 0.938 |
| 2 | Nord-Vest | 0.848 |
| Vest | ||
| - | 0.845 | |
| 4 | Centru | 0.840 |
| 5 | Sud-Vest | 0.823 |
| 6 | Sud-Est | 0.813 |
| 7 | Sud | 0.803 |
| 8 | Nord-Est | 0.802 |
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Statistics". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ↑ "Site3-TGM table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ↑ Eurostat (19 February 2009). "GDP per inhabitant in the EU in 2006" (PDF). Europa web portal. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ↑ "Site3-TGM table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ↑ "Site3-TGM table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ↑ "Site3-TGM table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ↑ Eurostat (26 February 2016). "GDP per capita in the EU in 2014". Europa web portal. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ↑ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 2 regions". European Commission. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.

