Development regions of Romania

The development regions of Romania () 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 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: Nord-Vest – RO11; 6 counties; 2,544,010 inhabitants; Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,291,551 inhabitants; RO2 – Macroregiunea Doi: Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,218,218 inhabitants; Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,331,165 inhabitants; RO3 – Macroregiunea Trei: Sud - Muntenia – RO31; 7 counties; 2,825,694 inhabitants; București - Ilfov – RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,313,455 inhabitants; RO4 – Macroregiunea Patru: Sud-Vest Oltenia – RO41; 5 counties; 1,848,028 inhabitants; Vest – RO42; 4 counties; 1,671,030 inhabitants; 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 +Gross domestic product (GDP) as reported by Eurostat2006201620202023Region(NUTS-3)Total(million €)€ percapitaPPP(million €)PPP€ per capita% ofEU averageGDP (PPP)Total(million €)€ percapitaPPP(million €) in 2014PPP€ per capita% ofEU averageGDP (PPP)% ofEU averageGDP per capita% ofEU averageGDP (PPP)Romania98,4194,500196,9999,20038169,7718,600 301,80117,000587278Nord-Vest11,675 4,20023,3708,7003619,5197,60034,00114,300516771Centru11,335 4,500 22,6899,1003718,7618,00033,34915,800546770Nord-Est10,7872,90021,5915,9002417,0815,30030,91210,400364647Sud-Est11,051 3,800 22,1197,9003218,1597,40034,02014,600525861Sud - Muntenia12,4823,800 24,9857,7003120,583 6,80036,63014,200465560București - Ilfov22,9469,90045,93121,100 8646 99420,50081,26740,400139164190Sud-Vest Oltenia8,1383,600 16,2907,2002912,4516,30022,67712,400425662Vest9,9405,30019,89710,5004316 081 8,90028,69817,600607478

HDI index

List of NUTS2 statistical regions of Romania by Human Development Index as of 2023 Rank Region HDI (2023) Very high human development1București - Ilfov0.9382Nord-Vest0.848Vest- (average)0.8454Centru0.8405Sud-Vest0.8236Sud-Est0.8137Sud0.8038Nord-Est0.802

Development regions of Romania

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