Development regions of Romania

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Map of the development regions (NUTS-2 level divisions)
Map of the macroregions (NUTS-1 level divisions)

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 January 1, 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:
    • Nord-Vest – RO11; 6 counties; 2,521,793 inhabitants; 34,159 km2 (13,189 sq mi)
    • Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,271,066 inhabitants; 34,082 km2 (13,159 sq mi)
  • RO2 – Macroregiunea Doi:
    • Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,226,436 inhabitants; 36,850 km2 (14,230 sq mi)
    • Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,367,987 inhabitants; 35,762 km2 (13,808 sq mi)
  • RO3 – Macroregiunea Trei:
    • Sud - Muntenia – RO31; 7 counties; 2,864,337 inhabitants; 34,489 km2 (13,316 sq mi)
    • București - Ilfov – RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,259,669 inhabitants; 1,811 km2 (699 sq mi)
  • RO4 – Macroregiunea Patru:
    • Sud-Vest Oltenia – RO41; 5 counties; 1,873,606 inhabitants; 29,212 km2 (11,279 sq mi)
    • Vest – RO42; 4 counties; 1,668,921 inhabitants; 32,028 km2 (12,366 sq mi)
No Name Code Area, km2 Population Municipalities Other cities Communes Villages
1 Nord-Est RO21 36,850 3,226,436 17 29 506 2,414
2 Sud-Est RO22 35,762 2,367,987 11 24 355 1,448
3 Sud - Muntenia RO31 34,453 2,864,337 16 32 519 2,019
4 Sud-Vest Oltenia RO41 29,212 1,873,606 11 29 408 2,070
5 Vest RO42 32,034 1,688,921 12 30 281 1,327
6 Nord-Vest RO11 34,159 2,521,793 15 28 403 1,800
7 Centru RO12 34,100 2,271,066 20 37 357 1,788
8 București - Ilfov RO32 1,821 2,259,669 1 8 32 91
Total 238,391 19,053,815 103 217 2,861 12,957

Economy[edit]

Gross domestic product (GDP) as reported by Eurostat
2006 2016[1] 2020
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]
Romania 98,419 4,500 196,999 9,200 38 169,771 8,600 301,801 17,000 58 72
Nord-Vest 11,675 4,200 23,370 8,700 36 19,519 7,600 34,001 14,300 51 67
Centru 11,335 4,500 22,689 9,100 37 18,761 8,000 33,349 15,800 54 67
Nord-Est 10,787 2,900 21,591 5,900 24 17,081 5,300 30,912 10,400 36 46
Sud-Est 11,051 3,800 22,119 7,900 32 18,159 7,400 34,020 14,600 52 58
Sud - Muntenia 12,482 3,800 24,985 7,700 31 20,583 6,800 36,630 14,200 46 55
București - Ilfov 22,946 9,900 45,931 21,100 86 46 994 20,500 81,267 40,400 139 164
Sud-Vest Oltenia 8,138 3,600 16,290 7,200 29 12,451 6,300 22,677 12,400 42 56
Vest 9,940 5,300 19,897 10,500 43 16 081 8,900 28,698 17,600 60 74

HDI index[edit]

Map of Romanian regions by HDI in 2021.
Legend:
  ≥ 0.900
  0.820 – 0.900
  0.800 – 0.819
  0.750 - 0.799

List of NUTS2 statistical regions of Romania by Human Development Index as of 2021[9]

Rank Region HDI (2021)
Very high human development
1 București - Ilfov 0.926
2 Nord-Vest 0.832
3 Vest 0.831
-  Romania (average) 0.828
4 Centru 0.825
5 Sud-Vest 0.808
High human development
6 Sud-Est 0.798
7 Sud 0.795
8 Nord-Est 0.792

See also[edit]

Politics of Romania
Coat of arms of Romania
Constitution
Government
Parliament
Judiciary
Political parties
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
Politicians

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statistics". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Site3-TGM table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  3. ^ Eurostat (19 February 2009). "GDP per inhabitant in the EU in 2006" (PDF). Europa web portal. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Site3-TGM table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Site3-TGM table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Site3-TGM table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  7. ^ Eurostat (26 February 2016). "GDP per capita in the EU in 2014". Europa web portal. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 2 regions". European Commission. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
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