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

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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

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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

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Gross domestic product (GDP) as reported by Eurostat | 2006  | 2016[1] | 2020

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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

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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)

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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

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## References

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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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