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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 1 January 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; 2,544,010 inhabitants; 34,159 km2 (13,189 sq mi)
    • Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,291,551 inhabitants; 34,082 km2 (13,159 sq mi)
  • RO2 – Macroregiunea Doi:
    • Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,218,218 inhabitants; 36,850 km2 (14,230 sq mi)
    • Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,331,165 inhabitants; 35,762 km2 (13,808 sq mi)
  • 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
1Nord-EstRO2136,8503,218,21817295062,414
2Sud-EstRO2235,7622,331,16511243551,448
3Sud - MunteniaRO3134,4532,825,69416325192,019
4Sud-Vest OlteniaRO4129,2121,848,02811294082,070
5VestRO4232,0341,671,03012302811,327
6Nord-VestRO1134,1592,544,01015284031,800
7CentruRO1234,1002,291,55120373571,788
8București - IlfovRO321,8212,313,455183291
Total238,39119,036,0311032172,86112,957

Economy

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Gross domestic product (GDP) as reported by Eurostat
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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Map of Romanian regions by HDI in 2023.
Legend:
  ≥ 0.900
  0.840 – 0.900
  0.820 – 0.839
  0.800 - 0.819

List of NUTS2 statistical regions of Romania by Human Development Index as of 2023[10]

RankRegionHDI (2023)
Very high human development
1 București - Ilfov0.938
2 Nord-Vest 0.848
Vest
-  Romania (average) 0.845
4 Centru 0.840
5 Sud-Vest0.823
6 Sud-Est0.813
7 Sud0.803
8 Nord-Est0.802

See also

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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. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
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