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 January 1, 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; 2,521,793 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)

Economy

HDI index

List of NUTS2 statistical regions of Romania by Human Development Index as of 2022

References

Development regions of Romania

List

Economy

HDI index

See also

References