Development regions of Romania

Map of the development regions

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. The development regions correspond to NUTS II-level divisions in European Union 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 European Union 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 8 development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of București-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country:

• RO1 – Macroregiunea 1:
  • Nord-Vest – RO11; 6 counties; 2,600,132 inhabitants; 34,159 km² (13,189 sq mi)
  • Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,360,805 inhabitants; 34,082 km² (13,159 sq mi)
• RO2 – Macroregiunea 2:
  • Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,302,217 inhabitants; 36,850 km² (14,230 sq mi)
  • Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,545,923 inhabitants; 35,762 km² (13,808 sq mi)
• RO3 – Macroregiunea 3:
  • Sud - Muntenia – RO31; 7 counties; 3,136,446 inhabitants; 34,489 km² (13,316 sq mi)
  • București - Ilfov – RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,272,163 inhabitants; 1,811 km² (699 sq mi)
• RO4 – Macroregiunea 4:
  • Sud-Vest Oltenia – RO41; 5 counties; 2,075,642 inhabitants; 29,212 km² (11,279 sq mi)
  • Vest – RO42; 4 counties; 1,828,313 inhabitants; 32,028 km² (12,366 sq mi)

Economy

Gross domestic product (GDP) as reported by Eurostat

	2006					2014
Region (NUTS)	Total (million €)	€ per capita	PPP (million €)	PPP € per capita	% of EU average GDP (PPP)	Total (million €)	€ per capita	PPP (million €)	PPP € per capita	% of EU average GDP (PPP)
Romania	98,419	4,500	196,999	9,200	38	150,230	7,500	301,801	15,200	55
Nord-Vest	11,675	4,200	23,370	8,700	36	16,925	6,500	34,001	13,100	48
Centru	11,335	4,500	22,689	9,100	37	16,600	7,100	33,349	14,200	52
Nord-Est	10,787	2,900	21,591	5,900	24	15,387	4,700	30,912	9,500	34
Sud-Est	11,051	3,800	22,119	7,900	32	16,935	6,800	34,020	13,600	50
Sud - Muntenia	12,482	3,800	24,985	7,700	31	18,234	5,900	36,630	11,900	43
București - Ilfov	22,946	9,900	45,931	21,100	86	40,453	17,700	81,267	35,600	129
Sud-Vest Oltenia	8,138	3,600	16,290	7,200	29	11,288	5,600	22,677	11,200	41
Vest	9,940	5,300	19,897	10,500	43	14,285	7,900	28,698	15,800	58

See also

• Administrative divisions of Romania
• Region (Europe)
• Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
• Historical regions of Romania