Thedevelopment regions of Romania (Romanian:Regiunile de dezvoltare ale României) refer to the eight regional divisions created inRomania in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to theEuropean Union (EU). The development regions correspond toNUTS 2-level divisions inEU 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 EUPHARE 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 theCommittee of the Regions when Romania joined the EU on January 1, 2007.
There are eight development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of București-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country:
| 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 | ||
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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] | % 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 |
List ofNUTS2 statistical regions of Romania byHuman Development Index as of 2023[10]
| Rank | Region | HDI (2023) |
|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | ||
| 1 | București - Ilfov | 0.938 |
| 2 | Nord-Vest | 0.848 |
| Vest | ||
| - |  Romania (average) | 0.845 |
| 4 | Centru | 0.840 |
| 5 | Sud-Vest | 0.823 |
| 6 | Sud-Est | 0.813 |
| 7 | Sud | 0.803 |
| 8 | Nord-Est | 0.802 |
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