Development regions of Romania



The development regions of Romania (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; 34159 km2
 * Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,271,066 inhabitants; 34082 km2
 * RO2 – Macroregiunea Doi:
 * Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,226,436 inhabitants; 36850 km2
 * Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,367,987 inhabitants; 35762 km2
 * RO3 – Macroregiunea Trei:
 * Sud - Muntenia – RO31; 7 counties; 2,864,337 inhabitants; 34489 km2
 * București - Ilfov – RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,259,669 inhabitants; 1811 km2
 * RO4 – Macroregiunea Patru:
 * Sud-Vest Oltenia – RO41; 5 counties; 1,873,606 inhabitants; 29212 km2
 * Vest – RO42; 4 counties; 1,668,921 inhabitants; 32028 km2

HDI index
[[File: NUTS 2 regions of Romania by HDI.svg |thumb|355x355px|Map of Romanian regions by HDI in 2021.

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List of NUTS2 statistical regions of Romania by Human Development Index as of 2021