Revista Tinerilor Economiºti (The Young Economists Journal)

Revista Tinerilor Economişti (The Young Economists Journal)
agricultural sector varies from 89% in predominantly rural regions to 94% in
intermediate regions and respectively to 100% in predominantly urban regions.
Romania, compared to the other EU-27 countries, has one of the lowest
proportion of gross value added (89%) in the non-agricultural sector in PR (only
Bulgaria registered a smaller proportion) and has a smaller proportion of gross value
added (94%) in IR (only Latvia and Bulgaria have the smallest proportion). In fact, the
proportion of gross value added in the non-agricultural sector in the two types of
regions, means a higher proportion of this indicator in the primary sector. Also, our
country, compared to the other EU-27 countries, has the lowest proportion of
employment in the non-agricultural sector, both in predominantly rural regions and in
the intermediate regions, which results a higher share of this indicator in primary sector
(mainly represented by agriculture and hunting, forestry), in these two regions.
The non - agricultural sector provides the highest proportions both in terms of
employment and, especially, in terms of gross value added, in the predominantly urban
regions, for most European countries.
Conclusions
The rural areas (predominantly rural and intermediate regions), both by the
territory and the population has a special importance for Romania and for the other
EU countries. In our country, the economic activity (gross value added and
employment) is concentrated in predominantly urban and intermediate regions.
The low proportions of the employment and of the gross value added in the
non-agricultural sector registered of our country, in comparison with the other
European countries, reflects the importance of the primary sector in terms of economic
activity, with particular reference to these indicators.
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