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Spending by county and region

Where the spenders are seated, how much that comes to per person, and where the work is done.

2018–2026, all years · CPV 091

The county is the one of the authority's seat, so Bucharest also gathers the spending of ministries and national companies. Spending per person and place of performance show what lies beyond the seat.

Map of public spending by county Political map of Romania showing its 41 counties and the municipality of Bucharest, shaded by reported public spending. ALBA — 76.63 Mn. ARAD — 108.80 Mn. ARGEȘ — 297.91 Mn. BACĂU — 174.87 Mn. BIHOR — 177.37 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 65.86 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 97.54 Mn. BRĂILA — 115.01 Mn. BRAȘOV — 355.81 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 7.14 Bn. BUZĂU — 164.61 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 47.13 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 49.13 Mn. CLUJ — 721.63 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 500.81 Mn. COVASNA — 65.00 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 69.99 Mn. DOLJ — 828.58 Mn. GALAȚI — 356.73 Mn. GIURGIU — 25.73 Mn. GORJ — 161.87 Mn. HARGHITA — 95.21 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 113.46 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 59.09 Mn. IAȘI — 484.21 Mn. ILFOV — 988.06 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 96.11 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 31.60 Mn. MUREȘ — 318.57 Mn. NEAMȚ — 280.92 Mn. OLT — 55.94 Mn. PRAHOVA — 479.58 Mn. SĂLAJ — 59.24 Mn. SATU MARE — 96.16 Mn. SIBIU — 1.04 Bn. SUCEAVA — 118.69 Mn. TELEORMAN — 65.76 Mn. TIMIȘ — 382.90 Mn. TULCEA — 77.59 Mn. VÂLCEA — 108.79 Mn. VASLUI — 76.32 Mn. VRANCEA — 91.23 Mn.
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By development region

NUTS 2 regions are the sum of their counties.

  • The period is not over: the data runs to September 2026, and the figures will grow with the next update.
  • 2018 is incomplete: direct purchases appear in the data only from April.
  • Late December 2023 is missing from the data (29–31 December and part of 22 December).

How it is computed

County
The county is the one of the authority's seat, from the trade register. That is why Bucharest looks so large: ministries and national companies, which buy for the whole country, are seated there.
Population
Spend per person divides the amount by the resident population on 1 January of the chosen year. Over all years the amount is cumulative and divided by the latest year's population.
Development regions
The eight NUTS 2 regions are the sum of their counties.
Place of performance
Each tender lot has a place of performance. The table compares the money spent by the authorities seated in a county with the money for work performed there; money declared at regional or national level has no county and is counted separately.

Every county

County Region Population Direct purchases Offline purchases Tenders Total Lei per person Share
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 67,230,247 16,780,020 7,055,903,212 7,139,913,479 4,166 42.7%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 33,026,135 5,619,037 998,053,903 1,036,699,075 2,613 6.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 31,338,875 3,430,813 953,289,370 988,059,058 1,595 5.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 36,007,166 4,803,532 787,773,646 828,584,344 1,394 5.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 24,306,530 5,344,332 691,981,836 721,632,698 1,029 4.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 47,255,121 7,501,090 446,055,197 500,811,408 763 3.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 50,809,292 6,431,991 426,971,749 484,213,032 619 2.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 24,166,664 3,492,097 451,922,059 479,580,820 702 2.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 35,344,409 7,010,035 340,547,301 382,901,745 569 2.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 38,067,647 21,376,166 297,282,748 356,726,561 733 2.1%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 34,941,623 11,053,778 309,816,608 355,812,009 630 2.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 27,658,524 4,640,209 286,273,633 318,572,366 613 1.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 32,219,917 3,997,029 261,690,594 297,907,540 530 1.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 30,514,098 2,689,820 247,719,710 280,923,628 632 1.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 40,918,709 4,108,010 132,341,732 177,368,451 318 1.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 38,540,056 3,853,123 132,481,538 174,874,717 296 1.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 41,256,973 4,516,020 118,834,936 164,607,929 419 1.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 24,984,134 2,433,153 134,447,857 161,865,144 527 1.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 61,568,483 7,021,414 50,102,303 118,692,200 183 0.7%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 24,417,674 2,552,147 88,036,064 115,005,885 426 0.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 21,291,407 2,317,034 89,853,485 113,461,926 325 0.7%
ARAD West 410,058 31,144,812 5,104,338 72,545,910 108,795,060 265 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 29,829,243 3,814,024 75,150,833 108,794,100 322 0.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 29,194,574 1,912,189 66,437,967 97,544,730 252 0.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 26,825,905 5,058,123 64,279,469 96,163,497 291 0.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 32,457,948 4,901,785 58,751,847 96,111,580 213 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 25,411,521 3,797,241 65,997,686 95,206,448 326 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 42,552,381 1,118,552 47,555,176 91,226,109 276 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 27,523,508 2,827,045 47,239,763 77,590,316 417 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 32,655,204 3,852,132 40,118,075 76,625,411 236 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 23,146,456 9,348,609 43,824,589 76,319,654 210 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 14,449,814 2,360,681 53,174,725 69,985,220 147 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 30,013,429 3,575,644 32,271,573 65,860,646 221 0.4%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 29,944,693 545,091 35,274,509 65,764,293 213 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 24,815,713 2,408,272 37,772,526 64,996,511 326 0.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 14,182,886 1,589,052 43,466,151 59,238,089 282 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 14,557,077 1,505,670 43,022,411 59,085,158 239 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 30,025,975 1,222,411 24,692,832 55,941,218 150 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 21,546,554 974,935 26,608,314 49,129,803 204 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 22,958,473 1,229,259 22,941,044 47,128,776 170 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 19,818,273 1,351,522 10,434,022 31,603,817 140 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 17,894,270 1,388,631 6,446,933 25,729,834 99 0.2%

Per person: all years added up, against the resident population on 1 January 2026.

Stream amounts lead to the purchases they were added up from. Direct purchases and offline purchases give the exact amount. For tenders, the notices of the period open, by main CPV code: the amount in the table is the contracts', dated at signature and split across lots.

County
The county of the authority's seat. The name opens the county's largest authorities.
Region
The development region (NUTS 2) the county belongs to.
Population
Resident population on 1 January.
Direct purchases
Direct purchases from the electronic catalogue.
Offline purchases
Offline purchases: direct purchases made outside the catalogue.
Tenders
Tender contracts.
Total
The three streams added up: all the county's authorities spent.
Lei per person
The total divided by the population. The only column that compares counties of different size.
Share
The county's part of the national total for the chosen filters.

Where it is spent and where it is performed: tenders

Tender money, once by the seat of the authority that spent it and once by the county where the lot is performed. A positive difference means more is performed in the county than its authorities spend.

County Spent by the county's authorities Performed in the county Difference
BUCUREȘTI 7,055,903,218 5,091,252,389 −1,964,650,829
SIBIU 998,053,903 991,319,260 −6,734,643
DOLJ 787,773,645 764,973,110 −22,800,535
ILFOV 953,289,370 678,061,579 −275,227,791
CLUJ 691,981,836 676,725,925 −15,255,911
CONSTANȚA 446,055,196 513,113,123 +67,057,927
PRAHOVA 451,922,059 452,996,684 +1,074,625
IAȘI 426,971,750 412,678,015 −14,293,735
BRAȘOV 309,816,608 351,719,255 +41,902,647
TIMIȘ 340,547,301 351,629,348 +11,082,047
MUREȘ 286,273,633 303,440,752 +17,167,119
GALAȚI 297,282,748 279,563,095 −17,719,653
ARGEȘ 261,690,594 263,119,304 +1,428,710
GORJ 134,447,857 137,651,904 +3,204,047
BIHOR 132,341,733 134,697,601 +2,355,868
BACĂU 132,481,538 129,268,857 −3,212,681
BUZĂU 118,834,936 125,260,216 +6,425,280
NEAMȚ 247,719,710 95,587,792 −152,131,918
HUNEDOARA 89,853,485 88,825,084 −1,028,401
BRĂILA 88,036,064 85,898,202 −2,137,862
ARAD 72,545,910 81,942,890 +9,396,980
HARGHITA 65,997,686 68,070,534 +2,072,848
SATU MARE 64,279,469 67,042,203 +2,762,734
VÂLCEA 75,150,833 66,460,893 −8,689,940
BOTOȘANI 66,437,967 56,801,997 −9,635,970
MARAMUREȘ 58,751,847 55,283,454 −3,468,393
SUCEAVA 50,102,304 49,446,541 −655,763
SĂLAJ 43,466,151 48,317,071 +4,850,920
TULCEA 47,239,762 47,236,933 −2,829
VASLUI 43,824,589 47,175,017 +3,350,428
VRANCEA 47,555,176 47,150,459 −404,717
OLT 24,692,832 46,160,287 +21,467,455
ALBA 40,118,075 40,932,970 +814,895
DÂMBOVIȚA 53,174,725 39,559,492 −13,615,233
COVASNA 37,772,526 37,883,555 +111,029
TELEORMAN 35,274,509 33,420,527 −1,853,982
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 32,271,573 32,271,573 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 26,608,314 26,349,532 −258,782
CĂLĂRAȘI 22,941,045 22,329,385 −611,660
IALOMIȚA 43,022,411 20,887,766 −22,134,645
MEHEDINȚI 10,434,022 16,949,227 +6,515,205
GIURGIU 6,446,933 5,433,059 −1,013,874

Another 2.33 Bn. (15.3% of tender money) are declared at regional or national level or abroad, and have no county.

  • The period is not over: the data runs to September 2026, and the figures will grow with the next update.
  • 2018 is incomplete: direct purchases appear in the data only from April.
  • Late December 2023 is missing from the data (29–31 December and part of 22 December).
Spent by the county's authorities
Tender money spent by the authorities seated in the county, wherever the lot is performed.
Performed in the county
Tender money for lots performed in the county, whoever bought them. Money declared at regional or national level has no county and is counted separately, under the table.
Difference
Performed minus spent. Positive: more is performed in the county than its authorities spend, usually through national investment. Negative: its authorities buy work performed elsewhere.

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