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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 33

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 — 536.17 Mn. ARAD — 602.88 Mn. ARGEȘ — 576.89 Mn. BACĂU — 1.69 Bn. BIHOR — 1.38 Bn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 396.95 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 587.47 Mn. BRĂILA — 124.97 Mn. BRAȘOV — 815.24 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 15.64 Bn. BUZĂU — 357.45 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 263.73 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 362.49 Mn. CLUJ — 3.34 Bn. CONSTANȚA — 919.54 Mn. COVASNA — 197.10 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.84 Bn. DOLJ — 1.45 Bn. GALAȚI — 1.05 Bn. GIURGIU — 169.65 Mn. GORJ — 283.55 Mn. HARGHITA — 273.60 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 570.81 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 116.26 Mn. IAȘI — 2.45 Bn. ILFOV — 207.10 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 578.85 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 493.42 Mn. MUREȘ — 1.40 Bn. NEAMȚ — 322.41 Mn. OLT — 650.81 Mn. PRAHOVA — 577.58 Mn. SĂLAJ — 306.41 Mn. SATU MARE — 735.90 Mn. SIBIU — 724.80 Mn. SUCEAVA — 775.79 Mn. TELEORMAN — 330.44 Mn. TIMIȘ — 2.04 Bn. TULCEA — 235.64 Mn. VÂLCEA — 635.74 Mn. VASLUI — 295.91 Mn. VRANCEA — 347.74 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 1,936,790,242 75,851,697 13,622,883,437 15,635,525,376 9,123 33.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 472,546,554 10,361,847 2,857,589,113 3,340,497,514 4,762 7.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 419,604,884 8,307,243 2,023,782,403 2,451,694,530 3,135 5.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 376,696,450 4,453,928 1,654,003,788 2,035,154,166 3,024 4.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 121,543,304 1,768,737 1,711,825,241 1,835,137,282 3,857 3.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 208,155,153 3,302,067 1,480,688,517 1,692,145,737 2,867 3.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 146,130,054 2,690,514 1,304,654,130 1,453,474,698 2,445 3.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 210,520,888 5,459,651 1,180,725,638 1,396,706,177 2,687 3.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 198,462,785 5,384,151 1,172,575,556 1,376,422,492 2,464 3.0%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 196,582,065 2,941,120 855,277,776 1,054,800,961 2,169 2.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 251,923,796 8,069,205 659,551,828 919,544,829 1,401 2.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 304,350,396 4,212,369 506,676,661 815,239,426 1,444 1.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 155,401,461 2,183,324 618,210,140 775,794,925 1,197 1.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 58,549,766 1,675,290 675,673,622 735,898,678 2,230 1.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 191,855,365 6,716,037 526,233,211 724,804,613 1,827 1.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 90,642,442 2,557,226 557,605,541 650,805,209 1,749 1.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 65,692,827 4,536,111 565,512,145 635,741,083 1,881 1.4%
ARAD West 410,058 64,613,185 1,968,515 536,301,489 602,883,189 1,470 1.3%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 101,077,655 1,619,152 484,768,425 587,465,232 1,520 1.3%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 146,161,651 6,058,600 426,625,921 578,846,172 1,283 1.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 264,828,984 2,190,678 310,560,884 577,580,546 845 1.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 213,375,079 3,200,752 360,314,383 576,890,214 1,027 1.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 190,762,633 1,749,194 378,301,669 570,813,496 1,636 1.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 181,892,977 6,792,884 347,484,009 536,169,870 1,650 1.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 78,842,018 652,805 413,924,062 493,418,885 2,179 1.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 94,084,980 1,190,245 301,669,843 396,945,068 1,331 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 111,067,126 266,516 251,156,523 362,490,165 1,509 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 99,498,109 1,633,437 256,315,871 357,447,417 909 0.8%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 97,777,782 410,700 249,548,768 347,737,250 1,053 0.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 100,415,242 940,218 229,087,086 330,442,546 1,071 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 69,462,591 742,557 252,207,140 322,412,288 725 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 87,688,164 251,312 218,467,700 306,407,176 1,457 0.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 123,960,135 1,518,737 170,426,557 295,905,429 815 0.6%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 94,420,642 1,444,907 187,682,563 283,548,112 924 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 126,394,473 1,466,258 145,743,613 273,604,344 936 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 112,584,255 567,996 150,579,016 263,731,267 951 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 38,472,854 237,002 196,930,873 235,640,729 1,266 0.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 75,084,305 1,341,982 130,670,134 207,096,421 334 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 94,336,788 2,888,638 99,876,445 197,101,871 988 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 54,504,274 978,302 114,169,652 169,652,228 656 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 66,225,307 570,330 58,175,343 124,970,980 463 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 75,808,472 422,077 40,030,115 116,260,664 470 0.3%

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 13,622,883,476 11,874,865,257 −1,748,018,219
CLUJ 2,857,589,133 2,830,276,314 −27,312,819
IAȘI 2,023,782,441 1,956,423,424 −67,359,017
DÂMBOVIȚA 1,711,825,243 1,708,022,063 −3,803,180
BACĂU 1,480,688,501 1,477,633,411 −3,055,090
DOLJ 1,304,654,144 1,299,439,844 −5,214,300
TIMIȘ 1,654,003,807 1,213,361,783 −440,642,024
MUREȘ 1,180,725,641 1,178,945,292 −1,780,349
BIHOR 1,172,575,578 1,120,041,033 −52,534,545
PRAHOVA 310,560,887 1,106,184,794 +795,623,907
GALAȚI 855,277,753 838,170,929 −17,106,824
SATU MARE 675,673,644 676,667,646 +994,002
CONSTANȚA 659,551,853 624,203,678 −35,348,175
SUCEAVA 618,210,161 613,189,959 −5,020,202
VÂLCEA 565,512,149 576,415,543 +10,903,394
ARAD 536,301,490 557,417,575 +21,116,085
OLT 557,605,579 539,323,506 −18,282,073
SIBIU 526,233,199 522,260,417 −3,972,782
BRAȘOV 506,587,898 519,259,929 +12,672,031
BOTOȘANI 484,768,448 484,922,194 +153,746
ILFOV 130,670,138 439,196,200 +308,526,062
MARAMUREȘ 426,625,897 417,635,869 −8,990,028
MEHEDINȚI 413,924,067 405,380,835 −8,543,232
HUNEDOARA 378,301,679 392,695,774 +14,394,095
ARGEȘ 360,314,402 375,540,224 +15,225,822
ALBA 347,484,024 344,226,462 −3,257,562
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 301,669,840 301,797,712 +127,872
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 251,156,501 251,037,833 −118,668
NEAMȚ 252,207,114 250,922,606 −1,284,508
VRANCEA 249,548,738 247,242,706 −2,306,032
BUZĂU 256,315,869 241,174,397 −15,141,472
TELEORMAN 229,087,091 226,572,127 −2,514,964
SĂLAJ 218,467,691 218,308,242 −159,449
TULCEA 196,930,872 195,926,997 −1,003,875
VASLUI 170,426,548 171,566,750 +1,140,202
GORJ 187,682,569 159,659,940 −28,022,629
CĂLĂRAȘI 150,578,995 151,098,066 +519,071
HARGHITA 145,743,613 144,608,053 −1,135,560
GIURGIU 114,169,651 105,643,384 −8,526,267
COVASNA 99,876,432 99,944,991 +68,559
IALOMIȚA 40,030,105 41,374,972 +1,344,867
BRĂILA 58,175,350 40,338,194 −17,837,156

Another 1.35 Bn. (3.5% 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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