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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 38

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 — 41.62 Mn. ARAD — 88.89 Mn. ARGEȘ — 44.29 Mn. BACĂU — 42.73 Mn. BIHOR — 119.04 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 34.11 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 34.27 Mn. BRĂILA — 53.65 Mn. BRAȘOV — 166.44 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 2.46 Bn. BUZĂU — 55.05 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 25.46 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 14.90 Mn. CLUJ — 554.84 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 158.52 Mn. COVASNA — 21.04 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 54.64 Mn. DOLJ — 443.72 Mn. GALAȚI — 84.76 Mn. GIURGIU — 39.80 Mn. GORJ — 33.08 Mn. HARGHITA — 35.37 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 44.50 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 18.22 Mn. IAȘI — 306.10 Mn. ILFOV — 357.73 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 17.05 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 20.27 Mn. MUREȘ — 627.20 Mn. NEAMȚ — 25.35 Mn. OLT — 24.89 Mn. PRAHOVA — 129.91 Mn. SĂLAJ — 7.86 Mn. SATU MARE — 27.63 Mn. SIBIU — 174.63 Mn. SUCEAVA — 89.67 Mn. TELEORMAN — 14.60 Mn. TIMIȘ — 265.56 Mn. TULCEA — 24.73 Mn. VÂLCEA — 60.52 Mn. VASLUI — 349.97 Mn. VRANCEA — 22.90 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 1,713,832 243,362,121 41,798,150 2,175,186,478 2,460,346,749 1,436 34.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 27,382,472 1,252,383 598,565,268 627,200,123 1,207 8.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 69,292,431 6,680,180 478,862,846 554,835,457 791 7.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 23,961,968 942,010 418,812,983 443,716,961 746 6.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 82,844,409 2,951,798 271,930,507 357,726,714 577 5.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 9,527,841 147,150 340,298,166 349,973,157 963 4.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 58,201,418 3,452,261 244,448,530 306,102,209 391 4.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 37,346,722 2,975,649 225,233,492 265,555,863 395 3.7%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 25,933,060 4,707,683 143,985,849 174,626,592 440 2.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 31,226,867 1,012,330 134,202,273 166,441,470 295 2.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 39,479,632 3,878,897 115,158,344 158,516,873 241 2.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 24,032,964 1,469,019 104,412,707 129,914,690 190 1.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 21,672,778 1,638,414 95,727,586 119,038,778 213 1.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 24,474,678 463,337 64,730,539 89,668,554 138 1.2%
ARAD West 410,058 10,591,712 329,590 77,967,852 88,889,154 217 1.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 19,215,355 1,823,702 63,718,191 84,757,248 174 1.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 20,161,386 728,424 39,626,012 60,515,822 179 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 16,297,551 125,992 38,623,754 55,047,297 140 0.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 16,652,384 434,262 37,551,769 54,638,415 115 0.8%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 10,310,022 22,284 43,312,695 53,645,001 199 0.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 15,836,486 1,508,841 27,149,987 44,495,314 127 0.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 24,963,641 677,006 18,652,629 44,293,276 79 0.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 20,175,306 781,317 21,773,674 42,730,297 72 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 15,164,913 609,401 25,848,236 41,622,550 128 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 8,164,240 128,774 31,503,384 39,796,398 154 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 14,426,177 983,421 19,965,297 35,374,895 121 0.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 11,014,806 427,976 22,824,285 34,267,067 89 0.5%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 11,532,453 361,761 22,218,521 34,112,735 114 0.5%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 10,026,308 1,846,394 21,202,764 33,075,466 108 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 9,456,235 744,318 17,430,717 27,631,270 84 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 13,416,006 313,516 11,732,817 25,462,339 92 0.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 9,369,241 512,103 15,467,240 25,348,584 57 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 11,765,105 36,961 13,088,331 24,890,397 67 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 10,534,089 83,829 14,114,173 24,732,091 133 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 15,453,603 151,369 7,294,910 22,899,882 69 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 7,303,360 153,787 13,580,344 21,037,491 105 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 6,254,719 241,043 13,775,283 20,271,045 90 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 9,983,554 604,406 7,636,786 18,224,746 74 0.3%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 11,997,846 568,188 4,481,562 17,047,596 38 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 7,111,879 9,866 7,781,839 14,903,584 62 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 13,251,758 85,759 1,265,432 14,602,949 47 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 6,360,206 19,418 1,483,696 7,863,320 37 0.1%

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 2,175,186,473 1,857,375,605 −317,810,868
MUREȘ 598,565,263 459,660,186 −138,905,077
CLUJ 478,862,850 419,541,737 −59,321,113
IAȘI 244,448,534 380,365,191 +135,916,657
VASLUI 340,298,165 340,382,783 +84,618
ARGEȘ 18,652,628 270,465,701 +251,813,073
TIMIȘ 225,233,492 229,486,860 +4,253,368
ILFOV 271,930,508 211,983,416 −59,947,092
DOLJ 418,812,984 195,947,886 −222,865,098
BRAȘOV 134,202,267 147,307,229 +13,104,962
SIBIU 143,985,850 137,950,559 −6,035,291
CONSTANȚA 115,158,345 127,445,981 +12,287,636
PRAHOVA 104,412,708 115,714,478 +11,301,770
BIHOR 95,727,586 100,172,958 +4,445,372
ARAD 77,967,852 78,529,607 +561,755
TULCEA 14,114,173 73,859,629 +59,745,456
SUCEAVA 64,730,537 68,956,470 +4,225,933
GALAȚI 63,718,190 64,856,134 +1,137,944
BRĂILA 43,312,695 49,880,814 +6,568,119
BUZĂU 38,623,754 44,762,941 +6,139,187
VÂLCEA 39,626,012 42,614,977 +2,988,965
GIURGIU 31,503,384 37,771,706 +6,268,322
DÂMBOVIȚA 37,551,768 37,261,529 −290,239
CĂLĂRAȘI 11,732,817 30,160,572 +18,427,755
BACĂU 21,773,675 29,562,702 +7,789,027
HUNEDOARA 27,149,988 28,467,121 +1,317,133
ALBA 25,848,234 26,540,609 +692,375
BOTOȘANI 22,824,286 22,710,045 −114,241
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 22,218,522 22,502,618 +284,096
HARGHITA 19,965,296 19,893,696 −71,600
MEHEDINȚI 13,775,283 18,387,334 +4,612,051
SATU MARE 17,430,718 18,127,818 +697,100
GORJ 21,202,762 16,478,991 −4,723,771
NEAMȚ 15,467,240 16,034,273 +567,033
COVASNA 13,580,344 13,580,344 0
OLT 13,088,330 13,549,069 +460,739
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 7,781,839 9,321,228 +1,539,389
IALOMIȚA 7,636,786 8,799,484 +1,162,698
VRANCEA 7,294,910 7,724,131 +429,221
MARAMUREȘ 4,481,562 5,248,299 +766,737
SĂLAJ 1,483,696 1,483,696 0
TELEORMAN 1,265,432 1,060,644 −204,788

Another 250.70 Mn. (4.1% 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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