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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 39

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 — 179.85 Mn. ARAD — 183.55 Mn. ARGEȘ — 230.41 Mn. BACĂU — 239.36 Mn. BIHOR — 316.82 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 140.60 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 150.88 Mn. BRĂILA — 122.51 Mn. BRAȘOV — 366.93 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 2.27 Bn. BUZĂU — 166.57 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 112.59 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 97.60 Mn. CLUJ — 648.41 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 425.22 Mn. COVASNA — 113.41 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 183.51 Mn. DOLJ — 251.28 Mn. GALAȚI — 228.11 Mn. GIURGIU — 82.84 Mn. GORJ — 142.68 Mn. HARGHITA — 169.34 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 177.48 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 96.44 Mn. IAȘI — 447.42 Mn. ILFOV — 408.69 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 212.38 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 93.69 Mn. MUREȘ — 316.80 Mn. NEAMȚ — 217.62 Mn. OLT — 160.62 Mn. PRAHOVA — 257.69 Mn. SĂLAJ — 116.04 Mn. SATU MARE — 174.39 Mn. SIBIU — 295.76 Mn. SUCEAVA — 335.39 Mn. TELEORMAN — 99.04 Mn. TIMIȘ — 388.91 Mn. TULCEA — 95.15 Mn. VÂLCEA — 147.33 Mn. VASLUI — 139.01 Mn. VRANCEA — 150.03 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 1,176,940,167 134,390,016 956,119,478 2,267,449,661 1,323 20.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 336,294,288 24,317,645 287,795,158 648,407,091 924 5.8%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 272,721,406 13,854,372 160,845,329 447,421,107 572 4.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 253,072,652 20,370,224 151,780,863 425,223,739 648 3.8%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 176,308,529 8,081,359 224,299,448 408,689,336 660 3.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 238,496,213 10,899,651 139,511,929 388,907,793 578 3.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 216,953,266 7,734,860 142,246,283 366,934,409 650 3.3%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 203,608,446 4,395,688 127,390,730 335,394,864 517 3.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 172,187,023 15,892,647 128,738,718 316,818,388 567 2.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 174,591,234 9,535,869 132,672,824 316,799,927 609 2.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 161,289,332 20,818,700 113,648,966 295,756,998 746 2.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 159,274,167 5,821,842 92,597,652 257,693,661 377 2.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 152,515,333 8,172,357 90,592,422 251,280,112 423 2.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 136,318,341 9,074,385 93,964,755 239,357,481 406 2.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 128,742,948 5,565,362 96,102,532 230,410,842 410 2.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 129,839,755 8,873,127 89,400,955 228,113,837 469 2.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 115,362,640 5,094,568 97,161,790 217,618,998 489 2.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 128,371,018 8,066,324 75,946,177 212,383,519 471 1.9%
ARAD West 410,058 112,971,654 6,173,364 64,407,954 183,552,972 448 1.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 102,316,631 4,168,896 77,026,314 183,511,841 386 1.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 119,077,687 6,745,057 54,030,521 179,853,265 554 1.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 121,993,005 3,474,637 52,007,725 177,475,367 509 1.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 97,409,941 8,821,911 68,161,607 174,393,459 528 1.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 97,922,902 6,787,161 64,628,742 169,338,805 579 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 122,563,385 6,085,925 37,920,737 166,570,047 424 1.5%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 116,085,975 3,172,001 41,363,649 160,621,625 432 1.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 95,303,530 3,369,198 52,206,417 150,879,145 390 1.4%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 102,073,250 3,613,927 44,346,760 150,033,937 454 1.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 84,101,778 8,320,633 54,906,896 147,329,307 436 1.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 93,391,498 4,217,038 45,069,030 142,677,566 465 1.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 92,490,508 6,626,024 41,485,037 140,601,569 472 1.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 89,005,058 4,593,081 45,411,273 139,009,412 383 1.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 71,708,469 3,732,570 47,073,666 122,514,705 454 1.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 71,452,347 3,801,851 40,790,463 116,044,661 552 1.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 79,566,319 2,271,426 31,572,518 113,410,263 568 1.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 74,766,209 3,914,898 33,908,663 112,589,770 406 1.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 70,240,035 1,656,322 27,145,678 99,042,035 321 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 58,550,758 1,364,275 37,682,945 97,597,978 406 0.9%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 61,006,164 1,173,903 34,255,385 96,435,452 390 0.9%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 73,764,936 621,183 20,763,802 95,149,921 511 0.9%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 67,466,553 1,864,895 24,360,313 93,691,761 414 0.8%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 54,235,087 1,582,067 27,019,438 82,836,592 320 0.7%

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 956,119,474 790,220,370 −165,899,104
CLUJ 287,795,165 283,954,459 −3,840,706
CONSTANȚA 151,780,863 154,285,547 +2,504,684
IAȘI 160,845,335 152,979,524 −7,865,811
PRAHOVA 92,597,653 148,781,854 +56,184,201
ILFOV 224,299,442 144,530,926 −79,768,516
BRAȘOV 142,246,281 140,322,527 −1,923,754
TIMIȘ 139,511,921 138,159,860 −1,352,061
MUREȘ 132,672,824 137,268,636 +4,595,812
BIHOR 128,738,716 126,462,151 −2,276,565
SUCEAVA 127,390,728 126,141,829 −1,248,899
ARGEȘ 96,102,533 113,586,391 +17,483,858
BACĂU 93,964,754 112,804,017 +18,839,263
SIBIU 113,648,966 111,490,735 −2,158,231
DOLJ 90,592,423 95,477,370 +4,884,947
GALAȚI 89,400,956 90,583,416 +1,182,460
MARAMUREȘ 75,946,177 78,419,751 +2,473,574
NEAMȚ 97,161,788 77,581,873 −19,579,915
DÂMBOVIȚA 77,026,311 73,566,967 −3,459,344
ARAD 64,407,952 69,392,317 +4,984,365
SATU MARE 68,161,602 67,076,118 −1,085,484
HARGHITA 64,628,743 62,788,581 −1,840,162
BOTOȘANI 52,206,421 57,411,301 +5,204,880
HUNEDOARA 52,007,724 57,088,192 +5,080,468
ALBA 54,030,521 54,675,481 +644,960
VÂLCEA 54,906,903 53,189,498 −1,717,405
VASLUI 45,411,273 50,253,254 +4,841,981
BRĂILA 47,073,664 44,834,813 −2,238,851
GORJ 45,069,029 44,655,381 −413,648
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 41,485,036 42,874,302 +1,389,266
VRANCEA 44,346,760 42,268,849 −2,077,911
SĂLAJ 40,790,463 41,106,134 +315,671
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 37,682,945 39,142,694 +1,459,749
OLT 41,363,648 38,901,435 −2,462,213
CĂLĂRAȘI 33,908,665 38,551,685 +4,643,020
BUZĂU 37,920,736 36,845,670 −1,075,066
IALOMIȚA 34,255,385 36,352,436 +2,097,051
COVASNA 31,572,518 31,300,495 −272,023
TELEORMAN 27,145,676 29,176,658 +2,030,982
GIURGIU 27,019,438 28,279,803 +1,260,365
MEHEDINȚI 24,360,314 25,660,812 +1,300,498
TULCEA 20,763,808 22,037,013 +1,273,205

Another 157.88 Mn. (3.7% 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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