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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 42

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 — 51.32 Mn. ARAD — 42.60 Mn. ARGEȘ — 90.03 Mn. BACĂU — 91.47 Mn. BIHOR — 105.56 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 35.70 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 39.39 Mn. BRĂILA — 45.75 Mn. BRAȘOV — 169.38 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 2.87 Bn. BUZĂU — 80.97 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 22.32 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 55.72 Mn. CLUJ — 280.57 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 190.50 Mn. COVASNA — 34.87 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 117.30 Mn. DOLJ — 127.77 Mn. GALAȚI — 78.84 Mn. GIURGIU — 16.87 Mn. GORJ — 302.30 Mn. HARGHITA — 42.47 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 102.93 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 18.03 Mn. IAȘI — 242.54 Mn. ILFOV — 183.81 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 64.40 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 14.83 Mn. MUREȘ — 109.95 Mn. NEAMȚ — 36.41 Mn. OLT — 30.51 Mn. PRAHOVA — 137.11 Mn. SĂLAJ — 15.88 Mn. SATU MARE — 41.15 Mn. SIBIU — 1.27 Bn. SUCEAVA — 67.39 Mn. TELEORMAN — 15.16 Mn. TIMIȘ — 162.11 Mn. TULCEA — 19.83 Mn. VÂLCEA — 102.83 Mn. VASLUI — 30.97 Mn. VRANCEA — 37.40 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 1,713,832 393,162,300 95,719,399 2,377,338,653 2,866,220,352 1,672 37.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 47,714,483 8,184,879 1,212,196,910 1,268,096,272 3,197 16.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 13,358,199 5,277,679 283,664,978 302,300,856 985 4.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 97,281,078 11,382,983 171,904,469 280,568,530 400 3.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 85,560,394 3,099,718 153,884,559 242,544,671 310 3.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 86,923,174 7,674,802 95,905,831 190,503,807 290 2.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 63,780,872 3,484,319 116,540,477 183,805,668 297 2.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 52,071,851 5,654,506 111,650,216 169,376,573 300 2.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 72,878,870 7,306,242 81,925,734 162,110,846 241 2.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 39,566,788 2,301,052 95,243,354 137,111,194 201 1.8%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 43,870,913 7,051,293 76,844,260 127,766,466 215 1.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 27,411,302 1,969,852 87,917,449 117,298,603 247 1.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 38,973,844 5,919,977 65,054,074 109,947,895 212 1.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 40,754,065 4,716,014 60,088,540 105,558,619 189 1.4%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 24,828,588 1,678,235 76,426,715 102,933,538 295 1.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 30,318,626 3,383,949 69,131,202 102,833,777 304 1.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 34,054,534 2,791,838 54,619,702 91,466,074 155 1.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 42,724,603 1,163,879 46,142,168 90,030,650 160 1.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 33,086,316 666,866 47,220,987 80,974,169 206 1.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 43,172,371 3,132,461 32,534,685 78,839,517 162 1.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 37,811,386 724,545 28,851,537 67,387,468 104 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 25,086,060 2,188,217 37,127,372 64,401,649 143 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 12,882,080 94,614 42,742,872 55,719,566 232 0.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 25,781,132 1,261,732 24,276,579 51,319,443 158 0.7%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 26,293,773 546,451 18,911,323 45,751,547 170 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 21,323,646 962,309 20,315,905 42,601,860 104 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 24,646,133 1,738,848 16,088,100 42,473,081 145 0.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 19,733,882 2,273,122 19,141,697 41,148,701 125 0.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 24,012,933 966,624 14,409,687 39,389,244 102 0.5%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 22,332,155 763,653 14,303,101 37,398,909 113 0.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 19,278,805 934,439 16,194,639 36,407,883 82 0.5%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 20,457,375 1,620,470 13,618,535 35,696,380 120 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 16,548,322 576,953 17,743,755 34,869,030 175 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 18,809,736 879,858 11,284,578 30,974,172 85 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 17,297,964 478,201 12,737,637 30,513,802 82 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 15,420,418 686,850 6,209,663 22,316,931 80 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 13,647,902 537,269 5,639,970 19,825,141 107 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 14,026,511 675,052 3,324,850 18,026,413 73 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 12,311,644 575,035 3,982,070 16,868,749 65 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 11,255,580 651,288 3,973,149 15,880,017 76 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 11,064,150 179,760 3,914,947 15,158,857 49 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 10,982,359 315,640 3,529,370 14,827,369 65 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 2,377,338,642 1,412,050,266 −965,288,376
SIBIU 1,212,196,910 799,302,629 −412,894,281
CONSTANȚA 95,905,830 529,299,984 +433,394,154
MUREȘ 65,054,074 210,254,487 +145,200,413
GORJ 283,664,979 200,823,229 −82,841,750
BRAȘOV 111,650,215 182,456,858 +70,806,643
TIMIȘ 81,925,733 171,520,112 +89,594,379
CLUJ 171,904,468 164,298,234 −7,606,234
IAȘI 153,884,563 145,439,314 −8,445,249
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 42,742,872 138,986,724 +96,243,852
BUZĂU 47,220,987 136,986,351 +89,765,364
PRAHOVA 95,243,353 117,844,320 +22,600,967
DOLJ 76,844,260 113,171,380 +36,327,120
ILFOV 116,540,477 102,605,924 −13,934,553
HUNEDOARA 76,426,716 97,800,352 +21,373,636
DÂMBOVIȚA 87,917,449 90,661,224 +2,743,775
VÂLCEA 69,131,203 76,609,644 +7,478,441
BIHOR 60,088,541 71,653,948 +11,565,407
ARGEȘ 46,142,169 63,757,634 +17,615,465
BACĂU 54,619,702 57,329,657 +2,709,955
GALAȚI 32,534,686 56,205,898 +23,671,212
MARAMUREȘ 37,127,372 37,679,626 +552,254
SUCEAVA 28,851,537 29,284,027 +432,490
ALBA 24,276,579 26,037,203 +1,760,624
NEAMȚ 16,194,639 25,990,453 +9,795,814
ARAD 20,315,905 23,150,541 +2,834,636
SATU MARE 19,141,696 20,638,034 +1,496,338
BRĂILA 18,911,324 19,272,976 +361,652
MEHEDINȚI 3,529,370 17,845,334 +14,315,964
COVASNA 17,743,755 16,934,064 −809,691
HARGHITA 16,088,100 16,381,836 +293,736
TULCEA 5,639,970 15,283,406 +9,643,436
BOTOȘANI 14,409,688 14,936,134 +526,446
VRANCEA 14,303,102 14,631,134 +328,032
OLT 12,737,637 13,975,335 +1,237,698
VASLUI 11,284,579 13,072,160 +1,787,581
CĂLĂRAȘI 6,209,663 12,012,269 +5,802,606
SĂLAJ 3,973,149 11,319,270 +7,346,121
IALOMIȚA 3,324,850 9,550,124 +6,225,274
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 13,618,534 9,423,874 −4,194,660
GIURGIU 3,982,070 4,710,070 +728,000
TELEORMAN 3,914,947 3,622,398 −292,549

Another 359.75 Mn. (6.4% 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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