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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 · Manufacturing · CPV 43

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 — 35.88 Mn. ARAD — 31.94 Mn. ARGEȘ — 59.71 Mn. BACĂU — 49.01 Mn. BIHOR — 62.80 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 41.23 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 32.16 Mn. BRĂILA — 25.80 Mn. BRAȘOV — 59.25 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 1.01 Bn. BUZĂU — 32.17 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 30.93 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 25.91 Mn. CLUJ — 121.19 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 98.58 Mn. COVASNA — 22.87 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 25.59 Mn. DOLJ — 108.91 Mn. GALAȚI — 34.72 Mn. GIURGIU — 26.75 Mn. GORJ — 144.31 Mn. HARGHITA — 32.49 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 93.94 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 18.92 Mn. IAȘI — 76.22 Mn. ILFOV — 50.19 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 61.07 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 14.37 Mn. MUREȘ — 69.17 Mn. NEAMȚ — 36.61 Mn. OLT — 31.59 Mn. PRAHOVA — 47.43 Mn. SĂLAJ — 19.25 Mn. SATU MARE — 32.67 Mn. SIBIU — 379.29 Mn. SUCEAVA — 53.07 Mn. TELEORMAN — 39.21 Mn. TIMIȘ — 65.68 Mn. TULCEA — 24.21 Mn. VÂLCEA — 49.27 Mn. VASLUI — 35.30 Mn. VRANCEA — 25.57 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 53,934,192 9,452,782 947,568,979 1,010,955,953 590 30.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 15,151,936 1,066,937 363,069,350 379,288,223 956 11.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 10,224,814 1,083,273 133,002,979 144,311,066 470 4.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 21,235,818 1,465,281 98,492,813 121,193,912 173 3.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 16,615,192 1,528,115 90,766,006 108,909,313 183 3.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 26,401,164 1,980,752 70,193,948 98,575,864 150 3.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 11,798,837 723,095 81,415,927 93,937,859 269 2.8%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 26,289,088 447,850 49,483,173 76,220,111 97 2.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 19,088,210 1,922,007 48,161,155 69,171,372 133 2.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 17,245,274 1,781,330 46,653,884 65,680,488 98 2.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 19,522,730 1,755,504 41,522,430 62,800,664 112 1.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 13,788,205 2,984,945 44,294,905 61,068,055 135 1.8%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 19,685,431 1,181,040 38,846,106 59,712,577 106 1.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 14,478,537 551,217 44,216,730 59,246,484 105 1.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 22,494,155 89,911 30,483,273 53,067,339 82 1.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 19,784,362 570,431 29,833,154 50,187,947 81 1.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 13,510,792 1,063,687 34,694,460 49,268,939 146 1.5%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 18,029,673 947,737 30,036,058 49,013,468 83 1.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 15,167,432 830,077 31,431,307 47,428,816 69 1.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 9,808,842 444,348 30,973,490 41,226,680 138 1.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 9,114,616 269,155 29,826,594 39,210,365 127 1.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 10,097,278 589,949 25,925,774 36,613,001 82 1.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 13,055,223 426,975 22,402,413 35,884,611 110 1.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 11,086,412 436,036 23,781,778 35,304,226 97 1.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 9,947,281 1,178,526 23,590,830 34,716,637 71 1.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 11,404,451 373,074 20,887,616 32,665,141 99 1.0%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 20,143,734 1,111,898 11,236,981 32,492,613 111 1.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 15,174,481 239,938 16,755,077 32,169,496 82 1.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 9,674,178 301,720 22,188,724 32,164,622 83 1.0%
ARAD West 410,058 13,745,812 507,007 17,688,280 31,941,099 78 1.0%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 12,276,345 282,495 19,028,933 31,587,773 85 1.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 7,485,839 58,897 23,383,837 30,928,573 112 0.9%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 5,525,470 316,890 20,911,107 26,753,467 103 0.8%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 7,715,504 6,887 18,186,183 25,908,574 108 0.8%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 5,806,435 46,102 19,950,345 25,802,882 96 0.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 10,601,540 252,411 14,739,500 25,593,451 54 0.8%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 10,613,533 512,425 14,447,486 25,573,444 77 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 6,596,273 12,635 17,602,000 24,210,908 130 0.7%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 6,620,152 97,703 16,152,590 22,870,445 115 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 10,916,440 36,759 8,294,938 19,248,137 92 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 8,021,780 584,353 10,314,079 18,920,212 76 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 5,198,589 29,634 9,141,043 14,369,266 63 0.4%

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
SIBIU 363,069,355 331,708,574 −31,360,781
BUCUREȘTI 947,568,981 318,543,010 −629,025,971
DOLJ 90,766,007 108,182,347 +17,416,340
CLUJ 98,492,810 100,200,956 +1,708,146
HUNEDOARA 81,415,926 81,678,914 +262,988
GORJ 133,002,982 78,131,257 −54,871,725
CONSTANȚA 70,193,948 74,354,738 +4,160,790
MUREȘ 48,161,155 72,773,635 +24,612,480
BUZĂU 16,755,077 68,962,891 +52,207,814
BRAȘOV 44,216,731 49,624,152 +5,407,421
TIMIȘ 46,653,884 48,384,870 +1,730,986
IAȘI 49,483,173 47,702,007 −1,781,166
MARAMUREȘ 44,294,905 45,204,543 +909,638
BIHOR 41,522,430 43,278,808 +1,756,378
ARGEȘ 38,846,106 42,894,678 +4,048,572
TELEORMAN 29,826,594 42,066,012 +12,239,418
SUCEAVA 30,483,273 41,937,724 +11,454,451
PRAHOVA 31,431,307 40,576,631 +9,145,324
BACĂU 30,036,058 32,647,810 +2,611,752
NEAMȚ 25,925,773 32,609,192 +6,683,419
VÂLCEA 34,694,460 30,823,143 −3,871,317
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 30,973,490 28,006,590 −2,966,900
VASLUI 23,781,778 27,143,558 +3,361,780
BOTOȘANI 22,188,724 26,517,659 +4,328,935
CĂLĂRAȘI 23,383,837 26,514,343 +3,130,506
TULCEA 17,602,000 21,419,131 +3,817,131
BRĂILA 19,950,345 21,027,836 +1,077,491
GALAȚI 23,590,830 20,864,490 −2,726,340
ALBA 22,402,413 20,410,829 −1,991,584
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 18,186,183 20,004,882 +1,818,699
GIURGIU 20,911,107 19,797,227 −1,113,880
OLT 19,028,933 19,717,206 +688,273
SATU MARE 20,887,616 18,836,329 −2,051,287
COVASNA 16,152,590 17,391,190 +1,238,600
ARAD 17,688,280 17,128,735 −559,545
ILFOV 29,833,154 15,711,566 −14,121,588
DÂMBOVIȚA 14,739,500 14,011,393 −728,107
IALOMIȚA 10,314,079 13,351,826 +3,037,747
VRANCEA 14,447,486 11,671,584 −2,775,902
HARGHITA 11,236,980 10,291,852 −945,128
MEHEDINȚI 9,141,043 9,532,807 +391,764
SĂLAJ 8,294,938 7,696,177 −598,761

Another 572.24 Mn. (21.3% 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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