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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 45

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 — 5.89 Bn. ARAD — 6.29 Bn. ARGEȘ — 7.04 Bn. BACĂU — 8.89 Bn. BIHOR — 12.87 Bn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 6.27 Bn. BOTOȘANI — 5.35 Bn. BRĂILA — 4.42 Bn. BRAȘOV — 9.88 Bn. BUCUREȘTI — 256.66 Bn. BUZĂU — 6.35 Bn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 4.21 Bn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 5.39 Bn. CLUJ — 34.46 Bn. CONSTANȚA — 17.32 Bn. COVASNA — 2.75 Bn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 7.53 Bn. DOLJ — 11.95 Bn. GALAȚI — 11.23 Bn. GIURGIU — 3.90 Bn. GORJ — 7.52 Bn. HARGHITA — 4.68 Bn. HUNEDOARA — 7.55 Bn. IALOMIȚA — 4.01 Bn. IAȘI — 14.71 Bn. ILFOV — 10.95 Bn. MARAMUREȘ — 8.03 Bn. MEHEDINȚI — 3.95 Bn. MUREȘ — 10.10 Bn. NEAMȚ — 5.79 Bn. OLT — 6.45 Bn. PRAHOVA — 17.21 Bn. SĂLAJ — 3.48 Bn. SATU MARE — 5.26 Bn. SIBIU — 11.48 Bn. SUCEAVA — 10.52 Bn. TELEORMAN — 3.63 Bn. TIMIȘ — 12.16 Bn. TULCEA — 4.79 Bn. VÂLCEA — 6.64 Bn. VASLUI — 5.19 Bn. VRANCEA — 5.89 Bn.
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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 2,402,558,768 551,433,797 253,703,433,636 256,657,426,201 149,756 42.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 1,159,796,152 163,627,072 33,134,735,096 34,458,158,320 49,116 5.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 845,795,967 173,903,443 16,298,392,547 17,318,091,957 26,379 2.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,047,412,369 59,690,381 16,102,952,829 17,210,055,579 25,181 2.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 1,138,979,183 55,141,967 13,520,050,330 14,714,171,480 18,817 2.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,381,783,681 94,550,931 11,396,798,784 12,873,133,396 23,044 2.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 1,455,368,747 114,884,497 10,593,956,159 12,164,209,403 18,075 2.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 641,778,695 43,436,950 11,260,078,141 11,945,293,786 20,092 2.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 875,036,254 115,682,299 10,488,231,860 11,478,950,413 28,938 1.9%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 570,829,870 113,736,513 10,544,042,756 11,228,609,139 23,086 1.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 1,253,736,316 107,157,539 9,593,990,481 10,954,884,336 17,685 1.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,370,527,269 71,628,712 9,074,096,129 10,516,252,110 16,225 1.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 829,081,806 129,354,779 9,142,898,590 10,101,335,175 19,433 1.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 1,033,114,870 69,182,559 8,773,878,553 9,876,175,982 17,491 1.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 696,333,119 66,292,716 8,125,525,088 8,888,150,923 15,060 1.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 839,076,915 77,318,586 7,116,042,357 8,032,437,858 17,807 1.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 683,316,521 39,596,341 6,830,268,912 7,553,181,774 21,642 1.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 641,047,278 48,522,325 6,842,040,162 7,531,609,765 15,829 1.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 538,009,354 37,929,508 6,945,582,019 7,521,520,881 24,505 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 853,537,626 82,055,929 6,099,822,225 7,035,415,780 12,522 1.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 811,858,399 77,538,598 5,753,894,463 6,643,291,460 19,655 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 629,171,569 24,128,012 5,793,668,740 6,446,968,321 17,322 1.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 778,375,924 35,004,498 5,533,142,680 6,346,523,102 16,143 1.1%
ARAD West 410,058 770,946,493 43,313,616 5,473,704,848 6,287,964,957 15,334 1.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 560,722,079 69,700,717 5,639,971,978 6,270,394,774 21,032 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 575,743,325 15,553,454 5,294,687,845 5,885,984,624 17,828 1.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 645,741,858 72,722,960 5,167,028,551 5,885,493,369 18,115 1.0%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 692,848,909 51,084,459 5,043,487,794 5,787,421,162 13,015 1.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 484,908,124 13,462,874 4,893,235,070 5,391,606,068 22,439 0.9%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 414,988,933 41,197,352 4,894,873,358 5,351,059,643 13,844 0.9%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 554,148,444 40,158,237 4,668,567,626 5,262,874,307 15,946 0.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 510,339,924 25,812,807 4,651,727,317 5,187,880,048 14,282 0.9%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 268,391,233 3,505,613 4,517,604,299 4,789,501,145 25,732 0.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 495,886,049 38,598,374 4,143,025,436 4,677,509,859 16,004 0.8%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 382,194,502 27,985,867 4,007,933,504 4,418,113,873 16,375 0.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 425,402,965 26,141,613 3,760,391,909 4,211,936,487 15,187 0.7%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 424,264,192 13,482,374 3,570,611,217 4,008,357,783 16,201 0.7%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 465,295,140 10,037,603 3,477,640,461 3,952,973,204 17,458 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 375,033,993 15,094,991 3,508,047,861 3,898,176,845 15,063 0.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 363,493,886 9,922,462 3,261,403,397 3,634,819,745 11,785 0.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 362,946,100 21,687,070 3,096,865,442 3,481,498,612 16,552 0.6%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 300,768,622 9,179,527 2,441,008,144 2,750,956,293 13,783 0.5%

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 253,703,433,637 133,974,795,144 −119,728,638,493
CLUJ 33,134,735,106 38,241,671,435 +5,106,936,329
CONSTANȚA 16,298,392,547 33,572,425,642 +17,274,033,095
BRAȘOV 8,773,878,554 17,708,500,447 +8,934,621,893
DOLJ 11,260,078,142 15,956,159,744 +4,696,081,602
BRĂILA 4,007,933,503 15,556,662,633 +11,548,729,130
TIMIȘ 10,593,956,162 15,427,092,279 +4,833,136,117
IAȘI 13,520,050,330 15,353,798,661 +1,833,748,331
PRAHOVA 16,102,952,831 13,915,789,261 −2,187,163,570
BIHOR 11,396,798,785 13,437,099,725 +2,040,300,940
BUZĂU 5,533,142,679 12,801,114,608 +7,267,971,929
SUCEAVA 9,074,096,129 11,195,104,524 +2,121,008,395
HARGHITA 4,143,025,437 11,017,979,700 +6,874,954,263
BACĂU 8,125,525,086 10,023,243,520 +1,897,718,434
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 4,893,235,069 9,997,118,232 +5,103,883,163
ILFOV 9,593,990,482 9,851,490,341 +257,499,859
GALAȚI 10,544,042,756 9,578,163,303 −965,879,453
ARGEȘ 6,099,822,225 9,328,018,034 +3,228,195,809
SIBIU 10,488,231,861 8,915,682,311 −1,572,549,550
HUNEDOARA 6,830,268,921 8,432,867,519 +1,602,598,598
DÂMBOVIȚA 6,842,040,162 8,343,385,679 +1,501,345,517
MARAMUREȘ 7,116,042,357 8,137,128,319 +1,021,085,962
MUREȘ 9,142,898,591 8,022,119,374 −1,120,779,217
MEHEDINȚI 3,477,640,461 7,719,037,373 +4,241,396,912
GORJ 6,945,582,017 7,714,821,424 +769,239,407
GIURGIU 3,508,047,861 7,607,118,141 +4,099,070,280
OLT 5,793,668,740 7,367,052,235 +1,573,383,495
VÂLCEA 5,753,894,463 7,126,041,013 +1,372,146,550
NEAMȚ 5,043,487,794 7,051,584,005 +2,008,096,211
BOTOȘANI 4,894,873,358 6,732,270,650 +1,837,397,292
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 5,639,971,978 6,681,656,993 +1,041,685,015
TULCEA 4,517,604,300 6,382,666,083 +1,865,061,783
ARAD 5,473,704,848 6,289,286,887 +815,582,039
VASLUI 4,651,727,317 6,095,860,949 +1,444,133,632
ALBA 5,167,028,551 5,811,900,669 +644,872,118
CĂLĂRAȘI 3,760,391,909 5,609,832,239 +1,849,440,330
SATU MARE 4,668,567,625 5,298,620,937 +630,053,312
VRANCEA 5,294,687,844 5,068,720,828 −225,967,016
TELEORMAN 3,261,403,397 4,902,432,993 +1,641,029,596
IALOMIȚA 3,570,611,218 4,475,350,645 +904,739,427
SĂLAJ 3,096,865,443 4,134,720,320 +1,037,854,877
COVASNA 2,441,008,144 3,647,046,102 +1,206,037,958

Another 9.68 Bn. (1.7% 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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