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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 450

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 — 319.36 Mn. ARAD — 273.53 Mn. ARGEȘ — 506.15 Mn. BACĂU — 641.48 Mn. BIHOR — 573.24 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 208.83 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 458.94 Mn. BRĂILA — 84.27 Mn. BRAȘOV — 856.50 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 4.68 Bn. BUZĂU — 168.23 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 125.81 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 295.93 Mn. CLUJ — 836.49 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 2.02 Bn. COVASNA — 149.73 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 503.98 Mn. DOLJ — 1.50 Bn. GALAȚI — 699.20 Mn. GIURGIU — 127.78 Mn. GORJ — 100.52 Mn. HARGHITA — 220.00 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 607.47 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 364.71 Mn. IAȘI — 806.27 Mn. ILFOV — 293.78 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 502.92 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 134.97 Mn. MUREȘ — 404.20 Mn. NEAMȚ — 196.46 Mn. OLT — 252.85 Mn. PRAHOVA — 437.13 Mn. SĂLAJ — 218.81 Mn. SATU MARE — 197.63 Mn. SIBIU — 1.20 Bn. SUCEAVA — 498.35 Mn. TELEORMAN — 143.33 Mn. TIMIȘ — 910.25 Mn. TULCEA — 415.44 Mn. VÂLCEA — 436.46 Mn. VASLUI — 393.01 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.10 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 67,710,886 23,522,570 4,585,175,672 4,676,409,128 2,729 18.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 19,058,400 5,425,648 1,999,545,746 2,024,029,794 3,083 8.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 28,460,064 1,640,513 1,466,197,722 1,496,298,299 2,517 6.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 27,544,670 3,182,755 1,167,951,968 1,198,679,393 3,022 4.8%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 31,583,752 218,990 1,070,675,327 1,102,478,069 3,339 4.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 55,673,567 1,913,716 852,666,387 910,253,670 1,353 3.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 35,916,563 2,824,838 817,759,680 856,501,081 1,517 3.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 33,637,400 1,467,246 801,389,669 836,494,315 1,192 3.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 42,826,945 1,410,702 762,035,395 806,273,042 1,031 3.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 27,731,968 1,629,421 669,840,776 699,202,165 1,438 2.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 34,942,742 1,384,884 605,153,307 641,480,933 1,087 2.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 18,842,827 1,469,608 587,156,317 607,468,752 1,741 2.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 67,405,933 2,608,437 503,222,141 573,236,511 1,026 2.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 56,533,350 2,675,827 446,945,345 506,154,522 901 2.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 26,758,428 6,535,873 470,683,163 503,977,464 1,059 2.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 41,963,115 3,739,594 457,220,816 502,923,525 1,115 2.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 45,839,634 385,713 452,122,248 498,347,595 769 2.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 32,165,086 10,695,387 416,076,754 458,937,227 1,187 1.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 37,142,790 1,148,323 398,840,126 437,131,239 640 1.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 30,640,097 483,987 405,340,239 436,464,323 1,291 1.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 12,236,427 — 403,201,112 415,437,539 2,232 1.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 38,777,566 2,095,916 363,322,518 404,196,000 778 1.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 26,956,224 324,037 365,730,386 393,010,647 1,082 1.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 16,291,200 591,620 347,825,001 364,707,821 1,474 1.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 36,178,205 1,288,919 281,894,572 319,361,696 983 1.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 13,624,704 510,000 281,799,193 295,933,897 1,232 1.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 34,923,885 3,754,730 255,098,050 293,776,665 474 1.2%
ARAD West 410,058 34,084,848 522,456 238,926,385 273,533,689 667 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 52,031,974 1,419,243 199,393,933 252,845,150 679 1.0%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 19,350,210 1,443,336 199,207,961 220,001,507 753 0.9%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 29,817,427 2,583,129 186,409,141 218,809,697 1,040 0.9%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 29,864,311 3,177,904 175,788,949 208,831,164 700 0.8%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 29,513,140 1,470,402 166,651,273 197,634,815 599 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 32,927,885 171,505 163,362,780 196,462,170 442 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 34,508,724 2,012,294 131,706,814 168,227,832 428 0.7%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 21,831,295 451,450 127,449,533 149,732,278 750 0.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 17,852,390 63,757 125,413,533 143,329,680 465 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 22,338,954 1,687,575 110,940,564 134,967,093 596 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 19,495,541 989,685 107,299,485 127,784,711 494 0.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 15,512,065 426,592 109,874,027 125,812,684 454 0.5%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 26,733,750 3,540,692 70,244,111 100,518,553 327 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 12,105,578 801,169 71,365,694 84,272,441 312 0.3%

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 4,585,175,673 2,429,774,102 −2,155,401,571
CONSTANȚA 1,999,545,745 2,120,180,596 +120,634,851
CLUJ 801,389,669 1,775,527,626 +974,137,957
DOLJ 1,466,197,722 1,393,136,956 −73,060,766
BRAȘOV 817,759,680 969,995,202 +152,235,522
TIMIȘ 852,666,387 889,959,326 +37,292,939
IAȘI 762,035,394 707,529,808 −54,505,586
BACĂU 605,153,307 686,435,426 +81,282,119
GALAȚI 669,840,776 635,477,650 −34,363,126
HUNEDOARA 587,156,317 619,846,607 +32,690,290
SIBIU 1,167,951,968 553,965,808 −613,986,160
ARGEȘ 446,945,345 539,305,816 +92,360,471
VRANCEA 1,070,675,327 535,595,584 −535,079,743
BIHOR 503,222,141 529,619,089 +26,396,948
DÂMBOVIȚA 470,683,163 520,541,592 +49,858,429
ILFOV 255,098,050 488,160,280 +233,062,230
BOTOȘANI 416,076,754 466,137,103 +50,060,349
MARAMUREȘ 457,220,816 463,606,017 +6,385,201
PRAHOVA 398,840,126 450,947,970 +52,107,844
TULCEA 403,201,112 428,672,273 +25,471,161
SUCEAVA 452,122,248 416,292,939 −35,829,309
VÂLCEA 405,340,239 405,282,775 −57,464
VASLUI 365,730,386 399,397,254 +33,666,868
IALOMIȚA 347,825,001 384,623,325 +36,798,324
ALBA 281,894,572 373,330,322 +91,435,750
MUREȘ 363,322,518 368,382,058 +5,059,540
BUZĂU 131,706,814 323,698,487 +191,991,673
OLT 199,393,933 312,910,293 +113,516,360
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 281,799,193 306,115,102 +24,315,909
ARAD 238,926,385 292,822,227 +53,895,842
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 175,788,949 260,728,614 +84,939,665
GIURGIU 107,299,485 231,182,460 +123,882,975
CĂLĂRAȘI 109,874,027 218,072,076 +108,198,049
HARGHITA 199,207,961 197,022,306 −2,185,655
MEHEDINȚI 110,940,564 193,785,286 +82,844,722
SĂLAJ 186,409,141 187,832,127 +1,422,986
NEAMȚ 163,362,780 173,803,369 +10,440,589
SATU MARE 166,651,273 171,445,381 +4,794,108
TELEORMAN 125,413,533 130,290,548 +4,877,015
COVASNA 127,449,533 130,195,733 +2,746,200
GORJ 70,244,111 122,631,738 +52,387,627
BRĂILA 71,365,694 110,288,716 +38,923,022

Another 504.36 Mn. (2.2% 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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