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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 451

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 — 82.42 Mn. ARAD — 206.23 Mn. ARGEȘ — 86.27 Mn. BACĂU — 167.52 Mn. BIHOR — 182.69 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 84.17 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 50.14 Mn. BRĂILA — 95.72 Mn. BRAȘOV — 157.13 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 1.97 Bn. BUZĂU — 44.49 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 39.65 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 61.13 Mn. CLUJ — 376.32 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 204.48 Mn. COVASNA — 52.67 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 109.05 Mn. DOLJ — 74.30 Mn. GALAȚI — 378.84 Mn. GIURGIU — 37.68 Mn. GORJ — 115.87 Mn. HARGHITA — 89.02 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 69.62 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 82.93 Mn. IAȘI — 121.33 Mn. ILFOV — 266.37 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 102.63 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 108.50 Mn. MUREȘ — 253.27 Mn. NEAMȚ — 59.15 Mn. OLT — 107.58 Mn. PRAHOVA — 115.31 Mn. SĂLAJ — 15.47 Mn. SATU MARE — 91.28 Mn. SIBIU — 150.09 Mn. SUCEAVA — 132.46 Mn. TELEORMAN — 38.78 Mn. TIMIȘ — 202.24 Mn. TULCEA — 62.40 Mn. VÂLCEA — 228.27 Mn. VASLUI — 50.61 Mn. VRANCEA — 90.82 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 1,713,832 123,159,881 26,211,022 1,818,021,438 1,967,392,341 1,148 28.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 30,618,017 9,380,109 338,843,898 378,842,024 779 5.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 55,276,897 5,219,119 315,819,004 376,315,020 536 5.4%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 101,425,244 9,085,240 155,859,112 266,369,596 430 3.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 29,441,083 7,018,164 216,811,734 253,270,981 487 3.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 41,502,811 6,295,746 180,474,050 228,272,607 675 3.3%
ARAD West 410,058 33,855,329 4,207,245 168,168,944 206,231,518 503 2.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 50,647,382 6,449,390 147,382,366 204,479,138 311 2.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 76,152,708 4,696,183 121,389,543 202,238,434 301 2.9%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 61,276,052 4,115,447 117,295,596 182,687,095 327 2.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 28,650,445 3,492,970 135,375,890 167,519,305 284 2.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 44,357,400 2,840,656 109,933,734 157,131,790 278 2.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 39,409,837 4,551,200 106,128,472 150,089,509 378 2.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 66,729,293 4,998,926 60,726,946 132,455,165 204 1.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 43,713,319 1,310,299 76,309,497 121,333,115 155 1.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 21,581,919 564,481 93,724,178 115,870,578 378 1.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 57,974,886 2,219,983 55,110,873 115,305,742 169 1.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 36,787,723 428,702 71,829,690 109,046,115 229 1.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 24,340,048 1,124,135 83,038,751 108,502,934 479 1.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 29,539,711 2,213,150 75,831,831 107,584,692 289 1.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 38,275,628 8,509,499 55,848,225 102,633,352 228 1.5%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 23,702,439 92,971 71,922,239 95,717,649 355 1.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 24,832,278 1,370,648 65,081,027 91,283,953 277 1.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 34,796,843 865,044 55,160,118 90,822,005 275 1.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 34,499,873 2,417,224 52,101,827 89,018,924 305 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 27,633,569 2,638,051 55,997,381 86,269,001 154 1.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 30,283,527 1,098,455 52,786,630 84,168,612 282 1.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 33,792,680 1,621,876 47,515,747 82,930,303 335 1.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 32,092,100 7,577,533 42,754,091 82,423,724 254 1.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 24,725,685 2,455,153 47,123,370 74,304,208 125 1.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 30,767,238 1,090,340 37,763,903 69,621,481 199 1.0%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 10,023,646 448,235 51,929,892 62,401,773 335 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 15,209,577 261,087 45,661,880 61,132,544 254 0.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 38,689,071 4,262,371 16,200,767 59,152,209 133 0.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 13,858,534 768,323 38,044,481 52,671,338 264 0.8%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 15,250,969 2,074,874 33,280,130 50,605,973 139 0.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 17,222,760 1,990,288 30,931,596 50,144,644 130 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 28,062,135 1,852,400 14,578,907 44,493,442 113 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 20,222,568 2,234,336 17,190,646 39,647,550 143 0.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 14,749,175 854,945 23,180,812 38,784,932 126 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 25,343,584 336,341 12,001,250 37,681,175 146 0.5%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 9,028,966 1,189,380 5,255,777 15,474,123 74 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 1,818,021,438 1,076,220,123 −741,801,315
GALAȚI 338,843,898 345,053,226 +6,209,328
CLUJ 315,819,004 323,495,131 +7,676,127
VÂLCEA 180,474,050 222,717,330 +42,243,280
CONSTANȚA 147,382,367 186,231,690 +38,849,323
BACĂU 135,375,890 178,138,972 +42,763,082
ARAD 168,168,944 171,615,557 +3,446,613
ILFOV 155,859,112 158,016,107 +2,156,995
BIHOR 117,295,596 149,196,399 +31,900,803
TIMIȘ 121,389,543 142,142,429 +20,752,886
BRAȘOV 109,933,733 137,295,311 +27,361,578
OLT 75,831,831 118,473,709 +42,641,878
GORJ 93,724,177 116,688,364 +22,964,187
DOLJ 47,123,370 104,211,741 +57,088,371
SIBIU 106,128,472 100,350,722 −5,777,750
IAȘI 76,309,497 92,662,395 +16,352,898
SUCEAVA 60,726,946 88,234,799 +27,507,853
MEHEDINȚI 83,038,751 84,884,776 +1,846,025
SATU MARE 65,081,027 82,488,800 +17,407,773
BRĂILA 71,922,239 81,538,941 +9,616,702
DÂMBOVIȚA 71,829,690 79,869,751 +8,040,061
ARGEȘ 55,997,380 72,485,088 +16,487,708
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 52,786,630 68,229,301 +15,442,671
BOTOȘANI 30,931,596 66,440,101 +35,508,505
PRAHOVA 55,110,873 65,750,434 +10,639,561
TULCEA 51,929,892 61,342,028 +9,412,136
HUNEDOARA 37,763,903 61,091,168 +23,327,265
MARAMUREȘ 55,848,225 57,751,583 +1,903,358
ALBA 42,754,091 56,645,807 +13,891,716
VRANCEA 55,160,118 56,541,486 +1,381,368
VASLUI 33,280,130 56,100,644 +22,820,514
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 45,661,880 50,300,519 +4,638,639
HARGHITA 52,101,827 49,698,621 −2,403,206
NEAMȚ 16,200,767 40,026,051 +23,825,284
COVASNA 38,044,481 38,633,639 +589,158
TELEORMAN 23,180,812 37,011,309 +13,830,497
GIURGIU 12,001,250 30,155,921 +18,154,671
MUREȘ 216,811,734 26,633,991 −190,177,743
CĂLĂRAȘI 17,190,646 25,011,292 +7,820,646
SĂLAJ 5,255,777 20,039,391 +14,783,614
BUZĂU 14,578,907 18,542,716 +3,963,809
IALOMIȚA 47,515,747 13,684,359 −33,831,388

Another 308.74 Mn. (5.8% 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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