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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 453

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 — 517.05 Mn. ARAD — 296.60 Mn. ARGEȘ — 316.88 Mn. BACĂU — 280.54 Mn. BIHOR — 990.91 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 401.78 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 257.53 Mn. BRĂILA — 157.64 Mn. BRAȘOV — 790.07 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 12.03 Bn. BUZĂU — 310.75 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 202.93 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 599.00 Mn. CLUJ — 4.39 Bn. CONSTANȚA — 1.25 Bn. COVASNA — 233.45 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 390.07 Mn. DOLJ — 483.82 Mn. GALAȚI — 661.60 Mn. GIURGIU — 159.29 Mn. GORJ — 720.12 Mn. HARGHITA — 465.70 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 549.02 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 156.26 Mn. IAȘI — 585.27 Mn. ILFOV — 589.51 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 405.14 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 155.03 Mn. MUREȘ — 1.41 Bn. NEAMȚ — 363.63 Mn. OLT — 555.21 Mn. PRAHOVA — 6.44 Bn. SĂLAJ — 229.18 Mn. SATU MARE — 282.06 Mn. SIBIU — 640.81 Mn. SUCEAVA — 556.83 Mn. TELEORMAN — 355.11 Mn. TIMIȘ — 655.89 Mn. TULCEA — 135.11 Mn. VÂLCEA — 528.98 Mn. VASLUI — 228.19 Mn. VRANCEA — 328.06 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 1,713,832 492,855,632 118,060,301 11,420,852,787 12,031,768,720 7,020 29.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 187,868,603 18,665,023 6,238,159,407 6,444,693,033 9,430 15.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 230,477,983 28,626,596 4,130,294,954 4,389,399,533 6,257 10.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 120,281,240 23,369,058 1,266,762,899 1,410,413,197 2,713 3.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 140,656,182 23,578,584 1,089,395,180 1,253,629,946 1,910 3.1%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 180,162,243 14,677,015 796,073,495 990,912,753 1,774 2.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 163,217,350 15,232,809 611,619,276 790,069,435 1,399 1.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 100,495,304 3,762,337 615,860,786 720,118,427 2,346 1.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 119,893,760 20,561,974 521,144,595 661,600,329 1,360 1.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 213,754,236 23,811,144 418,322,305 655,887,685 975 1.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 154,631,977 15,194,728 470,988,143 640,814,848 1,615 1.6%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 68,495,693 653,084 529,853,830 599,002,607 2,493 1.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 167,526,171 11,790,492 410,195,719 589,512,382 952 1.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 199,933,168 12,665,238 372,668,145 585,266,551 748 1.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 210,893,477 8,222,736 337,713,845 556,830,058 859 1.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 120,231,101 3,609,255 431,372,841 555,213,197 1,492 1.4%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 105,159,440 6,582,353 437,275,814 549,017,607 1,573 1.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 125,667,840 12,384,980 390,923,245 528,976,065 1,565 1.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 119,159,819 15,294,117 382,594,219 517,048,155 1,591 1.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 105,750,516 4,308,628 373,757,245 483,816,389 814 1.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 86,850,196 7,265,138 371,582,976 465,698,310 1,593 1.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 148,059,975 7,901,087 249,181,814 405,142,876 898 1.0%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 73,311,359 11,477,396 316,992,446 401,781,201 1,348 1.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 123,873,389 13,381,129 252,811,696 390,066,214 820 1.0%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 133,296,715 10,244,308 220,084,507 363,625,530 818 0.9%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 71,642,217 1,333,118 282,131,621 355,106,956 1,151 0.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 98,837,893 3,632,670 225,584,980 328,055,543 994 0.8%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 136,409,054 18,228,076 162,242,916 316,880,046 564 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 142,190,627 9,254,789 159,305,904 310,751,320 790 0.8%
ARAD West 410,058 101,189,249 3,937,744 191,468,520 296,595,513 723 0.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 83,084,985 8,540,979 190,429,496 282,055,460 855 0.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 132,161,768 11,057,115 137,323,854 280,542,737 475 0.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 105,789,245 7,745,553 143,992,118 257,526,916 666 0.6%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 47,533,238 682,861 185,234,250 233,450,349 1,170 0.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 70,607,495 3,002,511 155,566,713 229,176,719 1,090 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 101,805,729 4,717,277 121,663,391 228,186,397 628 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 74,574,922 6,021,472 122,329,980 202,926,374 732 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 53,668,977 1,734,982 103,888,134 159,292,093 616 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 59,558,377 4,369,665 93,709,403 157,637,445 584 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 69,957,351 4,415,240 81,886,592 156,259,183 632 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 81,916,914 844,856 72,271,357 155,033,127 685 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 43,027,474 407,808 91,670,331 135,105,613 726 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 11,420,852,786 7,803,397,716 −3,617,455,070
BUZĂU 159,305,904 6,250,451,235 +6,091,145,331
CONSTANȚA 1,089,395,184 1,548,620,462 +459,225,278
ARGEȘ 162,242,916 1,125,321,590 +963,078,674
CLUJ 4,130,294,957 1,071,545,563 −3,058,749,394
BIHOR 796,073,495 1,058,899,809 +262,826,314
BRAȘOV 611,619,276 932,670,271 +321,050,995
NEAMȚ 220,084,507 835,597,251 +615,512,744
MUREȘ 1,266,762,899 828,795,451 −437,967,448
GALAȚI 521,144,595 728,983,383 +207,838,788
SIBIU 470,988,143 714,851,761 +243,863,618
ILFOV 410,195,719 704,055,656 +293,859,937
IAȘI 372,668,145 670,370,419 +297,702,274
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 529,853,830 642,150,047 +112,296,217
PRAHOVA 6,238,159,407 575,449,654 −5,662,709,753
HUNEDOARA 437,275,816 557,126,740 +119,850,924
DÂMBOVIȚA 252,811,696 551,046,605 +298,234,909
TIMIȘ 418,322,305 540,859,242 +122,536,937
ALBA 382,594,219 527,729,777 +145,135,558
GORJ 615,860,786 525,367,391 −90,493,395
SUCEAVA 337,713,845 508,933,258 +171,219,413
DOLJ 373,757,245 433,483,251 +59,726,006
MARAMUREȘ 249,181,814 415,044,395 +165,862,581
HARGHITA 371,582,976 404,940,020 +33,357,044
OLT 431,372,841 401,383,594 −29,989,247
VÂLCEA 390,923,245 387,016,071 −3,907,174
ARAD 191,468,520 384,988,659 +193,520,139
MEHEDINȚI 72,271,357 367,870,624 +295,599,267
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 316,992,446 352,842,474 +35,850,028
TELEORMAN 282,131,621 348,862,557 +66,730,936
VRANCEA 225,584,980 320,913,491 +95,328,511
CĂLĂRAȘI 122,329,980 280,110,506 +157,780,526
COVASNA 185,234,250 258,708,795 +73,474,545
GIURGIU 103,888,134 255,161,048 +151,272,914
BACĂU 137,323,854 254,061,933 +116,738,079
SATU MARE 190,429,496 229,517,307 +39,087,811
SĂLAJ 155,566,713 209,202,055 +53,635,342
BOTOȘANI 143,992,118 193,960,883 +49,968,765
VASLUI 121,663,391 190,355,752 +68,692,361
BRĂILA 93,709,403 187,208,873 +93,499,470
IALOMIȚA 81,886,593 169,708,004 +87,821,411
TULCEA 91,670,331 135,801,937 +44,131,606

Another 293.82 Mn. (0.8% 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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