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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 454

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 — 487.06 Mn. ARAD — 388.36 Mn. ARGEȘ — 307.64 Mn. BACĂU — 543.45 Mn. BIHOR — 1.02 Bn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 256.75 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 558.44 Mn. BRĂILA — 218.63 Mn. BRAȘOV — 602.02 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 8.23 Bn. BUZĂU — 745.79 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 277.52 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 307.14 Mn. CLUJ — 1.36 Bn. CONSTANȚA — 729.91 Mn. COVASNA — 306.27 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 308.82 Mn. DOLJ — 403.20 Mn. GALAȚI — 369.25 Mn. GIURGIU — 130.81 Mn. GORJ — 277.53 Mn. HARGHITA — 242.58 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 605.04 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 196.05 Mn. IAȘI — 1.32 Bn. ILFOV — 652.77 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 526.09 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 297.76 Mn. MUREȘ — 498.99 Mn. NEAMȚ — 258.70 Mn. OLT — 249.42 Mn. PRAHOVA — 480.82 Mn. SĂLAJ — 167.39 Mn. SATU MARE — 322.54 Mn. SIBIU — 617.16 Mn. SUCEAVA — 680.16 Mn. TELEORMAN — 207.45 Mn. TIMIȘ — 736.53 Mn. TULCEA — 250.05 Mn. VÂLCEA — 318.47 Mn. VASLUI — 160.33 Mn. VRANCEA — 311.43 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 1,713,832 843,687,089 168,520,599 7,221,535,127 8,233,742,815 4,804 30.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 248,622,645 68,284,265 1,042,732,513 1,359,639,423 1,938 5.1%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 255,533,025 20,960,046 1,041,844,625 1,318,337,696 1,686 4.9%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 241,672,815 25,338,876 748,078,365 1,015,090,056 1,817 3.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 136,235,003 9,504,698 600,052,190 745,791,891 1,897 2.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 270,134,859 33,393,281 432,999,670 736,527,810 1,094 2.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 229,644,653 33,227,160 467,039,820 729,911,633 1,112 2.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 233,561,912 14,384,433 432,213,244 680,159,589 1,049 2.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 190,045,157 11,013,559 451,710,113 652,768,829 1,054 2.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 232,413,422 37,110,386 347,640,634 617,164,442 1,556 2.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 142,895,195 8,729,213 453,418,058 605,042,466 1,734 2.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 269,156,304 18,971,015 313,889,859 602,017,178 1,066 2.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 51,857,344 7,047,682 499,532,078 558,437,104 1,445 2.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 128,896,562 17,933,881 396,621,542 543,451,985 921 2.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 131,580,634 17,645,410 376,863,420 526,089,464 1,166 2.0%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 167,984,995 31,511,172 299,490,955 498,987,122 960 1.9%
ALBA Centre 324,901 112,223,575 16,619,543 358,215,296 487,058,414 1,499 1.8%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 201,036,690 9,341,835 270,444,387 480,822,912 704 1.8%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 122,530,174 11,725,117 268,945,570 403,200,861 678 1.5%
ARAD West 410,058 155,256,024 10,830,432 222,272,774 388,359,230 947 1.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 100,846,261 34,436,856 233,968,196 369,251,313 759 1.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 113,046,947 8,101,356 201,395,326 322,543,629 977 1.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 133,741,637 19,010,709 165,714,092 318,466,438 942 1.2%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 92,779,735 1,927,724 216,723,159 311,430,618 943 1.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 92,324,667 14,130,968 202,364,996 308,820,631 649 1.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 136,954,557 10,014,000 160,673,388 307,641,945 548 1.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 78,431,655 3,963,342 224,749,325 307,144,322 1,278 1.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 74,578,372 1,725,198 229,970,088 306,273,658 1,534 1.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 79,577,433 2,108,934 216,078,472 297,764,839 1,315 1.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 86,041,708 3,714,852 187,777,876 277,534,436 904 1.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 84,507,858 3,938,124 189,069,278 277,515,260 1,001 1.0%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 125,664,214 11,803,440 121,235,017 258,702,671 582 1.0%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 73,068,551 7,849,323 175,828,989 256,746,863 861 1.0%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 70,196,716 451,225 179,403,372 250,051,313 1,343 0.9%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 112,628,036 3,785,122 133,002,081 249,415,239 670 0.9%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 105,543,641 8,553,103 128,486,409 242,583,153 830 0.9%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 88,917,893 12,368,717 117,339,683 218,626,293 810 0.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 67,145,426 2,648,217 137,660,912 207,454,555 673 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 81,527,861 1,948,120 112,570,310 196,046,291 792 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 65,380,632 4,774,319 97,234,119 167,389,070 796 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 61,435,190 3,942,272 94,952,566 160,330,028 441 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 59,507,653 1,443,734 69,861,863 130,813,250 505 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 7,221,535,126 6,528,198,532 −693,336,594
CLUJ 1,042,732,518 876,485,461 −166,247,057
BIHOR 748,078,365 748,077,029 −1,336
CONSTANȚA 467,039,820 734,549,145 +267,509,325
IAȘI 1,041,844,624 605,076,423 −436,768,201
BUZĂU 600,052,190 596,103,745 −3,948,445
SUCEAVA 432,213,244 551,056,822 +118,843,578
BOTOȘANI 499,532,078 521,870,417 +22,338,339
BACĂU 396,621,542 485,039,238 +88,417,696
HUNEDOARA 453,418,059 475,301,972 +21,883,913
TIMIȘ 432,999,670 445,676,875 +12,677,205
ILFOV 451,710,113 435,788,280 −15,921,833
MARAMUREȘ 376,863,420 391,713,417 +14,849,997
ALBA 358,215,296 371,010,626 +12,795,330
PRAHOVA 270,444,389 333,822,890 +63,378,501
COVASNA 229,970,088 308,748,229 +78,778,141
BRAȘOV 313,889,860 308,025,283 −5,864,577
SIBIU 347,640,633 306,073,948 −41,566,685
MUREȘ 299,490,956 298,909,625 −581,331
ARAD 222,272,774 279,987,701 +57,714,927
VÂLCEA 165,714,092 252,636,006 +86,921,914
DOLJ 268,945,570 241,980,787 −26,964,783
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 224,749,325 235,647,649 +10,898,324
MEHEDINȚI 216,078,472 225,524,424 +9,445,952
CĂLĂRAȘI 189,069,278 222,271,312 +33,202,034
GALAȚI 233,968,196 215,058,333 −18,909,863
DÂMBOVIȚA 202,364,996 214,239,600 +11,874,604
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 175,828,989 207,168,817 +31,339,828
SATU MARE 201,395,326 204,477,519 +3,082,193
TULCEA 179,403,373 198,856,435 +19,453,062
ARGEȘ 160,673,390 195,422,554 +34,749,164
VRANCEA 216,723,159 186,284,371 −30,438,788
IALOMIȚA 112,570,310 165,377,307 +52,806,997
HARGHITA 128,486,409 156,905,636 +28,419,227
GORJ 187,777,875 156,627,392 −31,150,483
OLT 133,002,081 155,456,316 +22,454,235
TELEORMAN 137,660,912 154,201,916 +16,541,004
BRĂILA 117,339,683 148,302,175 +30,962,492
NEAMȚ 121,235,017 143,174,076 +21,939,059
SĂLAJ 97,234,119 119,630,737 +22,396,618
VASLUI 94,952,566 117,957,553 +23,004,987
GIURGIU 69,861,863 72,235,952 +2,374,089

Another 250.65 Mn. (1.3% 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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