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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 · Services · CPV 50

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 — 123.98 Mn. ARAD — 152.93 Mn. ARGEȘ — 160.66 Mn. BACĂU — 196.84 Mn. BIHOR — 234.53 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 96.79 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 96.48 Mn. BRĂILA — 79.91 Mn. BRAȘOV — 462.92 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 15.52 Bn. BUZĂU — 162.89 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 79.46 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 45.08 Mn. CLUJ — 817.61 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 1.33 Bn. COVASNA — 216.59 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 103.69 Mn. DOLJ — 671.24 Mn. GALAȚI — 323.81 Mn. GIURGIU — 67.60 Mn. GORJ — 343.86 Mn. HARGHITA — 89.20 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 170.44 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 76.28 Mn. IAȘI — 448.33 Mn. ILFOV — 3.67 Bn. MARAMUREȘ — 118.50 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 64.58 Mn. MUREȘ — 309.20 Mn. NEAMȚ — 122.80 Mn. OLT — 82.53 Mn. PRAHOVA — 584.00 Mn. SĂLAJ — 46.82 Mn. SATU MARE — 151.03 Mn. SIBIU — 678.39 Mn. SUCEAVA — 183.98 Mn. TELEORMAN — 51.73 Mn. TIMIȘ — 393.53 Mn. TULCEA — 148.84 Mn. VÂLCEA — 148.04 Mn. VASLUI — 83.80 Mn. VRANCEA — 135.01 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 1,140,319,970 297,523,589 14,077,850,181 15,515,693,740 9,053 53.4%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 203,165,090 13,267,363 3,449,182,413 3,665,614,866 5,917 12.6%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 264,860,323 46,568,676 1,019,395,572 1,330,824,571 2,027 4.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 249,222,209 36,414,589 531,971,914 817,608,712 1,165 2.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 115,805,897 26,885,178 535,699,379 678,390,454 1,710 2.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 129,355,785 21,528,908 520,356,463 671,241,156 1,129 2.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 146,862,129 16,025,631 421,115,679 584,003,439 854 2.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 178,147,012 23,627,690 261,143,077 462,917,779 820 1.6%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 199,542,482 25,377,117 223,413,337 448,332,936 573 1.5%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 208,612,354 29,416,132 155,504,521 393,533,007 585 1.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 48,111,603 6,346,050 289,406,065 343,863,718 1,120 1.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 130,539,557 24,878,634 168,396,432 323,814,623 666 1.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 90,265,081 29,611,250 189,320,569 309,196,900 595 1.1%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 116,887,208 20,116,584 97,526,969 234,530,761 420 0.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 56,204,941 2,736,482 157,648,225 216,589,648 1,085 0.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 112,765,512 18,192,436 65,882,180 196,840,128 334 0.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 119,947,599 9,703,122 54,325,164 183,975,885 284 0.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 91,225,524 5,322,496 73,891,461 170,439,481 488 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 86,396,223 10,231,538 66,263,238 162,890,999 414 0.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 97,137,842 6,731,517 56,787,307 160,656,666 286 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 84,761,116 13,980,025 54,192,695 152,933,836 373 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 67,123,299 12,316,322 71,587,083 151,026,704 458 0.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 57,510,715 2,561,893 88,771,850 148,844,458 800 0.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 62,146,122 14,227,254 71,669,943 148,043,319 438 0.5%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 83,510,487 2,147,897 49,354,135 135,012,519 409 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 79,830,938 10,746,339 33,398,348 123,975,625 382 0.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 77,719,811 8,008,301 37,070,116 122,798,228 276 0.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 75,870,693 15,719,105 26,909,090 118,498,888 263 0.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 87,779,031 7,248,937 8,659,257 103,687,225 218 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 59,691,034 11,696,577 25,400,552 96,788,163 325 0.3%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 58,064,499 3,657,636 34,761,456 96,483,591 250 0.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 66,031,775 10,685,981 12,477,286 89,195,042 305 0.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 53,744,662 5,388,630 24,669,508 83,802,800 231 0.3%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 72,077,178 2,052,736 8,398,315 82,528,229 222 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 56,975,063 3,986,677 18,946,245 79,907,985 296 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 64,239,878 5,487,406 9,731,881 79,459,165 287 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 46,578,543 5,345,125 24,357,124 76,280,792 308 0.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 51,995,489 2,613,954 12,986,626 67,596,069 261 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 54,008,973 1,538,710 9,030,076 64,577,759 285 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 42,267,749 2,833,420 6,629,315 51,730,484 168 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 38,093,838 1,951,161 6,774,854 46,819,853 223 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 41,836,776 1,902,360 1,338,848 45,077,984 188 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 14,077,850,194 10,790,893,423 −3,286,956,771
BRAȘOV 261,143,080 2,561,235,713 +2,300,092,633
CONSTANȚA 1,019,395,569 2,496,751,834 +1,477,356,265
ILFOV 3,449,182,413 935,792,141 −2,513,390,272
BACĂU 65,882,182 769,977,436 +704,095,254
DOLJ 520,356,460 614,371,494 +94,015,034
SIBIU 535,699,380 468,937,223 −66,762,157
CLUJ 531,971,912 468,546,805 −63,425,107
PRAHOVA 421,115,683 419,901,669 −1,214,014
IAȘI 223,413,377 275,353,688 +51,940,311
GORJ 289,406,057 201,337,590 −88,068,467
MUREȘ 189,320,570 199,236,858 +9,916,288
TIMIȘ 155,504,522 188,914,583 +33,410,061
MEHEDINȚI 9,030,077 181,484,312 +172,454,235
COVASNA 157,648,225 168,372,659 +10,724,434
GALAȚI 168,396,438 155,699,766 −12,696,672
BIHOR 97,526,976 117,332,870 +19,805,894
SUCEAVA 54,325,165 94,987,566 +40,662,401
TULCEA 88,771,850 93,549,078 +4,777,228
VÂLCEA 71,669,949 87,539,390 +15,869,441
SATU MARE 71,587,086 80,080,134 +8,493,048
HUNEDOARA 73,891,461 79,295,764 +5,404,303
ARAD 54,192,695 76,665,723 +22,473,028
BUZĂU 66,263,262 74,614,784 +8,351,522
ARGEȘ 56,787,306 66,870,578 +10,083,272
NEAMȚ 37,070,117 57,621,117 +20,551,000
BRĂILA 18,946,245 56,348,157 +37,401,912
MARAMUREȘ 26,909,090 54,863,188 +27,954,098
VRANCEA 49,354,133 52,472,998 +3,118,865
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 1,338,845 49,113,503 +47,774,658
ALBA 33,398,348 46,299,397 +12,901,049
DÂMBOVIȚA 8,659,258 45,741,752 +37,082,494
BOTOȘANI 34,761,459 44,320,678 +9,559,219
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 25,400,557 36,494,148 +11,093,591
VASLUI 24,669,501 28,482,312 +3,812,811
HARGHITA 12,477,286 18,958,443 +6,481,157
CĂLĂRAȘI 9,731,881 16,438,202 +6,706,321
OLT 8,398,311 15,873,301 +7,474,990
GIURGIU 12,986,626 14,204,967 +1,218,341
SĂLAJ 6,774,857 9,375,073 +2,600,216
TELEORMAN 6,629,315 7,750,862 +1,121,547
IALOMIȚA 24,357,125 7,613,351 −16,743,774

Another 822.48 Mn. (3.6% 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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