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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 713

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 — 237.96 Mn. ARAD — 265.97 Mn. ARGEȘ — 345.13 Mn. BACĂU — 401.83 Mn. BIHOR — 412.66 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 222.29 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 253.19 Mn. BRĂILA — 166.22 Mn. BRAȘOV — 401.13 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 4.41 Bn. BUZĂU — 287.79 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 214.36 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 295.68 Mn. CLUJ — 482.12 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 440.95 Mn. COVASNA — 148.80 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 305.28 Mn. DOLJ — 538.58 Mn. GALAȚI — 311.09 Mn. GIURGIU — 308.89 Mn. GORJ — 301.26 Mn. HARGHITA — 242.79 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 315.01 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 143.74 Mn. IAȘI — 505.96 Mn. ILFOV — 567.91 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 276.93 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 195.44 Mn. MUREȘ — 432.90 Mn. NEAMȚ — 250.75 Mn. OLT — 274.27 Mn. PRAHOVA — 418.78 Mn. SĂLAJ — 127.35 Mn. SATU MARE — 160.62 Mn. SIBIU — 613.27 Mn. SUCEAVA — 415.32 Mn. TELEORMAN — 193.00 Mn. TIMIȘ — 411.86 Mn. TULCEA — 206.46 Mn. VÂLCEA — 250.43 Mn. VASLUI — 285.15 Mn. VRANCEA — 321.72 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 1,713,832 465,015,575 168,172,719 3,772,264,009 4,405,452,303 2,571 25.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 201,664,293 31,624,579 379,978,134 613,267,006 1,546 3.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 223,619,115 12,238,402 332,056,022 567,913,539 917 3.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 209,506,399 7,305,925 321,770,616 538,582,940 906 3.1%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 378,526,064 16,456,808 110,974,208 505,957,080 647 2.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 312,811,865 21,658,391 147,647,372 482,117,628 687 2.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 230,408,980 31,847,002 178,691,411 440,947,393 672 2.5%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 257,594,916 21,148,621 154,159,820 432,903,357 833 2.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 269,709,110 9,857,919 139,217,510 418,784,539 613 2.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 380,370,461 7,350,493 27,601,143 415,322,097 641 2.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 300,326,663 33,356,877 78,977,454 412,660,994 739 2.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 334,857,149 19,038,846 57,966,580 411,862,575 612 2.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 254,769,148 13,960,269 133,105,488 401,834,905 681 2.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 254,481,235 9,950,262 136,699,207 401,130,704 710 2.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 253,692,005 9,647,278 81,790,768 345,130,051 614 2.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 210,491,476 4,777,472 106,454,245 321,723,193 974 1.9%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 208,258,691 7,620,311 99,135,662 315,014,664 903 1.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 198,807,138 19,752,661 92,528,981 311,088,780 640 1.8%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 119,098,901 6,662,873 183,132,869 308,894,643 1,194 1.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 201,468,563 7,230,616 96,577,487 305,276,666 642 1.8%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 167,079,249 10,751,481 123,428,765 301,259,495 982 1.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 199,146,123 2,667,878 93,869,190 295,683,191 1,231 1.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 208,120,612 8,616,036 71,050,788 287,787,436 732 1.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 184,420,476 6,465,280 94,266,476 285,152,232 785 1.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 191,520,994 7,331,424 78,081,325 276,933,743 614 1.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 225,043,141 2,496,958 46,730,228 274,270,327 737 1.6%
ARAD West 410,058 216,503,428 8,459,721 41,005,546 265,968,695 649 1.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 206,654,584 2,874,096 43,657,626 253,186,306 655 1.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 216,074,080 7,715,101 26,961,584 250,750,765 564 1.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 192,401,422 14,907,681 43,121,896 250,430,999 741 1.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 160,262,834 11,596,916 70,934,122 242,793,872 831 1.4%
ALBA Centre 324,901 188,601,545 13,296,175 36,065,197 237,962,917 732 1.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 161,176,280 14,670,746 46,442,458 222,289,484 746 1.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 138,933,709 5,837,351 69,591,145 214,362,205 773 1.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 127,106,632 1,221,729 78,127,367 206,455,728 1,109 1.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 149,557,764 3,097,343 42,780,926 195,436,033 863 1.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 153,250,104 1,017,244 38,733,867 193,001,215 626 1.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 102,501,977 7,273,206 56,440,849 166,216,032 616 1.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 141,066,957 6,467,182 13,085,821 160,619,960 487 0.9%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 112,440,522 7,075,486 29,283,008 148,799,016 746 0.9%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 127,839,700 4,780,189 11,124,062 143,743,951 581 0.8%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 106,993,173 4,281,842 16,079,645 127,354,660 605 0.7%

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 3,772,264,005 1,573,095,157 −2,199,168,848
PRAHOVA 139,217,510 440,136,772 +300,919,262
SIBIU 379,978,134 361,451,710 −18,526,424
ILFOV 332,056,022 334,686,684 +2,630,662
CONSTANȚA 178,691,413 289,607,920 +110,916,507
DOLJ 321,770,616 281,742,178 −40,028,438
BRAȘOV 136,699,208 269,959,010 +133,259,802
CLUJ 147,647,371 265,204,273 +117,556,902
GIURGIU 183,132,869 238,783,690 +55,650,821
BACĂU 133,105,489 221,574,933 +88,469,444
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 93,869,190 189,993,630 +96,124,440
MUREȘ 154,159,819 180,182,031 +26,022,212
TIMIȘ 57,966,580 177,866,942 +119,900,362
IAȘI 110,974,209 150,205,052 +39,230,843
HUNEDOARA 99,135,662 149,670,377 +50,534,715
ARGEȘ 81,790,767 133,560,704 +51,769,937
BIHOR 78,977,454 123,816,892 +44,839,438
DÂMBOVIȚA 96,577,487 116,881,499 +20,304,012
GORJ 123,428,766 116,772,659 −6,656,107
VASLUI 94,266,474 113,751,269 +19,484,795
VRANCEA 106,454,246 109,610,959 +3,156,713
MARAMUREȘ 78,081,325 97,530,940 +19,449,615
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 46,442,458 97,529,246 +51,086,788
TULCEA 78,127,367 96,316,129 +18,188,762
CĂLĂRAȘI 69,591,145 89,744,155 +20,153,010
HARGHITA 70,934,122 88,955,605 +18,021,483
NEAMȚ 26,961,585 88,617,594 +61,656,009
VÂLCEA 43,121,896 88,567,735 +45,445,839
MEHEDINȚI 42,780,926 87,897,461 +45,116,535
BRĂILA 56,440,849 81,053,162 +24,612,313
BUZĂU 71,050,788 73,860,350 +2,809,562
SUCEAVA 27,601,144 70,935,982 +43,334,838
ARAD 41,005,546 68,553,116 +27,547,570
OLT 46,730,228 62,273,938 +15,543,710
TELEORMAN 38,733,868 59,910,032 +21,176,164
ALBA 36,065,197 55,675,864 +19,610,667
SĂLAJ 16,079,645 54,737,855 +38,658,210
BOTOȘANI 43,657,628 49,159,333 +5,501,705
GALAȚI 92,528,981 48,298,789 −44,230,192
COVASNA 29,283,008 39,834,971 +10,551,963
SATU MARE 13,085,821 26,773,238 +13,687,417
IALOMIȚA 11,124,062 25,781,537 +14,657,475

Another 511.03 Mn. (6.6% 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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