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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 722

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 — 66.04 Mn. ARAD — 49.68 Mn. ARGEȘ — 49.56 Mn. BACĂU — 70.01 Mn. BIHOR — 69.90 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 28.66 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 61.66 Mn. BRĂILA — 25.00 Mn. BRAȘOV — 110.51 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 4.85 Bn. BUZĂU — 50.24 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 41.91 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 27.22 Mn. CLUJ — 451.44 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 157.31 Mn. COVASNA — 17.53 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 60.05 Mn. DOLJ — 261.61 Mn. GALAȚI — 96.94 Mn. GIURGIU — 32.18 Mn. GORJ — 49.88 Mn. HARGHITA — 41.06 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 62.00 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 31.93 Mn. IAȘI — 102.95 Mn. ILFOV — 99.45 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 74.69 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 28.92 Mn. MUREȘ — 146.37 Mn. NEAMȚ — 60.66 Mn. OLT — 58.91 Mn. PRAHOVA — 75.45 Mn. SĂLAJ — 25.02 Mn. SATU MARE — 42.58 Mn. SIBIU — 138.46 Mn. SUCEAVA — 82.09 Mn. TELEORMAN — 38.83 Mn. TIMIȘ — 130.83 Mn. TULCEA — 39.02 Mn. VÂLCEA — 56.65 Mn. VASLUI — 41.56 Mn. VRANCEA — 44.14 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 1,713,832 340,023,214 62,444,366 4,443,703,306 4,846,170,886 2,828 60.2%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 80,099,625 7,610,985 363,725,313 451,435,923 643 5.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 36,623,506 3,066,108 221,923,015 261,612,629 440 3.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 55,726,261 8,454,127 93,126,388 157,306,776 240 2.0%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 34,203,444 4,448,922 107,718,169 146,370,535 282 1.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 35,465,135 10,021,507 92,978,154 138,464,796 349 1.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 74,391,887 5,127,836 51,312,870 130,832,593 194 1.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 46,388,265 3,981,698 60,136,019 110,505,982 196 1.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 64,906,444 4,812,994 33,229,824 102,949,262 132 1.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 70,770,974 2,235,328 26,445,951 99,452,253 161 1.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 32,827,931 3,508,333 60,603,385 96,939,649 199 1.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 65,089,149 1,004,316 15,998,457 82,091,922 127 1.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 42,941,354 2,385,413 30,124,249 75,451,016 110 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 35,495,189 1,723,535 37,472,254 74,690,978 166 0.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 40,651,904 3,016,407 26,345,216 70,013,527 119 0.9%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 56,742,332 3,192,552 9,967,664 69,902,548 125 0.9%
ALBA Centre 324,901 31,794,092 1,880,450 32,365,130 66,039,672 203 0.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 31,542,742 1,182,359 29,278,299 62,003,400 178 0.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 41,075,409 836,940 19,746,912 61,659,261 160 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 33,258,533 1,175,179 26,225,844 60,659,556 136 0.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 44,549,439 1,414,465 14,088,470 60,052,374 126 0.8%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 36,327,248 211,245 22,376,117 58,914,610 158 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 33,705,065 3,237,654 19,708,164 56,650,883 168 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 37,753,060 2,691,825 9,795,149 50,240,034 128 0.6%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 32,913,627 1,600,659 15,369,563 49,883,849 163 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 31,785,713 1,151,316 16,738,519 49,675,548 121 0.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 35,742,282 1,358,319 12,459,617 49,560,218 88 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 32,325,432 1,630,766 10,187,627 44,143,825 134 0.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 30,060,098 2,295,202 10,224,794 42,580,094 129 0.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 27,659,444 1,135,171 13,119,327 41,913,942 151 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 24,394,773 2,357,760 14,808,635 41,561,168 114 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 26,562,483 4,313,055 10,187,401 41,062,939 141 0.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 16,350,808 298,256 22,369,059 39,018,123 210 0.5%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 20,576,151 213,932 18,043,547 38,833,630 126 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 23,062,131 1,855,921 7,265,810 32,183,862 124 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 19,314,857 660,061 11,953,028 31,927,946 129 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 16,725,352 600,486 11,595,283 28,921,121 128 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 17,104,518 2,209,072 9,347,484 28,661,074 96 0.4%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 21,409,103 676,138 5,138,506 27,223,747 113 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 17,750,595 601,485 6,668,227 25,020,307 119 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 16,812,302 744,702 7,439,992 24,996,996 93 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 14,942,808 904,630 1,678,850 17,526,288 88 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 4,443,703,312 4,295,650,167 −148,053,145
CLUJ 363,725,313 335,775,992 −27,949,321
DOLJ 221,923,015 126,371,971 −95,551,044
CONSTANȚA 93,126,388 102,868,005 +9,741,617
SIBIU 92,978,153 92,455,558 −522,595
IAȘI 33,229,824 70,471,908 +37,242,084
MUREȘ 107,718,169 69,091,138 −38,627,031
GALAȚI 60,603,385 54,874,309 −5,729,076
BRAȘOV 60,136,019 53,665,425 −6,470,594
TIMIȘ 51,312,870 47,970,362 −3,342,508
MARAMUREȘ 37,472,254 36,351,714 −1,120,540
PRAHOVA 30,124,249 32,251,350 +2,127,101
ALBA 32,365,130 31,624,311 −740,819
HUNEDOARA 29,278,299 28,957,038 −321,261
NEAMȚ 26,225,844 28,149,846 +1,924,002
BACĂU 26,345,216 25,924,627 −420,589
TULCEA 22,369,059 25,112,595 +2,743,536
OLT 22,376,117 22,940,309 +564,192
ILFOV 26,445,951 22,901,937 −3,544,014
VÂLCEA 19,708,163 21,111,725 +1,403,562
BOTOȘANI 19,746,912 18,949,562 −797,350
TELEORMAN 18,043,547 18,101,707 +58,160
VASLUI 14,808,635 17,910,552 +3,101,917
SUCEAVA 15,998,457 16,926,795 +928,338
ARAD 16,738,519 16,706,819 −31,700
CĂLĂRAȘI 13,119,327 13,886,452 +767,125
DÂMBOVIȚA 14,088,470 13,768,721 −319,749
GORJ 15,369,563 13,116,001 −2,253,562
MEHEDINȚI 11,595,283 12,170,767 +575,484
ARGEȘ 12,459,617 11,352,555 −1,107,062
VRANCEA 10,187,627 10,187,627 0
HARGHITA 10,187,401 10,187,401 0
SATU MARE 10,224,794 10,124,474 −100,320
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 9,347,484 9,215,647 −131,837
BIHOR 9,967,664 9,010,249 −957,415
BUZĂU 9,795,149 8,330,715 −1,464,434
IALOMIȚA 11,953,028 8,172,063 −3,780,965
BRĂILA 7,439,992 6,632,175 −807,817
SĂLAJ 6,668,227 6,268,227 −400,000
GIURGIU 7,265,810 5,884,874 −1,380,936
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 5,138,506 5,374,729 +236,223
COVASNA 1,678,850 1,678,850 0

Another 284.51 Mn. (4.7% 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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