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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 85

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 — 136.55 Mn. ARAD — 189.81 Mn. ARGEȘ — 71.33 Mn. BACĂU — 41.52 Mn. BIHOR — 204.33 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 102.01 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 105.36 Mn. BRĂILA — 63.99 Mn. BRAȘOV — 159.35 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 2.30 Bn. BUZĂU — 89.09 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 30.74 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 57.26 Mn. CLUJ — 224.22 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 106.98 Mn. COVASNA — 49.50 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 118.69 Mn. DOLJ — 34.99 Mn. GALAȚI — 97.32 Mn. GIURGIU — 67.63 Mn. GORJ — 93.58 Mn. HARGHITA — 38.65 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 64.89 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 55.07 Mn. IAȘI — 72.94 Mn. ILFOV — 75.23 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 80.15 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 69.48 Mn. MUREȘ — 105.65 Mn. NEAMȚ — 155.40 Mn. OLT — 32.18 Mn. PRAHOVA — 51.72 Mn. SĂLAJ — 82.09 Mn. SATU MARE — 134.66 Mn. SIBIU — 132.42 Mn. SUCEAVA — 105.92 Mn. TELEORMAN — 51.50 Mn. TIMIȘ — 230.33 Mn. TULCEA — 97.68 Mn. VÂLCEA — 127.26 Mn. VASLUI — 118.12 Mn. VRANCEA — 67.51 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 1,713,832 161,427,808 70,833,576 2,071,531,884 2,303,793,268 1,344 36.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 28,367,036 11,067,191 190,900,717 230,334,944 342 3.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 37,836,018 10,953,945 175,432,905 224,222,868 320 3.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 46,143,960 8,681,488 149,501,019 204,326,467 366 3.2%
ARAD West 410,058 13,129,034 6,643,999 170,036,092 189,809,125 463 3.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 37,212,715 7,304,706 114,830,196 159,347,617 282 2.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 20,307,241 3,116,594 131,971,602 155,395,437 349 2.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 14,065,113 7,720,373 114,764,561 136,550,047 420 2.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 18,201,304 14,431,009 102,027,619 134,659,932 408 2.1%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 17,645,329 7,269,113 107,506,038 132,420,480 334 2.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 13,101,373 7,788,186 106,371,340 127,260,899 377 2.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 15,517,845 6,667,953 96,508,150 118,693,948 249 1.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 11,663,260 11,159,218 95,297,644 118,120,122 325 1.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 29,477,907 14,167,878 63,329,479 106,975,264 163 1.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 31,942,901 7,511,514 66,470,511 105,924,926 163 1.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 31,132,046 10,352,644 64,164,290 105,648,980 203 1.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 11,609,347 9,142,155 84,609,295 105,360,797 273 1.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 8,549,451 3,464,182 89,992,786 102,006,419 342 1.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 11,020,136 885,458 85,776,237 97,681,831 525 1.6%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 17,118,626 10,791,464 69,413,060 97,323,150 200 1.6%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 11,791,915 4,359,945 77,426,126 93,577,986 305 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 15,053,651 3,788,850 70,252,417 89,094,918 227 1.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 6,126,868 891,469 75,075,979 82,094,316 390 1.3%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 12,834,169 6,672,787 60,638,312 80,145,268 178 1.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 47,633,430 2,098,179 25,499,062 75,230,671 121 1.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 34,275,807 10,189,794 28,473,590 72,939,191 93 1.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 20,375,664 15,265,495 35,687,544 71,328,703 127 1.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 5,922,709 2,813,148 60,740,256 69,476,113 307 1.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 15,838,323 531,593 51,260,963 67,630,879 261 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 20,814,905 2,734,397 43,964,433 67,513,735 204 1.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 22,847,623 2,865,416 39,178,964 64,892,003 186 1.0%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 5,303,840 8,188,774 50,495,236 63,987,850 237 1.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 13,006,004 3,480,425 40,771,372 57,257,801 238 0.9%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 9,482,842 2,274,303 43,313,107 55,070,252 223 0.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 30,207,721 5,363,430 16,150,136 51,721,287 76 0.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 15,007,733 1,804,420 34,685,492 51,497,645 167 0.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 13,824,093 4,889,110 30,789,528 49,502,731 248 0.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 21,898,388 9,348,475 10,273,072 41,519,935 70 0.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 18,437,799 9,552,162 10,656,937 38,646,898 132 0.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 17,802,934 3,311,864 13,879,498 34,994,296 59 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 14,729,189 1,614,284 15,838,948 32,182,421 86 0.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 11,369,794 1,664,065 17,706,540 30,740,399 111 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 2,071,531,925 584,368,978 −1,487,162,947
VÂLCEA 106,371,340 376,964,287 +270,592,947
BIHOR 149,501,019 293,629,532 +144,128,513
CONSTANȚA 63,329,479 286,320,677 +222,991,198
TIMIȘ 190,900,717 211,341,638 +20,440,921
ARAD 170,036,092 183,017,016 +12,980,924
CLUJ 175,432,907 179,844,039 +4,411,132
SUCEAVA 66,470,511 151,512,511 +85,042,000
COVASNA 30,789,527 144,612,500 +113,822,973
NEAMȚ 131,971,602 140,682,955 +8,711,353
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 40,771,372 138,668,562 +97,897,190
SATU MARE 102,027,619 121,000,989 +18,973,370
SIBIU 107,506,038 114,494,107 +6,988,069
BUZĂU 70,252,417 103,235,349 +32,982,932
DÂMBOVIȚA 96,508,150 101,736,201 +5,228,051
MUREȘ 64,164,290 93,063,343 +28,899,053
ALBA 114,764,561 89,143,851 −25,620,710
BRAȘOV 114,830,196 88,174,425 −26,655,771
TULCEA 85,776,237 85,352,666 −423,571
SĂLAJ 75,075,979 75,902,310 +826,331
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 89,992,786 71,079,982 −18,912,804
IALOMIȚA 43,313,107 70,998,474 +27,685,367
GIURGIU 51,260,963 68,095,000 +16,834,037
GALAȚI 69,413,060 65,757,781 −3,655,279
BRĂILA 50,495,236 65,118,888 +14,623,652
GORJ 77,426,126 61,563,178 −15,862,948
MEHEDINȚI 60,740,256 61,096,482 +356,226
VASLUI 95,297,644 55,011,848 −40,285,796
BOTOȘANI 84,609,295 52,783,930 −31,825,365
HUNEDOARA 39,178,964 49,325,532 +10,146,568
BACĂU 10,273,072 48,625,498 +38,352,426
HARGHITA 10,656,937 48,141,329 +37,484,392
VRANCEA 43,964,433 45,194,163 +1,229,730
ILFOV 25,499,063 38,690,229 +13,191,166
MARAMUREȘ 60,638,312 38,555,731 −22,082,581
ARGEȘ 35,687,544 35,333,633 −353,911
TELEORMAN 34,685,492 35,091,824 +406,332
PRAHOVA 16,150,136 29,532,322 +13,382,186
IAȘI 28,473,590 27,433,277 −1,040,313
CĂLĂRAȘI 17,706,540 16,995,034 −711,506
OLT 15,838,948 15,837,216 −1,732
DOLJ 13,879,498 14,664,646 +785,148

Another 425.20 Mn. (8.5% 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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