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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 90

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 — 274.14 Mn. ARAD — 694.97 Mn. ARGEȘ — 501.51 Mn. BACĂU — 248.46 Mn. BIHOR — 595.52 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 85.71 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 46.65 Mn. BRĂILA — 920.66 Mn. BRAȘOV — 1.89 Bn. BUCUREȘTI — 8.98 Bn. BUZĂU — 493.78 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 225.19 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 90.26 Mn. CLUJ — 1.60 Bn. CONSTANȚA — 708.17 Mn. COVASNA — 27.41 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 402.81 Mn. DOLJ — 261.85 Mn. GALAȚI — 291.38 Mn. GIURGIU — 136.45 Mn. GORJ — 191.37 Mn. HARGHITA — 858.24 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 885.20 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 66.05 Mn. IAȘI — 347.56 Mn. ILFOV — 829.32 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 311.32 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 304.05 Mn. MUREȘ — 1.09 Bn. NEAMȚ — 814.50 Mn. OLT — 317.17 Mn. PRAHOVA — 867.72 Mn. SĂLAJ — 82.01 Mn. SATU MARE — 162.32 Mn. SIBIU — 360.16 Mn. SUCEAVA — 436.02 Mn. TELEORMAN — 429.92 Mn. TIMIȘ — 660.69 Mn. TULCEA — 186.71 Mn. VÂLCEA — 200.40 Mn. VASLUI — 45.50 Mn. VRANCEA — 291.79 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 1,713,832 531,554,964 103,780,628 8,348,956,560 8,984,292,152 5,242 31.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 90,517,894 12,969,244 1,784,138,741 1,887,625,879 3,343 6.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 159,749,283 10,759,610 1,431,423,944 1,601,932,837 2,283 5.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 67,156,007 11,638,863 1,006,691,019 1,085,485,889 2,088 3.9%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 38,213,605 3,240,318 879,208,449 920,662,372 3,412 3.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 46,948,850 2,112,925 836,134,156 885,195,931 2,536 3.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 71,540,039 6,698,022 789,485,133 867,723,194 1,270 3.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 67,655,952 6,309,807 784,277,664 858,243,423 2,937 3.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 104,353,058 6,336,304 718,626,447 829,315,809 1,339 2.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 54,097,358 3,176,932 757,224,843 814,499,133 1,832 2.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 122,265,179 17,438,688 568,469,360 708,173,227 1,079 2.5%
ARAD West 410,058 71,490,771 6,386,787 617,091,292 694,968,850 1,695 2.5%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 122,302,561 14,695,802 523,693,809 660,692,172 982 2.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 93,946,686 8,618,096 492,951,492 595,516,274 1,066 2.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 55,219,579 7,351,790 438,936,684 501,508,053 893 1.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 61,471,038 3,699,320 428,613,133 493,783,491 1,256 1.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 132,758,304 5,953,424 297,310,633 436,022,361 673 1.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 28,957,911 1,002,190 399,958,955 429,919,056 1,394 1.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 44,449,860 1,830,271 356,526,039 402,806,170 847 1.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 56,393,496 13,053,800 290,710,548 360,157,844 908 1.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 81,138,498 9,243,412 257,180,380 347,562,290 444 1.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 46,202,002 1,680,587 269,289,663 317,172,252 852 1.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 52,950,486 8,380,476 249,993,052 311,324,014 690 1.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 30,076,528 1,661,825 272,311,896 304,050,249 1,343 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 76,162,741 16,133,362 199,489,466 291,785,569 884 1.0%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 84,048,702 12,614,331 194,713,364 291,376,397 599 1.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 53,125,701 8,158,865 212,852,097 274,136,663 844 1.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 39,177,867 6,160,590 216,511,888 261,850,345 440 0.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 61,927,674 10,655,332 175,878,641 248,461,647 421 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 48,416,917 2,261,130 174,510,988 225,189,035 812 0.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 36,287,776 5,142,499 158,967,060 200,397,335 593 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 41,569,838 4,632,839 145,163,570 191,366,247 623 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 36,196,025 1,826,596 148,688,196 186,710,817 1,003 0.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 45,421,681 6,456,549 110,442,976 162,321,206 492 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 47,264,490 1,570,326 87,619,791 136,454,607 527 0.5%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 33,126,343 2,352,415 54,783,072 90,261,830 376 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 22,026,863 11,017,189 52,662,586 85,706,638 287 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 33,480,884 2,249,334 46,275,441 82,005,659 390 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 27,029,740 4,888,103 34,134,769 66,052,612 267 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 33,376,705 3,397,709 9,873,249 46,647,663 121 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 24,258,305 3,708,475 17,529,013 45,495,793 125 0.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 21,064,799 2,441,927 3,899,585 27,406,311 137 0.1%

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 8,348,956,559 4,619,044,687 −3,729,911,872
BRAȘOV 1,784,138,741 1,916,981,852 +132,843,111
CLUJ 1,431,423,941 1,544,198,318 +112,774,377
MUREȘ 1,006,691,020 1,194,078,878 +187,387,858
PRAHOVA 789,485,135 964,493,737 +175,008,602
CONSTANȚA 568,469,360 887,539,305 +319,069,945
BRĂILA 879,208,449 887,294,829 +8,086,380
HUNEDOARA 836,134,156 863,336,077 +27,201,921
HARGHITA 784,277,664 834,181,081 +49,903,417
NEAMȚ 757,224,843 800,640,571 +43,415,728
TIMIȘ 523,693,809 794,719,192 +271,025,383
ARAD 617,091,292 676,898,188 +59,806,896
ILFOV 718,626,447 633,586,285 −85,040,162
BUZĂU 428,613,133 583,261,514 +154,648,381
BIHOR 492,951,492 542,017,631 +49,066,139
ARGEȘ 438,936,684 468,266,290 +29,329,606
TELEORMAN 399,958,955 437,136,747 +37,177,792
IAȘI 257,180,382 431,082,393 +173,902,011
VÂLCEA 158,967,060 429,730,650 +270,763,590
VRANCEA 199,489,466 414,873,167 +215,383,701
SUCEAVA 297,310,633 413,226,977 +115,916,344
SIBIU 290,710,546 397,295,872 +106,585,326
DÂMBOVIȚA 356,526,039 351,431,159 −5,094,880
OLT 269,289,663 349,003,788 +79,714,125
MEHEDINȚI 272,311,896 344,155,458 +71,843,562
MARAMUREȘ 249,993,052 340,867,919 +90,874,867
DOLJ 216,511,888 317,488,720 +100,976,832
ALBA 212,852,097 262,656,254 +49,804,157
BACĂU 175,878,641 226,664,931 +50,786,290
GALAȚI 194,713,363 218,558,603 +23,845,240
GORJ 145,163,570 198,230,047 +53,066,477
SATU MARE 110,442,976 181,274,036 +70,831,060
CĂLĂRAȘI 174,510,988 158,428,259 −16,082,729
TULCEA 148,688,196 144,032,710 −4,655,486
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 54,783,072 126,930,796 +72,147,724
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 52,662,586 100,799,828 +48,137,242
GIURGIU 87,619,791 85,451,585 −2,168,206
SĂLAJ 46,275,441 74,311,317 +28,035,876
BOTOȘANI 9,873,249 42,010,941 +32,137,692
VASLUI 17,529,014 39,212,707 +21,683,693
IALOMIȚA 34,134,769 30,506,961 −3,627,808
COVASNA 3,899,585 25,560,000 +21,660,415

Another 491.74 Mn. (2.0% 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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