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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 905

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 — 102.30 Mn. ARAD — 414.60 Mn. ARGEȘ — 451.53 Mn. BACĂU — 159.34 Mn. BIHOR — 395.80 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 14.53 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 14.39 Mn. BRĂILA — 856.93 Mn. BRAȘOV — 492.25 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 3.76 Bn. BUZĂU — 430.78 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 128.65 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 37.19 Mn. CLUJ — 1.17 Bn. CONSTANȚA — 451.84 Mn. COVASNA — 4.03 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 362.16 Mn. DOLJ — 160.30 Mn. GALAȚI — 175.46 Mn. GIURGIU — 86.42 Mn. GORJ — 140.62 Mn. HARGHITA — 732.26 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 715.91 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 28.34 Mn. IAȘI — 35.30 Mn. ILFOV — 594.96 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 72.95 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 206.92 Mn. MUREȘ — 799.25 Mn. NEAMȚ — 724.36 Mn. OLT — 260.21 Mn. PRAHOVA — 684.18 Mn. SĂLAJ — 7.85 Mn. SATU MARE — 53.59 Mn. SIBIU — 64.69 Mn. SUCEAVA — 278.53 Mn. TELEORMAN — 268.24 Mn. TIMIȘ — 146.26 Mn. TULCEA — 107.40 Mn. VÂLCEA — 173.81 Mn. VASLUI — 21.82 Mn. VRANCEA — 169.46 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 1,713,832 132,432,604 32,463,111 3,595,498,911 3,760,394,626 2,194 23.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 32,782,276 3,699,074 1,133,486,874 1,169,968,224 1,668 7.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 10,865,729 2,217,046 843,847,196 856,929,971 3,176 5.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 15,532,080 3,123,988 780,597,379 799,253,447 1,538 5.0%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 33,822,719 3,056,623 695,383,250 732,262,592 2,505 4.6%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 12,565,911 1,092,191 710,703,983 724,362,085 1,629 4.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 4,644,105 835,925 710,430,207 715,910,237 2,051 4.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 10,234,767 2,044,276 671,903,846 684,182,889 1,001 4.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 13,275,117 1,485,222 580,202,890 594,963,229 960 3.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 24,882,070 5,403,635 461,961,158 492,246,863 872 3.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 29,684,794 7,090,783 415,061,618 451,837,195 688 2.8%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 14,974,325 3,588,681 432,968,931 451,531,937 804 2.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 24,641,977 1,751,819 404,389,173 430,782,969 1,096 2.7%
ARAD West 410,058 12,495,101 2,983,104 399,121,526 414,599,731 1,011 2.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 14,669,028 1,071,669 380,055,812 395,796,509 709 2.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 12,108,755 231,663 349,818,143 362,158,561 761 2.3%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 74,349,862 1,731,770 202,450,100 278,531,732 430 1.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 5,766,181 309,342 262,169,441 268,244,964 870 1.7%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 11,850,834 546,664 247,808,596 260,206,094 699 1.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 8,677,449 288,399 197,953,093 206,918,941 914 1.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 46,361,622 6,415,749 122,682,531 175,459,902 361 1.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 12,441,725 2,661,606 158,703,784 173,807,115 514 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 32,279,173 14,765,876 122,414,804 169,459,853 513 1.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 8,758,060 1,755,952 149,780,999 160,295,011 270 1.0%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 11,535,156 4,865,378 142,942,074 159,342,608 270 1.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 16,158,919 3,043,491 127,062,320 146,264,730 217 0.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 12,817,521 1,512,397 126,289,757 140,619,675 458 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 10,823,633 933,428 116,896,980 128,654,041 464 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 5,778,978 399,913 101,218,799 107,397,690 577 0.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 17,832,487 2,208,273 82,261,984 102,302,744 315 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 13,137,814 447,612 72,830,265 86,415,691 334 0.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 14,002,066 1,896,824 57,053,123 72,952,013 162 0.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 9,899,489 3,375,771 51,419,713 64,694,973 163 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 17,274,668 3,304,918 33,010,846 53,590,432 162 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 11,147,761 577,517 25,464,353 37,189,631 155 0.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 16,683,854 4,662,680 13,952,962 35,299,496 45 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 3,927,671 1,273,389 23,138,355 28,339,415 115 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 6,295,752 1,816,182 13,705,782 21,817,716 60 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 4,133,373 4,769,169 5,632,055 14,534,597 49 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,615,038 1,592,758 9,177,629 14,385,425 37 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,386,415 1,465,143 3,001,750 7,853,308 37 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,682,033 1,344,397 — 4,026,430 20 0.0%

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 3,595,498,918 3,575,828,739 −19,670,179
CLUJ 1,133,486,874 1,134,941,917 +1,455,043
BRĂILA 843,847,196 840,072,864 −3,774,332
MUREȘ 780,597,379 781,839,808 +1,242,429
NEAMȚ 710,703,983 716,848,031 +6,144,048
HARGHITA 695,383,250 698,840,545 +3,457,295
PRAHOVA 671,903,846 668,247,351 −3,656,495
HUNEDOARA 710,430,207 666,401,213 −44,028,994
ILFOV 580,202,890 489,599,703 −90,603,187
BRAȘOV 461,961,158 465,415,884 +3,454,726
ARGEȘ 432,968,931 435,209,871 +2,240,940
CONSTANȚA 415,061,618 433,928,993 +18,867,375
ARAD 399,121,526 398,278,791 −842,735
BUZĂU 404,389,173 391,611,801 −12,777,372
BIHOR 380,055,812 379,453,696 −602,116
DÂMBOVIȚA 349,818,143 344,487,541 −5,330,602
TELEORMAN 262,169,441 262,036,779 −132,662
OLT 247,808,596 248,244,496 +435,900
SUCEAVA 202,450,100 211,234,479 +8,784,379
MEHEDINȚI 197,953,093 199,144,980 +1,191,887
VÂLCEA 158,703,784 176,836,738 +18,132,954
DOLJ 149,780,999 148,352,337 −1,428,662
BACĂU 142,942,074 142,366,908 −575,166
TIMIȘ 127,062,320 131,871,139 +4,808,819
GORJ 126,289,757 122,290,928 −3,998,829
GALAȚI 122,682,530 122,092,572 −589,958
VRANCEA 122,414,804 102,972,986 −19,441,818
CĂLĂRAȘI 116,896,980 98,619,307 −18,277,673
TULCEA 101,218,799 94,080,264 −7,138,535
ALBA 82,261,984 82,495,176 +233,192
GIURGIU 72,830,265 71,784,684 −1,045,581
SIBIU 51,419,713 55,898,053 +4,478,340
MARAMUREȘ 57,053,123 54,184,008 −2,869,115
SATU MARE 33,010,846 35,465,469 +2,454,623
IALOMIȚA 23,138,355 26,088,323 +2,949,968
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 25,464,353 25,477,967 +13,614
VASLUI 13,705,783 14,228,259 +522,476
BOTOȘANI 9,177,629 9,177,629 0
IAȘI 13,952,961 5,323,128 −8,629,833
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 5,632,055 4,422,866 −1,209,189
SĂLAJ 3,001,750 3,013,050 +11,300
COVASNA 0 0 0

Another 165.74 Mn. (1.1% 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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