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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 034

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 — 26.67 Mn. ARAD — 40.71 Mn. ARGEȘ — 40.52 Mn. BACĂU — 62.25 Mn. BIHOR — 63.47 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 37.10 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 44.71 Mn. BRĂILA — 23.98 Mn. BRAȘOV — 38.19 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 115.51 Mn. BUZĂU — 51.66 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 24.29 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 20.90 Mn. CLUJ — 42.44 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 45.88 Mn. COVASNA — 28.99 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 28.84 Mn. DOLJ — 93.24 Mn. GALAȚI — 46.06 Mn. GIURGIU — 21.16 Mn. GORJ — 34.02 Mn. HARGHITA — 58.58 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 31.11 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 20.39 Mn. IAȘI — 80.75 Mn. ILFOV — 21.02 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 34.76 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 29.76 Mn. MUREȘ — 23.81 Mn. NEAMȚ — 40.14 Mn. OLT — 39.36 Mn. PRAHOVA — 31.36 Mn. SĂLAJ — 16.27 Mn. SATU MARE — 17.81 Mn. SIBIU — 20.36 Mn. SUCEAVA — 68.48 Mn. TELEORMAN — 24.23 Mn. TIMIȘ — 46.85 Mn. TULCEA — 17.51 Mn. VÂLCEA — 47.97 Mn. VASLUI — 42.08 Mn. VRANCEA — 39.59 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 31,314,079 6,039,768 78,151,299 115,505,146 67 6.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 59,233,890 741,565 33,269,129 93,244,584 157 5.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 64,783,969 1,188,257 14,776,473 80,748,699 103 4.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 62,438,492 1,422,730 4,613,779 68,475,001 106 4.1%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 40,531,262 1,768,434 21,170,544 63,470,240 114 3.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 57,686,685 1,424,947 3,134,649 62,246,281 105 3.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 51,971,797 2,101,606 4,503,161 58,576,564 200 3.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 47,307,329 480,166 3,870,830 51,658,325 131 3.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 35,502,400 2,477,240 9,988,236 47,967,876 142 2.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 38,436,906 2,100,530 6,310,625 46,848,061 70 2.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 38,132,352 888,116 7,039,060 46,059,528 95 2.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 29,114,969 2,159,981 14,600,662 45,875,612 70 2.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 39,034,726 281,209 5,395,278 44,711,213 116 2.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 29,471,450 1,791,935 11,177,639 42,441,024 60 2.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 35,527,170 859,962 5,696,056 42,083,188 116 2.5%
ARAD West 410,058 32,113,574 1,771,268 6,820,987 40,705,829 99 2.4%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 31,947,978 556,253 8,011,724 40,515,955 72 2.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 36,226,142 1,374,115 2,543,898 40,144,155 90 2.4%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 35,433,512 335,980 3,815,682 39,585,174 120 2.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 37,221,543 368,756 1,769,702 39,360,001 106 2.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 24,402,259 921,569 12,861,866 38,185,694 68 2.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 32,116,250 1,252,842 3,733,679 37,102,771 124 2.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 28,267,653 2,874,186 3,619,491 34,761,330 77 2.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 31,687,670 292,393 2,042,029 34,022,092 111 2.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 30,299,328 519,038 543,377 31,361,743 46 1.9%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 22,214,036 734,653 8,164,913 31,113,602 89 1.9%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 25,534,287 387,706 3,836,802 29,758,795 131 1.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 28,552,239 331,662 102,220 28,986,121 145 1.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 26,543,193 825,803 1,470,350 28,839,346 61 1.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 22,879,518 676,962 3,115,457 26,671,937 82 1.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 23,309,528 217,696 758,198 24,285,422 88 1.4%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 23,055,440 133,709 1,036,608 24,225,757 79 1.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 23,258,064 458,828 259,200 23,976,092 89 1.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 20,042,097 1,910,348 1,857,607 23,810,052 46 1.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 20,742,425 420,949 — 21,163,374 82 1.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 20,174,905 688,259 158,800 21,021,964 34 1.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 16,419,761 479,697 3,998,594 20,898,052 87 1.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 19,961,191 433,692 — 20,394,883 82 1.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 17,752,512 2,345,459 260,823 20,358,794 51 1.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 16,458,038 379,915 969,513 17,807,466 54 1.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 17,300,300 154,274 60,113 17,514,687 94 1.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 16,170,081 98,202 — 16,268,283 77 1.0%

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 78,151,298 37,098,751 −41,052,547
DOLJ 33,269,129 29,844,840 −3,424,289
BIHOR 21,170,544 25,641,162 +4,470,618
IAȘI 14,776,473 18,346,781 +3,570,308
CONSTANȚA 14,600,662 15,800,883 +1,200,221
BRAȘOV 12,861,868 15,678,459 +2,816,591
CLUJ 11,177,640 10,418,424 −759,216
VÂLCEA 9,988,242 10,077,942 +89,700
HUNEDOARA 8,164,913 8,569,261 +404,348
GALAȚI 7,039,065 8,465,067 +1,426,002
ARGEȘ 8,011,724 7,019,354 −992,370
VASLUI 5,696,056 6,398,598 +702,542
HARGHITA 4,503,161 5,809,134 +1,305,973
ARAD 6,820,987 5,561,105 −1,259,882
BOTOȘANI 5,395,280 5,494,747 +99,467
SUCEAVA 4,613,779 5,427,945 +814,166
ALBA 3,115,457 5,135,287 +2,019,830
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 3,733,679 4,789,853 +1,056,174
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 3,998,594 4,288,438 +289,844
TIMIȘ 6,310,625 4,246,180 −2,064,445
NEAMȚ 2,543,898 4,147,200 +1,603,302
BUZĂU 3,870,830 3,950,916 +80,086
MEHEDINȚI 3,836,802 3,906,078 +69,276
MUREȘ 1,857,607 3,595,265 +1,737,658
VRANCEA 3,815,682 3,370,769 −444,913
MARAMUREȘ 3,619,490 3,216,050 −403,440
BACĂU 3,134,649 3,140,620 +5,971
GORJ 2,042,029 2,211,097 +169,068
SATU MARE 969,513 1,724,327 +754,814
OLT 1,769,702 1,609,687 −160,015
ILFOV 158,800 1,584,700 +1,425,900
TELEORMAN 1,036,608 1,078,079 +41,471
SIBIU 260,823 923,045 +662,222
DÂMBOVIȚA 1,470,350 774,500 −695,850
CĂLĂRAȘI 758,198 758,198 0
COVASNA 102,220 739,275 +637,055
SĂLAJ 0 617,633 +617,633
PRAHOVA 543,377 540,052 −3,325
BRĂILA 259,200 259,200 0
TULCEA 60,113 4,239 −55,874
GIURGIU 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0

Another 23.25 Mn. (7.9% 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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