Municipality · Prahova county
What the town hall of Ploiești spent in 2025
- The town hall of Ploiești paid 1.2 bn lei in 2025, or 6,759 lei for each of its 180,540 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 24 went to water, lighting and housing, 23 to health and 12 to roads and transport.
- The figures include health (23% of the money): hospitals or clinics run by the town hall, which raise spending per resident.
- Per resident it spends more than 48% of municipalities of over 50,000 residents do (ranked 21st of 40) and is 7th of 14 among the towns and municipalities of Prahova county.
- 1% of the money (17 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for municipalities of over 50,000 residents is 11%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 11% of the money (137.8 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 21% of 2025's investment (3.6 m lei of 17 m lei) was paid in December; the median for municipalities of over 50,000 residents is 18%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 964.1 m lei, 2024: 1 bn lei, 2025: 1.2 bn lei.
- The largest single item: general hospitals, 261.8 m lei (21% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 1824
- Healthsimilar places together: 1823
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 1812
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 911
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 109
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriessimilar places together: 128
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar places together: 88
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 53
- Local police and fire brigadesimilar places together: 22
When investment is paid, month by month
Each row is a year; colour shows the share of that year's investment paid in the month; an outline marks the month of the local elections.
How it compares
| Here | Places of the same size | Median of the county's towns and municipalities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | 6,759 lei | 6,862 lei | 6,487 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 1% | 11% | 10% |
| Administration, % of spending | 9% | 9% | 14% |
| Investment paid in December | 21% | 18% | 27% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| General hospitals | 261.8 m lei | 21% |
| Heat supply | 212.2 m lei | 17% |
| Public transport | 125 m lei | 10% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 100.8 m lei | 8% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 64.9 m lei | 5% |
| Other housing, utilities and community development | 61.6 m lei | 5% |
| Theatres, orchestras and performing arts | 43.8 m lei | 4% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 2844855. The sums are payments from the Ministry of Finance's budget execution, extracted between 6 and 12 November 2026 (Transparenta.eu). Questions for the town hall: which works were paid in December? How much of the spending comes from the state or from EU funds? Why did the total change from one year to the next? Send the town hall the figures before publishing, for its right of reply.
Figures are payments (not commitments) by the town hall and the bodies it runs: schools, libraries, sometimes hospitals. Population is from the 2021 census. Social assistance includes the wages of personal assistants of people with severe disabilities, paid by the town hall. Transfers between public bodies are not counted twice.