Municipality · București county
What the town hall of București spent in 2025
- The town hall of București paid 9.4 bn lei in 2025, or 5,455 lei for each of its 1,716,961 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 30 went to health, 21 to roads and transport and 21 to water, lighting and housing.
- The figures include health (30% of the money): hospitals or clinics run by the town hall, which raise spending per resident.
- Per resident it spends more than 15% of municipalities of over 50,000 residents do (ranked 34th of 40) and is 1st of 1 among the towns and municipalities of București county.
- 5% of the money (512 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 6% of the money (533.8 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 19% of 2025's investment (95.2 m lei of 512 m lei) was paid in December; the median for municipalities of over 50,000 residents is 18%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 10 bn lei, 2024: 9.3 bn lei, 2025: 9.4 bn lei.
- The largest single item: general hospitals, 2.5 bn lei (27% of the total).
- Bucharest also has six sector town halls, each with its own budget; their money is not included in the city hall's figures.
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Healthsimilar places together: 1830
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 1821
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 1821
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 1015
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar places together: 86
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 95
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 51
- Local police and fire brigadesimilar places together: 21
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 | 5,455 lei | 6,862 lei | 5,455 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 5% | 11% | 5% |
| Administration, % of spending | 15% | 9% | 15% |
| Investment paid in December | 19% | 18% | 19% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| General hospitals | 2.5 bn lei | 27% |
| Heat supply | 1.7 bn lei | 18% |
| Public transport | 1.6 bn lei | 17% |
| Other general public services | 647.1 m lei | 7% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 469.6 m lei | 5% |
| Streets | 325 m lei | 3% |
| Social aid | 317.2 m lei | 3% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4267117. 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.