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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 156

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 — 943,307 RON ARAD — 84,241 RON ARGEȘ — 1.29 Mn. BACĂU — 1.72 Mn. BIHOR — 1.15 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.20 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 1.37 Mn. BRĂILA — 574,859 RON BRAȘOV — 1.44 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 9.41 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.00 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 572,230 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 683,550 RON CLUJ — 1.88 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 2.81 Mn. COVASNA — 495,265 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.83 Mn. DOLJ — 3.07 Mn. GALAȚI — 2.17 Mn. GIURGIU — 90,806 RON GORJ — 771,519 RON HARGHITA — 550,628 RON HUNEDOARA — 570,559 RON IALOMIȚA — 254,890 RON IAȘI — 3.79 Mn. ILFOV — 907,376 RON MARAMUREȘ — 501,851 RON MEHEDINȚI — 76,590 RON MUREȘ — 822,661 RON NEAMȚ — 4.47 Mn. OLT — 875,335 RON PRAHOVA — 3.05 Mn. SĂLAJ — 484,069 RON SATU MARE — 179,716 RON SIBIU — 428,584 RON SUCEAVA — 1.48 Mn. TELEORMAN — 218,178 RON TIMIȘ — 2.62 Mn. TULCEA — 866,772 RON VÂLCEA — 811,652 RON VASLUI — 1.06 Mn. VRANCEA — 736,907 RON
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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 6,555,964 426,661 2,430,120 9,412,745 5 15.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 896,777 5,587 3,572,336 4,474,700 10 7.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 554,459 37,924 3,200,825 3,793,208 5 6.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,793,181 — 1,278,548 3,071,729 5 5.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,026,863 760,894 1,265,364 3,053,121 4 5.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 510,887 4,674 2,299,272 2,814,833 4 4.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 2,084,996 72,732 460,056 2,617,784 4 4.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,133,548 35,114 1,001,926 2,170,588 4 3.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 1,586,710 79,745 216,757 1,883,212 3 3.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 562,544 158 1,262,383 1,825,085 4 3.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 629,231 6,567 1,087,054 1,722,852 3 2.9%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 623,767 1,492 850,485 1,475,744 2 2.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 1,367,413 1,134 74,980 1,443,527 3 2.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 606,980 37,522 723,415 1,367,917 4 2.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,165,276 32,430 88,992 1,286,698 2 2.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,190,878 14,010 — 1,204,888 4 2.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 768,947 1,689 378,743 1,149,379 2 1.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 659,271 12,544 385,530 1,057,345 3 1.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 857,494 111,991 34,282 1,003,767 3 1.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 636,881 16,456 289,970 943,307 3 1.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 260,265 57,199 589,912 907,376 1 1.5%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 161,903 354 713,078 875,335 2 1.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 237,081 489 629,202 866,772 5 1.5%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 473,561 3,175 345,925 822,661 2 1.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 374,707 19,599 417,346 811,652 2 1.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 510,939 7,177 253,403 771,519 3 1.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 731,663 1,567 3,677 736,907 2 1.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 683,550 — — 683,550 3 1.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 397,830 5,378 171,651 574,859 2 1.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 571,176 1,054 — 572,230 2 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 524,621 1,167 44,771 570,559 2 1.0%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 438,514 7,632 104,482 550,628 2 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 462,762 37,204 1,885 501,851 1 0.9%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 380,437 19,228 95,600 495,265 2 0.8%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 482,571 — 1,498 484,069 2 0.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 296,880 96,848 34,856 428,584 1 0.7%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 248,274 138 6,478 254,890 1 0.4%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 187,751 3,756 26,671 218,178 1 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 110,998 18,769 49,949 179,716 1 0.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 89,469 — 1,337 90,806 0 0.2%
ARAD West 410,058 65,791 18,450 — 84,241 0 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 56,592 3,854 16,144 76,590 0 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
NEAMȚ 3,572,337 3,436,028 −136,309
IAȘI 3,200,818 3,178,678 −22,140
BUCUREȘTI 2,430,119 2,349,673 −80,446
CONSTANȚA 2,299,271 2,299,271 0
PRAHOVA 1,265,364 1,293,225 +27,861
DOLJ 1,278,548 1,278,548 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 1,262,383 1,262,383 0
BACĂU 1,087,052 1,087,052 0
GALAȚI 1,001,926 1,001,926 0
SUCEAVA 850,485 850,485 0
BOTOȘANI 723,412 723,412 0
OLT 713,078 713,078 0
TULCEA 629,199 629,199 0
ILFOV 589,913 621,382 +31,469
VÂLCEA 417,344 417,344 0
TIMIȘ 460,055 389,374 −70,681
VASLUI 385,530 385,530 0
BIHOR 378,743 378,743 0
MUREȘ 345,925 345,925 0
ALBA 289,970 289,970 0
GORJ 253,403 253,403 0
CLUJ 216,758 216,758 0
BRĂILA 171,651 171,651 0
ARGEȘ 88,992 115,663 +26,671
HARGHITA 104,483 104,483 0
COVASNA 95,600 95,600 0
SATU MARE 49,949 49,949 0
BRAȘOV 74,980 45,014 −29,966
HUNEDOARA 44,771 44,771 0
SIBIU 34,856 34,856 0
GIURGIU 1,337 18,195 +16,858
BUZĂU 34,283 17,425 −16,858
MEHEDINȚI 16,144 16,144 0
IALOMIȚA 6,478 6,478 0
VRANCEA 3,676 3,676 0
MARAMUREȘ 1,885 1,885 0
SĂLAJ 1,498 1,498 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 26,671 0 −26,671
ARAD 0 0 0

Another 280,212 RON (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.

The same data, through the API

Every figure on this page comes from the public API, through the endpoints below. The parameters each one takes are in the documentation; each needs an access key.

  • /api/v1/stats/dimensions
  • /api/v1/stats/periods
  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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