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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 157

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 — 646,907 RON ARAD — 1.90 Mn. ARGEȘ — 4.47 Mn. BACĂU — 2.65 Mn. BIHOR — 2.99 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 284,884 RON BOTOȘANI — 403,264 RON BRĂILA — 2.65 Mn. BRAȘOV — 4.03 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 70.12 Mn. BUZĂU — 722,184 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.65 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.26 Mn. CLUJ — 8.61 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 6.21 Mn. COVASNA — 227,617 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 801,879 RON DOLJ — 3.94 Mn. GALAȚI — 1.22 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.57 Mn. GORJ — 591,697 RON HARGHITA — 1.01 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 1.06 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 403,979 RON IAȘI — 8.80 Mn. ILFOV — 4.96 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.36 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 276,084 RON MUREȘ — 3.81 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.98 Mn. OLT — 632,736 RON PRAHOVA — 2.16 Mn. SĂLAJ — 184,706 RON SATU MARE — 1.37 Mn. SIBIU — 5.75 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.87 Mn. TELEORMAN — 324,200 RON TIMIȘ — 5.11 Mn. TULCEA — 1.15 Mn. VÂLCEA — 1.16 Mn. VASLUI — 1.46 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.43 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 15,602,327 3,191,929 51,328,701 70,122,957 41 42.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 3,468,065 573,128 4,759,689 8,800,882 11 5.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 2,895,752 325,889 5,393,328 8,614,969 12 5.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 3,743,477 688,719 1,780,018 6,212,214 9 3.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,651,511 5,512 4,096,425 5,753,448 15 3.5%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 4,098,798 112,500 897,641 5,108,939 8 3.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,448,455 494,297 2,019,156 4,961,908 8 3.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,743,140 126,177 2,599,703 4,469,020 8 2.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,866,503 161,266 — 4,027,769 7 2.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,148,632 33,926 2,760,765 3,943,323 7 2.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 2,644,364 372,048 789,565 3,805,977 7 2.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,957,677 1,031,159 — 2,988,836 5 1.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,832,753 401,922 634,955 2,869,630 4 1.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,653,284 — — 2,653,284 10 1.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,220,483 362,012 70,519 2,653,014 5 1.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,489,561 91,116 68,391 2,649,068 10 1.6%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,106,587 49,420 — 2,156,007 3 1.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,888,027 88,584 — 1,976,611 4 1.2%
ARAD West 410,058 1,888,315 8,841 — 1,897,156 5 1.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,457,447 35,738 77,832 1,571,017 6 1.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 894,482 569,363 — 1,463,845 4 0.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 712,408 497,681 217,802 1,427,891 4 0.9%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,253,212 117,147 — 1,370,359 4 0.8%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 658,690 154,352 543,709 1,356,751 3 0.8%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,214,052 44,990 — 1,259,042 5 0.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,128,704 95,448 — 1,224,152 3 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 962,380 196,308 — 1,158,688 3 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,147,018 644 — 1,147,662 6 0.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,032,673 29,051 — 1,061,724 3 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 933,694 73,374 — 1,007,068 3 0.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 760,268 41,611 — 801,879 2 0.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 706,492 15,692 — 722,184 2 0.4%
ALBA Centre 324,901 642,552 4,355 — 646,907 2 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 629,291 3,445 — 632,736 2 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 507,232 84,465 — 591,697 2 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 385,675 18,304 — 403,979 2 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 384,902 18,362 — 403,264 1 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 318,269 5,931 — 324,200 1 0.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 162,485 122,399 — 284,884 1 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 156,158 119,926 — 276,084 1 0.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 227,617 — — 227,617 1 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 181,598 3,108 — 184,706 1 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
CLUJ 5,393,327 14,650,944 +9,257,617
BUCUREȘTI 51,328,701 11,562,867 −39,765,834
IAȘI 4,759,689 4,452,189 −307,500
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 4,397,012 +4,397,012
SIBIU 4,096,426 4,286,850 +190,424
SUCEAVA 634,955 4,019,665 +3,384,710
GORJ 0 4,003,535 +4,003,535
PRAHOVA 0 3,321,631 +3,321,631
MUREȘ 789,565 3,318,595 +2,529,030
BIHOR 0 3,144,167 +3,144,167
DOLJ 2,760,765 2,760,765 0
ARGEȘ 2,599,703 2,599,703 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 2,308,390 +2,308,390
CONSTANȚA 1,780,018 1,780,018 0
TIMIȘ 897,641 1,619,591 +721,950
VÂLCEA 0 1,570,724 +1,570,724
GIURGIU 77,832 1,223,322 +1,145,490
NEAMȚ 0 1,022,845 +1,022,845
MARAMUREȘ 543,709 674,920 +131,211
ILFOV 2,019,157 502,722 −1,516,435
VRANCEA 217,802 303,645 +85,843
ARAD 0 303,404 +303,404
BACĂU 70,519 274,281 +203,762
BUZĂU 0 219,180 +219,180
BRĂILA 68,391 68,391 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 27,400 +27,400
BRAȘOV 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 3.62 Mn. (4.6% 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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