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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 159

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 — 1.67 Mn. ARAD — 1.72 Mn. ARGEȘ — 2.72 Mn. BACĂU — 3.62 Mn. BIHOR — 5.73 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 748,103 RON BOTOȘANI — 2.54 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.33 Mn. BRAȘOV — 13.43 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 83.14 Mn. BUZĂU — 2.00 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.58 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 479,371 RON CLUJ — 13.08 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 39.84 Mn. COVASNA — 1.55 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 3.24 Mn. DOLJ — 7.39 Mn. GALAȚI — 4.82 Mn. GIURGIU — 782,029 RON GORJ — 8.28 Mn. HARGHITA — 1.67 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 2.06 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.16 Mn. IAȘI — 8.18 Mn. ILFOV — 4.83 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.99 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 735,842 RON MUREȘ — 3.52 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.95 Mn. OLT — 2.11 Mn. PRAHOVA — 8.34 Mn. SĂLAJ — 4.15 Mn. SATU MARE — 1.75 Mn. SIBIU — 11.24 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.92 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.19 Mn. TIMIȘ — 9.04 Mn. TULCEA — 902,012 RON VÂLCEA — 3.21 Mn. VASLUI — 3.26 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.40 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 31,911,874 12,020,859 39,209,180 83,141,913 49 30.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 9,086,304 1,422,972 29,332,411 39,841,687 61 14.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 4,113,241 525,435 8,790,729 13,429,405 24 4.8%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 8,620,427 1,401,196 3,058,175 13,079,798 19 4.7%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,767,118 747,624 7,729,414 11,244,156 28 4.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 8,241,625 793,816 — 9,035,441 13 3.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,645,085 451,321 5,248,255 8,344,661 12 3.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 596,665 506,800 7,181,337 8,284,802 27 3.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 4,410,746 1,029,594 2,739,273 8,179,613 10 3.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,279,294 880,618 4,232,701 7,392,613 12 2.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,899,785 1,610,678 1,218,005 5,728,468 10 2.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 3,864,236 365,628 599,536 4,829,400 8 1.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 3,255,591 259,494 1,301,060 4,816,145 10 1.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,165,984 33,152 1,949,389 4,148,525 20 1.5%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,916,650 527,050 174,023 3,617,723 6 1.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 2,889,560 552,973 79,604 3,522,137 7 1.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,431,037 173,818 1,658,701 3,263,556 9 1.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,434,810 294,211 1,506,071 3,235,092 7 1.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,657,301 1,022,249 533,813 3,213,363 10 1.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,326,449 100,048 491,125 2,917,622 5 1.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,529,626 131,705 57,332 2,718,663 5 1.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,013,632 149,555 380,228 2,543,415 7 0.9%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,655,263 102,355 434,719 2,192,337 7 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,733,519 423,743 — 2,157,262 9 0.8%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,032,534 38,300 34,632 2,105,466 6 0.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,727,406 254,774 81,636 2,063,816 6 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,362,390 596,018 46,340 2,004,748 5 0.7%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,613,920 379,973 — 1,993,893 4 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,234,671 78,057 635,165 1,947,893 4 0.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,167,716 187,798 390,292 1,745,806 5 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 1,371,131 329,602 23,393 1,724,126 4 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,296,094 317,289 58,242 1,671,625 6 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,316,161 201,173 152,077 1,669,411 5 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,468,733 111,897 — 1,580,630 6 0.6%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,340,439 185,465 23,892 1,549,796 8 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,238,161 47,831 117,206 1,403,198 4 0.5%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,215,093 114,065 — 1,329,158 5 0.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 860,953 41,059 — 902,012 5 0.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 678,271 103,758 — 782,029 3 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 682,410 65,693 — 748,103 3 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 631,542 104,300 — 735,842 3 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 396,199 83,172 — 479,371 2 0.2%

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
CONSTANȚA 29,332,411 33,227,488 +3,895,077
BUCUREȘTI 39,209,178 30,723,051 −8,486,127
BRAȘOV 8,790,728 8,929,768 +139,040
SIBIU 7,729,413 6,916,049 −813,364
PRAHOVA 5,248,256 5,726,559 +478,303
DOLJ 4,232,702 4,830,058 +597,356
CLUJ 3,058,174 3,340,584 +282,410
IAȘI 2,739,273 3,071,391 +332,118
SĂLAJ 1,949,389 1,949,389 0
VASLUI 1,658,701 1,849,664 +190,963
GALAȚI 1,301,060 1,394,322 +93,262
DÂMBOVIȚA 1,506,071 1,315,108 −190,963
BIHOR 1,218,005 1,218,005 0
MUREȘ 79,604 1,040,982 +961,378
NEAMȚ 635,165 737,653 +102,488
GORJ 7,181,337 667,666 −6,513,671
ILFOV 599,536 551,997 −47,539
VÂLCEA 533,811 533,811 0
SUCEAVA 491,125 491,125 0
TELEORMAN 434,719 434,719 0
SATU MARE 390,292 390,292 0
BOTOȘANI 380,228 380,228 0
BACĂU 174,023 205,149 +31,126
ALBA 152,077 156,640 +4,563
VRANCEA 117,207 117,207 0
HUNEDOARA 81,636 81,636 0
ARGEȘ 57,332 74,478 +17,146
TIMIȘ 0 70,725 +70,725
HARGHITA 58,242 58,242 0
BUZĂU 46,340 43,976 −2,364
OLT 34,632 34,632 0
COVASNA 23,892 23,892 0
ARAD 23,394 23,394 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 10,125 +10,125
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0

Another 8.85 Mn. (7.4% 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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