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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 16

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 — 16.36 Mn. ARAD — 28.71 Mn. ARGEȘ — 19.54 Mn. BACĂU — 18.27 Mn. BIHOR — 23.07 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 14.14 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 22.67 Mn. BRĂILA — 14.34 Mn. BRAȘOV — 23.56 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 299.69 Mn. BUZĂU — 15.69 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 19.04 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 9.27 Mn. CLUJ — 37.06 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 23.42 Mn. COVASNA — 13.43 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 13.97 Mn. DOLJ — 31.35 Mn. GALAȚI — 19.38 Mn. GIURGIU — 9.89 Mn. GORJ — 7.79 Mn. HARGHITA — 13.73 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 10.55 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 13.75 Mn. IAȘI — 48.16 Mn. ILFOV — 22.80 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 10.41 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 7.32 Mn. MUREȘ — 26.76 Mn. NEAMȚ — 16.68 Mn. OLT — 10.86 Mn. PRAHOVA — 17.58 Mn. SĂLAJ — 11.51 Mn. SATU MARE — 23.78 Mn. SIBIU — 25.82 Mn. SUCEAVA — 23.52 Mn. TELEORMAN — 24.53 Mn. TIMIȘ — 51.97 Mn. TULCEA — 12.15 Mn. VÂLCEA — 16.83 Mn. VASLUI — 14.30 Mn. VRANCEA — 10.32 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 44,151,657 8,361,293 247,174,649 299,687,599 175 27.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 21,817,900 650,556 29,501,418 51,969,874 77 4.8%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 21,907,601 675,118 25,581,462 48,164,181 62 4.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 15,228,880 636,931 21,192,465 37,058,276 53 3.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 11,574,216 306,686 19,473,164 31,354,066 53 2.9%
ARAD West 410,058 15,786,477 891,008 12,030,828 28,708,313 70 2.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 14,855,900 1,162,863 10,741,648 26,760,411 51 2.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 12,143,371 826,423 12,847,238 25,817,032 65 2.4%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 12,048,679 69,386 12,413,462 24,531,527 80 2.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 14,821,732 629,361 8,325,158 23,776,251 72 2.2%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 12,544,996 459,059 10,555,723 23,559,778 42 2.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 14,811,770 199,605 8,504,150 23,515,525 36 2.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 13,676,151 2,070,098 7,673,956 23,420,205 36 2.1%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 15,965,752 651,995 6,448,010 23,065,757 41 2.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 10,322,329 741,559 11,740,938 22,804,826 37 2.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 9,027,260 131,957 13,508,981 22,668,198 59 2.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 10,386,174 169,553 8,984,986 19,540,713 35 1.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 9,651,131 217,831 9,510,884 19,379,846 40 1.8%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 11,976,072 140,149 6,928,315 19,044,536 69 1.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 11,327,620 625,437 6,318,101 18,271,158 31 1.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 12,339,745 389,050 4,852,884 17,581,679 26 1.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 9,306,672 152,463 7,369,642 16,828,777 50 1.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 10,585,983 73,451 6,017,922 16,677,356 38 1.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 10,750,852 295,985 5,308,999 16,355,836 50 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 11,972,948 151,142 3,570,300 15,694,390 40 1.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 5,717,297 88,842 8,532,663 14,338,802 53 1.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 7,117,975 175,131 7,010,488 14,303,594 39 1.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 6,091,128 385,115 7,661,057 14,137,300 47 1.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 7,344,415 347,483 6,281,937 13,973,835 29 1.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 9,706,116 258,275 3,782,590 13,746,981 56 1.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 5,850,150 370,777 7,511,929 13,732,856 47 1.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 5,140,305 131,719 8,160,043 13,432,067 67 1.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 5,671,920 31,799 6,448,905 12,152,624 65 1.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 7,937,828 237,593 3,337,800 11,513,221 55 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 6,859,022 27,347 3,972,662 10,859,031 29 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 7,410,473 482,795 2,653,876 10,547,144 30 1.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 6,797,273 262,753 3,347,195 10,407,221 23 1.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 6,338,073 110,666 3,866,690 10,315,429 31 0.9%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 4,498,035 28,322 5,361,139 9,887,496 38 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 5,037,317 35,133 4,195,168 9,267,618 39 0.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 4,883,890 201,824 2,699,706 7,785,420 25 0.7%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 4,860,923 25,318 2,432,323 7,318,564 32 0.7%

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
BUCUREȘTI 247,174,647 128,229,659 −118,944,988
TIMIȘ 29,501,418 33,301,755 +3,800,337
IAȘI 25,581,462 24,332,241 −1,249,221
CLUJ 21,192,465 22,194,854 +1,002,389
SUCEAVA 8,504,150 18,035,340 +9,531,190
MUREȘ 10,741,648 18,005,724 +7,264,076
NEAMȚ 6,017,922 16,290,685 +10,272,763
BOTOȘANI 13,508,981 16,225,132 +2,716,151
DOLJ 19,473,164 15,824,481 −3,648,683
TELEORMAN 12,413,462 15,231,429 +2,817,967
VASLUI 7,010,488 14,447,476 +7,436,988
GALAȚI 9,510,883 12,954,893 +3,444,010
SATU MARE 8,325,158 12,544,764 +4,219,606
ARAD 12,030,828 11,784,143 −246,685
ARGEȘ 8,984,986 11,402,146 +2,417,160
OLT 3,972,662 11,257,892 +7,285,230
TULCEA 6,448,905 11,229,267 +4,780,362
BRAȘOV 10,555,723 10,736,023 +180,300
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 7,661,057 10,313,516 +2,652,459
VÂLCEA 7,369,642 9,731,408 +2,361,766
CONSTANȚA 7,673,956 9,531,152 +1,857,196
BIHOR 6,448,010 9,181,792 +2,733,782
BRĂILA 8,532,663 9,024,748 +492,085
ILFOV 11,740,939 8,988,518 −2,752,421
GIURGIU 5,361,139 8,848,803 +3,487,664
COVASNA 8,160,043 8,763,961 +603,918
BACĂU 6,318,101 8,568,706 +2,250,605
CĂLĂRAȘI 6,928,315 8,380,155 +1,451,840
IALOMIȚA 3,782,590 8,358,832 +4,576,242
BUZĂU 3,570,300 7,653,280 +4,082,980
HARGHITA 7,511,929 7,053,385 −458,544
PRAHOVA 4,852,884 6,926,836 +2,073,952
DÂMBOVIȚA 6,281,937 6,345,592 +63,655
SIBIU 12,847,238 5,621,071 −7,226,167
SĂLAJ 3,337,800 5,315,910 +1,978,110
ALBA 5,308,999 5,248,397 −60,602
VRANCEA 3,866,690 4,891,245 +1,024,555
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 4,195,168 4,406,667 +211,499
GORJ 2,699,706 3,932,840 +1,233,134
MEHEDINȚI 2,432,323 3,750,979 +1,318,656
MARAMUREȘ 3,347,195 2,120,117 −1,227,078
HUNEDOARA 2,653,876 1,978,146 −675,730

Another 34.87 Mn. (5.8% 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

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