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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 160

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 — 1.93 Mn. ARAD — 4.93 Mn. ARGEȘ — 2.78 Mn. BACĂU — 2.10 Mn. BIHOR — 2.68 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.12 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 5.98 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.81 Mn. BRAȘOV — 3.11 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 30.93 Mn. BUZĂU — 3.24 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.98 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 563,155 RON CLUJ — 2.97 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 2.56 Mn. COVASNA — 1.78 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 826,592 RON DOLJ — 3.88 Mn. GALAȚI — 3.28 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.11 Mn. GORJ — 465,697 RON HARGHITA — 3.24 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 2.00 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.09 Mn. IAȘI — 5.38 Mn. ILFOV — 1.49 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 730,045 RON MEHEDINȚI — 728,196 RON MUREȘ — 2.17 Mn. NEAMȚ — 2.01 Mn. OLT — 1.52 Mn. PRAHOVA — 1.49 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.94 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.16 Mn. SIBIU — 2.26 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.68 Mn. TELEORMAN — 5.32 Mn. TIMIȘ — 2.36 Mn. TULCEA — 1.41 Mn. VÂLCEA — 1.99 Mn. VASLUI — 1.52 Mn. VRANCEA — 2.01 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 2,223,885 27,051 28,681,952 30,932,888 18 24.3%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,652,629 — 4,325,341 5,977,970 15 4.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 2,995,418 11,546 2,377,774 5,384,738 7 4.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,119,936 — 3,197,889 5,317,825 17 4.2%
ARAD West 410,058 1,663,217 676 3,263,224 4,927,117 12 3.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 874,281 8,667 3,001,207 3,884,155 7 3.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 706,867 — 2,571,106 3,277,973 7 2.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,295,275 5,699 1,943,552 3,244,526 11 2.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,624,686 1,171 1,611,180 3,237,037 8 2.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,868,307 104,523 186,293 3,159,123 10 2.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 2,149,837 — 965,000 3,114,837 6 2.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 2,308,383 4,793 658,866 2,972,042 4 2.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 478,048 — 2,333,749 2,811,797 10 2.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,260,294 25,630 1,491,590 2,777,514 5 2.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,096,473 1,988 583,899 2,682,360 5 2.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,679,957 — — 2,679,957 4 2.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 1,894,006 23,238 639,000 2,556,244 4 2.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 1,862,885 103,970 393,379 2,360,234 4 1.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,868,478 49,391 341,522 2,259,391 6 1.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,167,025 14,854 993,000 2,174,879 4 1.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,632,003 3,529 464,000 2,099,532 4 1.7%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 816,714 12,070 1,183,750 2,012,534 6 1.6%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,554,997 — 450,057 2,005,054 5 1.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 479,459 7,814 1,511,783 1,999,056 6 1.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 891,538 — 1,096,910 1,988,448 6 1.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,680,989 — 302,688 1,983,677 7 1.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,371,555 21,982 544,900 1,938,437 9 1.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,589,290 — 344,000 1,933,290 6 1.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 960,880 — 814,873 1,775,753 9 1.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 351,768 30,547 1,137,715 1,520,030 4 1.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,052,902 — 462,651 1,515,553 4 1.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,486,934 1,590 — 1,488,524 2 1.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 936,306 74 550,000 1,486,380 2 1.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 541,824 — 867,000 1,408,824 8 1.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,121,493 916 — 1,122,409 4 0.9%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 314,938 — 795,000 1,109,938 4 0.9%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,091,479 — — 1,091,479 4 0.9%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 642,456 991 183,145 826,592 2 0.7%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 730,045 — — 730,045 2 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 728,196 — — 728,196 3 0.6%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 563,155 — — 563,155 2 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 465,697 — — 465,697 2 0.4%

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 28,681,951 5,786,784 −22,895,167
TELEORMAN 3,197,889 4,635,772 +1,437,883
BOTOȘANI 4,325,341 4,325,341 0
ARAD 3,263,224 3,304,683 +41,459
IAȘI 2,377,774 2,813,824 +436,050
BRĂILA 2,333,749 2,636,437 +302,688
GALAȚI 2,571,105 2,571,105 0
BIHOR 583,899 2,444,306 +1,860,407
SUCEAVA 0 2,119,798 +2,119,798
ARGEȘ 1,491,590 2,021,590 +530,000
VASLUI 1,137,715 1,894,665 +756,950
OLT 462,651 1,829,901 +1,367,250
HARGHITA 1,943,552 1,656,062 −287,490
HUNEDOARA 1,511,783 1,511,783 0
BUZĂU 1,611,180 1,396,263 −214,917
DOLJ 3,001,207 1,155,657 −1,845,550
VÂLCEA 1,096,910 1,136,850 +39,940
SATU MARE 186,293 1,072,043 +885,750
SĂLAJ 544,900 974,600 +429,700
IALOMIȚA 0 965,000 +965,000
TULCEA 867,000 867,000 0
COVASNA 814,873 814,873 0
GIURGIU 795,000 795,000 0
TIMIȘ 393,379 691,379 +298,000
CONSTANȚA 639,000 639,000 0
ILFOV 550,000 505,259 −44,741
BACĂU 464,000 464,000 0
ALBA 344,000 344,000 0
SIBIU 341,522 339,360 −2,162
NEAMȚ 450,057 176,057 −274,000
PRAHOVA 0 148,654 +148,654
VRANCEA 1,183,750 128,588 −1,055,162
CLUJ 658,866 51,966 −606,900
MUREȘ 993,000 10,086 −982,914
MARAMUREȘ 0 7,000 +7,000
BRAȘOV 965,000 0 −965,000
CĂLĂRAȘI 302,688 0 −302,688
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 183,145 0 −183,145
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0

Another 18.03 Mn. (25.7% 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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