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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 161

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 — 567,537 RON ARAD — 1.93 Mn. ARGEȘ — 1.42 Mn. BACĂU — 1.02 Mn. BIHOR — 1.12 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 574,702 RON BOTOȘANI — 2.12 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.04 Mn. BRAȘOV — 1.68 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 26.77 Mn. BUZĂU — 976,959 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.12 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 476,953 RON CLUJ — 3.25 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 3.73 Mn. COVASNA — 1.58 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 790,535 RON DOLJ — 3.15 Mn. GALAȚI — 1.52 Mn. GIURGIU — 293,162 RON GORJ — 171,800 RON HARGHITA — 481,565 RON HUNEDOARA — 646,286 RON IALOMIȚA — 602,669 RON IAȘI — 5.37 Mn. ILFOV — 1.38 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 705,217 RON MEHEDINȚI — 202,105 RON MUREȘ — 1.66 Mn. NEAMȚ — 824,997 RON OLT — 693,742 RON PRAHOVA — 1.11 Mn. SĂLAJ — 706,726 RON SATU MARE — 406,979 RON SIBIU — 2.67 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.44 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.83 Mn. TIMIȘ — 3.86 Mn. TULCEA — 1.11 Mn. VÂLCEA — 1.68 Mn. VASLUI — 916,772 RON VRANCEA — 597,538 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 7,928,211 1,270,013 17,569,713 26,767,937 16 30.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 3,887,569 107,538 1,370,800 5,365,907 7 6.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 2,051,986 49,801 1,758,710 3,860,497 6 4.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 2,480,094 349,170 901,365 3,730,629 6 4.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 2,398,850 65,816 787,852 3,252,518 5 3.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 865,782 86,695 2,201,257 3,153,734 5 3.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 801,008 5,045 2,018,993 2,825,046 9 3.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,054,295 505,242 106,359 2,665,896 7 3.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,409,281 27,165 — 2,436,446 4 2.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 422,345 1,600 1,700,332 2,124,277 6 2.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,066,519 50,900 — 2,117,419 8 2.4%
ARAD West 410,058 1,306,309 41,144 585,817 1,933,270 5 2.2%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 1,483,122 58,837 138,082 1,680,041 3 1.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,503,273 14,162 162,200 1,679,635 5 1.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,332,252 328,991 — 1,661,243 3 1.9%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 907,176 6,215 670,000 1,583,391 8 1.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,302,607 6,530 210,999 1,520,136 3 1.7%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,202,473 76,622 135,990 1,415,085 3 1.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 1,307,787 54,496 21,489 1,383,772 2 1.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,098,232 18,347 — 1,116,579 2 1.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 882,974 3,474 223,650 1,110,098 6 1.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,074,246 35,450 — 1,109,696 2 1.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 833,066 60,066 147,250 1,040,382 4 1.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 955,972 43,410 23,000 1,022,382 2 1.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 951,060 25,899 — 976,959 2 1.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 890,791 20,121 5,860 916,772 3 1.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 636,929 8,868 179,200 824,997 2 1.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 781,579 8,956 — 790,535 2 0.9%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 518,485 188,241 — 706,726 3 0.8%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 653,280 29,387 22,550 705,217 2 0.8%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 685,075 8,667 — 693,742 2 0.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 638,006 8,280 — 646,286 2 0.7%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 585,593 17,076 — 602,669 2 0.7%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 579,198 18,340 — 597,538 2 0.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 565,848 8,854 — 574,702 2 0.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 557,473 10,064 — 567,537 2 0.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 417,662 56,803 7,100 481,565 2 0.6%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 472,290 4,663 — 476,953 2 0.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 387,522 19,457 — 406,979 1 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 292,822 340 — 293,162 1 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 201,170 935 — 202,105 1 0.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 154,307 17,493 — 171,800 1 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
BUCUREȘTI 17,569,713 5,308,894 −12,260,819
IAȘI 1,370,800 3,013,941 +1,643,141
SUCEAVA 0 2,309,795 +2,309,795
TELEORMAN 2,018,993 2,039,892 +20,899
BOTOȘANI 1,700,332 1,930,697 +230,365
CONSTANȚA 901,365 1,836,159 +934,794
TIMIȘ 1,758,710 1,806,700 +47,990
DOLJ 2,201,257 1,688,095 −513,162
OLT 0 1,421,189 +1,421,189
NEAMȚ 179,200 1,289,469 +1,110,269
CLUJ 787,852 1,222,702 +434,850
TULCEA 223,650 1,019,728 +796,078
MUREȘ 0 942,951 +942,951
ILFOV 21,489 835,492 +814,003
COVASNA 670,000 715,500 +45,500
ARAD 585,817 598,917 +13,100
VASLUI 5,860 435,577 +429,717
BACĂU 23,000 352,273 +329,273
IALOMIȚA 0 281,857 +281,857
VRANCEA 0 269,000 +269,000
GALAȚI 210,999 240,831 +29,832
BRĂILA 147,250 223,839 +76,589
VÂLCEA 162,200 181,450 +19,250
BRAȘOV 138,082 138,082 0
ARGEȘ 135,990 135,990 0
BUZĂU 0 76,020 +76,020
GIURGIU 0 75,193 +75,193
BIHOR 0 65,841 +65,841
PRAHOVA 0 59,323 +59,323
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 39,700 +39,700
MARAMUREȘ 22,550 22,550 0
HARGHITA 7,100 7,100 0
SIBIU 106,359 0 −106,359
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0

Another 363,821 RON (1.2% 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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