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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 163

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 — 1.80 Mn. ARAD — 4.43 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.78 Mn. BACĂU — 1.97 Mn. BIHOR — 2.85 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 805,497 RON BOTOȘANI — 1.94 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.59 Mn. BRAȘOV — 1.40 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 16.34 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.96 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 3.51 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.04 Mn. CLUJ — 10.11 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 3.99 Mn. COVASNA — 2.17 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.48 Mn. DOLJ — 3.32 Mn. GALAȚI — 3.11 Mn. GIURGIU — 648,673 RON GORJ — 1.09 Mn. HARGHITA — 1.53 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 1.63 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.33 Mn. IAȘI — 6.76 Mn. ILFOV — 3.13 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.44 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 534,503 RON MUREȘ — 3.52 Mn. NEAMȚ — 2.82 Mn. OLT — 1.52 Mn. PRAHOVA — 2.30 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.40 Mn. SATU MARE — 5.30 Mn. SIBIU — 2.50 Mn. SUCEAVA — 1.68 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.22 Mn. TIMIȘ — 14.42 Mn. TULCEA — 1.17 Mn. VÂLCEA — 1.41 Mn. VASLUI — 1.29 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.38 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 9,117,606 1,467,829 5,756,348 16,341,783 10 12.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,714,243 112,469 10,591,296 14,418,008 21 11.2%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 3,182,513 282,183 6,644,130 10,108,826 14 7.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 3,557,889 22,313 3,178,883 6,759,085 9 5.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,383,904 85,676 3,829,443 5,299,023 16 4.1%
ARAD West 410,058 2,776,027 282,177 1,372,840 4,431,044 11 3.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 3,348,192 492,676 147,649 3,988,517 6 3.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,986,377 20,974 1,772,393 3,779,744 7 2.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 2,753,836 248,995 517,068 3,519,899 7 2.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,819,667 103 1,691,775 3,511,545 13 2.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,140,400 76,632 1,104,182 3,321,214 6 2.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,852,393 171,806 109,000 3,133,199 5 2.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,847,202 66,397 1,198,600 3,112,199 6 2.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,603,952 245,258 — 2,849,210 5 2.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,439,940 12,056 1,369,000 2,820,996 6 2.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,556,906 3,266 1,033,100 2,593,272 10 2.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,309,074 192,112 1,675 2,502,861 6 2.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,249,993 54,021 — 2,304,014 3 1.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 814,216 112,224 1,241,339 2,167,779 11 1.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,449,520 318,877 197,400 1,965,797 3 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,937,756 25,390 — 1,963,146 5 1.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 844,199 13,739 1,078,500 1,936,438 5 1.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,722,312 73,263 — 1,795,575 6 1.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 980,829 72,055 627,000 1,679,884 3 1.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,604,612 10,626 17,940 1,633,178 5 1.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 782,048 164,035 585,997 1,532,080 5 1.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,509,508 7,326 — 1,516,834 4 1.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,401,935 77,194 — 1,479,129 3 1.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,385,397 52,340 — 1,437,737 3 1.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 918,177 49,771 441,832 1,409,780 4 1.1%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 1,367,682 37,211 — 1,404,893 2 1.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,392,876 9,757 — 1,402,633 7 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,044,494 15,982 315,440 1,375,916 4 1.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,195,012 138,919 — 1,333,931 5 1.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,224,253 61,092 — 1,285,345 4 1.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,221,998 1,764 — 1,223,762 4 1.0%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 609,674 5,074 558,000 1,172,748 6 0.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 912,267 180,189 — 1,092,456 4 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,017,738 20,091 — 1,037,829 4 0.8%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 717,557 87,940 — 805,497 3 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 643,923 4,750 — 648,673 3 0.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 371,373 11,130 152,000 534,503 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
TIMIȘ 10,591,296 10,591,296 0
CLUJ 6,644,130 6,646,516 +2,386
SATU MARE 3,829,443 4,892,673 +1,063,230
VASLUI 0 2,069,800 +2,069,800
BUCUREȘTI 5,756,349 1,978,724 −3,777,625
ARGEȘ 1,772,393 1,772,393 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 1,691,775 1,691,775 0
NEAMȚ 1,369,000 1,392,940 +23,940
GALAȚI 1,198,600 1,294,500 +95,900
COVASNA 1,241,339 1,241,339 0
IAȘI 3,178,883 1,112,783 −2,066,100
BOTOȘANI 1,078,500 1,078,500 0
OLT 0 1,064,075 +1,064,075
BRĂILA 1,033,100 1,033,100 0
VÂLCEA 441,832 664,132 +222,300
SUCEAVA 627,000 627,000 0
TULCEA 558,000 558,000 0
MUREȘ 517,068 522,569 +5,501
SĂLAJ 0 503,270 +503,270
BUZĂU 0 483,230 +483,230
VRANCEA 315,440 315,440 0
ILFOV 109,000 312,792 +203,792
ARAD 1,372,840 309,610 −1,063,230
HARGHITA 585,997 308,697 −277,300
GORJ 0 277,300 +277,300
DOLJ 1,104,182 231,647 −872,535
BRAȘOV 0 224,000 +224,000
BACĂU 197,400 197,400 0
MEHEDINȚI 152,000 152,000 0
CONSTANȚA 147,649 147,649 0
SIBIU 1,675 39,775 +38,100
HUNEDOARA 17,940 29,190 +11,250
BIHOR 0 0 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0

Another 1.77 Mn. (3.9% 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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