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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 168

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 — 2.20 Mn. ARAD — 5.04 Mn. ARGEȘ — 1.29 Mn. BACĂU — 1.42 Mn. BIHOR — 3.75 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.46 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 3.17 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.38 Mn. BRAȘOV — 1.92 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 38.30 Mn. BUZĂU — 2.31 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 3.01 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 786,567 RON CLUJ — 2.53 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 3.35 Mn. COVASNA — 564,206 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.73 Mn. DOLJ — 3.49 Mn. GALAȚI — 2.49 Mn. GIURGIU — 425,263 RON GORJ — 1.06 Mn. HARGHITA — 680,318 RON HUNEDOARA — 2.70 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.05 Mn. IAȘI — 4.24 Mn. ILFOV — 2.18 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 405,243 RON MEHEDINȚI — 414,311 RON MUREȘ — 4.19 Mn. NEAMȚ — 2.16 Mn. OLT — 839,566 RON PRAHOVA — 1.85 Mn. SĂLAJ — 828,381 RON SATU MARE — 3.13 Mn. SIBIU — 1.16 Mn. SUCEAVA — 1.53 Mn. TELEORMAN — 3.15 Mn. TIMIȘ — 7.73 Mn. TULCEA — 1.37 Mn. VÂLCEA — 1.16 Mn. VASLUI — 1.07 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.12 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 12,570,410 4,097,194 21,634,650 38,302,254 22 30.5%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 6,085,847 196,284 1,448,836 7,730,967 11 6.2%
ARAD West 410,058 4,510,254 526,230 — 5,036,484 12 4.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 3,494,750 528,414 214,632 4,237,796 5 3.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,627,415 566,662 — 4,194,077 8 3.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 3,584,794 162,705 — 3,747,499 7 3.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 3,363,683 124,943 — 3,488,626 6 2.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 2,492,434 859,955 — 3,352,389 5 2.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,078,293 91,408 — 3,169,701 8 2.5%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,461,944 62,577 628,236 3,152,757 10 2.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,806,931 327,314 — 3,134,245 10 2.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,596,011 89,146 326,761 3,011,918 11 2.4%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,240,422 456,075 — 2,696,497 8 2.2%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 2,354,282 171,533 — 2,525,815 4 2.0%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,360,253 134,321 — 2,494,574 5 2.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 2,281,404 29,312 — 2,310,716 6 1.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,998,328 201,455 — 2,199,783 7 1.8%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,058,083 118,159 — 2,176,242 4 1.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,127,145 28,969 — 2,156,114 5 1.7%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,962,448 89,990 — 2,052,438 8 1.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 1,685,234 236,418 — 1,921,652 3 1.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,599,502 253,407 — 1,852,909 3 1.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,197,736 115,497 419,730 1,732,963 4 1.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,432,741 97,835 — 1,530,576 2 1.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,388,127 67,413 — 1,455,540 5 1.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,363,034 52,802 — 1,415,836 2 1.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,359,470 25,048 — 1,384,518 5 1.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,346,383 19,218 — 1,365,601 7 1.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,253,564 40,274 — 1,293,838 2 1.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,088,540 71,816 — 1,160,356 3 0.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,069,692 86,828 — 1,156,520 3 0.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,059,851 64,274 — 1,124,125 3 0.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,028,474 36,605 — 1,065,079 3 0.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,057,557 4,142 — 1,061,699 3 0.9%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 828,212 11,354 — 839,566 2 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 810,768 17,613 — 828,381 4 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 776,188 10,379 — 786,567 3 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 594,164 86,154 — 680,318 2 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 550,926 13,280 — 564,206 3 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 402,031 23,232 — 425,263 2 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 403,200 11,111 — 414,311 2 0.3%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 386,486 18,757 — 405,243 1 0.3%

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
NEAMȚ 0 3,621,213 +3,621,213
BACĂU 0 3,208,753 +3,208,753
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 2,760,259 +2,760,259
TIMIȘ 1,448,835 2,748,292 +1,299,457
PRAHOVA 0 2,271,154 +2,271,154
BUCUREȘTI 21,634,650 1,987,405 −19,647,245
BUZĂU 0 1,368,419 +1,368,419
DOLJ 0 1,326,879 +1,326,879
IAȘI 214,632 1,232,932 +1,018,300
SATU MARE 0 1,064,326 +1,064,326
TELEORMAN 628,236 628,236 0
BIHOR 0 419,730 +419,730
VASLUI 0 349,564 +349,564
CĂLĂRAȘI 326,761 326,761 0
SIBIU 0 265,354 +265,354
VÂLCEA 0 233,543 +233,543
GORJ 0 187,427 +187,427
CONSTANȚA 0 180,252 +180,252
CLUJ 0 173,938 +173,938
IALOMIȚA 0 89,153 +89,153
MUREȘ 0 65,993 +65,993
OLT 0 37,000 +37,000
ARAD 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
BRAȘOV 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 419,730 0 −419,730
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0

Another 126,261 RON (0.5% 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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