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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 182

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 — 1.49 Mn. ARAD — 791,711 RON ARGEȘ — 1.76 Mn. BACĂU — 2.71 Mn. BIHOR — 5.67 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.20 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 1.50 Mn. BRĂILA — 674,794 RON BRAȘOV — 5.94 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 254.97 Mn. BUZĂU — 2.11 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 441,368 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.09 Mn. CLUJ — 13.30 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 4.58 Mn. COVASNA — 998,351 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.79 Mn. DOLJ — 3.35 Mn. GALAȚI — 2.62 Mn. GIURGIU — 522,008 RON GORJ — 1.10 Mn. HARGHITA — 858,852 RON HUNEDOARA — 1.56 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 705,787 RON IAȘI — 6.62 Mn. ILFOV — 8.47 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 3.35 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 860,746 RON MUREȘ — 7.95 Mn. NEAMȚ — 3.19 Mn. OLT — 2.01 Mn. PRAHOVA — 3.63 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.16 Mn. SATU MARE — 956,840 RON SIBIU — 3.75 Mn. SUCEAVA — 1.97 Mn. TELEORMAN — 338,974 RON TIMIȘ — 5.79 Mn. TULCEA — 995,366 RON VÂLCEA — 1.15 Mn. VASLUI — 1.38 Mn. VRANCEA — 2.46 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 25,648,816 3,781,371 225,539,885 254,970,072 149 69.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 4,600,149 433,611 8,262,453 13,296,213 19 3.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,512,751 16,060 5,944,046 8,472,857 14 2.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,863,274 173,384 5,914,597 7,951,255 15 2.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 6,432,047 182,849 310 6,615,206 8 1.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 5,258,400 86,650 596,637 5,941,687 11 1.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 4,437,119 321,058 1,032,300 5,790,477 9 1.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,693,610 71,714 2,907,310 5,672,634 10 1.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 2,587,780 219,071 1,770,236 4,577,087 7 1.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,182,470 347,420 2,220,459 3,750,349 9 1.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,911,128 51,142 1,667,978 3,630,248 5 1.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,375,146 19,198 958,749 3,353,093 6 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,278,473 2,073,994 — 3,352,467 7 0.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,469,752 117,959 602,085 3,189,796 7 0.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,665,949 42,907 — 2,708,856 5 0.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,812,592 208,638 600,383 2,621,613 5 0.7%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,227,358 229,497 — 2,456,855 7 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,970,713 143,922 — 2,114,635 5 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,010,857 262 — 2,011,119 5 0.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,810,477 74,261 85,304 1,970,042 3 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,753,827 34,224 — 1,788,051 4 0.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,734,262 4,838 25,418 1,764,518 3 0.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,255,044 57,838 247,731 1,560,613 4 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,289,727 18,237 192,448 1,500,412 4 0.4%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,416,427 71,181 4,224 1,491,832 5 0.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 743,169 104,699 528,214 1,376,082 4 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,004,234 198,508 — 1,202,742 4 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,130,400 27,735 — 1,158,135 6 0.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,013,866 131,429 583 1,145,878 3 0.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 668,533 182,349 252,834 1,103,716 4 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,067,920 23,340 — 1,091,260 5 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 938,373 15,435 44,543 998,351 5 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 723,126 7,436 264,804 995,366 5 0.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 897,547 11,413 47,880 956,840 3 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 847,946 12,800 — 860,746 4 0.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 797,166 61,686 — 858,852 3 0.2%
ARAD West 410,058 766,245 25,466 — 791,711 2 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 703,583 2,204 — 705,787 3 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 668,248 6,546 — 674,794 3 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 510,622 2,280 9,106 522,008 2 0.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 417,384 23,984 — 441,368 2 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 338,974 — — 338,974 1 0.1%

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 225,539,886 188,375,167 −37,164,719
MUREȘ 5,914,597 12,214,987 +6,300,390
CLUJ 8,262,453 8,055,259 −207,194
SUCEAVA 85,304 7,845,299 +7,759,995
ILFOV 5,944,047 5,183,592 −760,455
BIHOR 2,907,310 4,554,407 +1,647,097
SIBIU 2,220,459 4,208,672 +1,988,213
ARGEȘ 25,418 2,817,464 +2,792,046
PRAHOVA 1,667,978 2,415,868 +747,890
DOLJ 958,749 2,196,316 +1,237,567
ARAD 0 2,147,770 +2,147,770
CONSTANȚA 1,770,236 1,876,342 +106,106
VASLUI 528,214 1,729,145 +1,200,931
MARAMUREȘ 0 1,688,460 +1,688,460
IAȘI 310 1,399,529 +1,399,219
GORJ 252,834 988,567 +735,733
BOTOȘANI 192,448 962,612 +770,164
GALAȚI 600,383 925,832 +325,449
TIMIȘ 1,032,300 922,001 −110,299
BUZĂU 0 767,679 +767,679
BRAȘOV 596,637 676,225 +79,588
NEAMȚ 602,085 602,085 0
VRANCEA 0 553,310 +553,310
TELEORMAN 0 441,520 +441,520
MEHEDINȚI 0 423,840 +423,840
COVASNA 44,543 355,283 +310,740
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 317,702 +317,702
VÂLCEA 583 313,281 +312,698
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 293,232 +293,232
TULCEA 264,804 264,804 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 263,422 +263,422
HUNEDOARA 247,731 247,731 0
SĂLAJ 0 216,670 +216,670
OLT 0 205,850 +205,850
HARGHITA 0 102,000 +102,000
SATU MARE 47,880 47,880 0
BACĂU 0 12,740 +12,740
GIURGIU 9,106 9,106 0
ALBA 4,224 4,224 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0

Another 3.09 Mn. (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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