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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 184

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 — 5.23 Mn. ARAD — 3.02 Mn. ARGEȘ — 6.89 Mn. BACĂU — 7.67 Mn. BIHOR — 7.69 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 5.63 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 3.87 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.25 Mn. BRAȘOV — 17.47 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 135.56 Mn. BUZĂU — 5.67 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 3.28 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 2.41 Mn. CLUJ — 18.55 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 9.84 Mn. COVASNA — 3.20 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 13.26 Mn. DOLJ — 6.26 Mn. GALAȚI — 4.76 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.79 Mn. GORJ — 3.86 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.97 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 3.92 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 3.00 Mn. IAȘI — 18.82 Mn. ILFOV — 5.94 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 8.83 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.75 Mn. MUREȘ — 8.97 Mn. NEAMȚ — 12.43 Mn. OLT — 5.29 Mn. PRAHOVA — 8.95 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.79 Mn. SATU MARE — 1.73 Mn. SIBIU — 8.72 Mn. SUCEAVA — 6.43 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.75 Mn. TIMIȘ — 11.52 Mn. TULCEA — 4.37 Mn. VÂLCEA — 4.85 Mn. VASLUI — 4.16 Mn. VRANCEA — 4.26 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 54,752,398 4,700,317 76,110,114 135,562,829 79 33.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 11,360,520 578,235 6,880,667 18,819,422 24 4.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 11,914,758 871,303 5,768,152 18,554,213 26 4.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 9,501,307 107,497 7,863,735 17,472,539 31 4.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 4,375,113 117,261 8,765,777 13,258,151 28 3.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 3,244,638 68,199 9,119,583 12,432,420 28 3.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 10,409,208 450,738 655,714 11,515,660 17 2.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 7,279,355 276,449 2,282,537 9,838,341 15 2.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 4,678,325 88,582 4,199,697 8,966,604 17 2.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 5,583,475 148,708 3,216,160 8,948,343 13 2.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 3,461,644 104,787 5,260,369 8,826,800 20 2.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 5,647,390 412,312 2,660,567 8,720,269 22 2.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 7,001,969 84,843 601,653 7,688,465 14 1.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 5,640,517 138,236 1,888,111 7,666,864 13 1.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 6,509,143 46,381 334,569 6,890,093 12 1.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 5,416,314 134,350 877,503 6,428,167 10 1.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,927,851 135,341 1,195,978 6,259,170 11 1.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 3,668,532 61,158 2,211,369 5,941,059 10 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,507,322 163,293 1,997,810 5,668,425 14 1.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 5,193,576 50,391 381,150 5,625,117 19 1.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,124,733 62,738 2,105,662 5,293,133 14 1.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 4,922,091 124,987 183,376 5,230,454 16 1.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 2,581,464 113,442 2,152,892 4,847,798 14 1.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 4,315,870 333,979 113,975 4,763,824 10 1.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,958,180 2,350 2,412,238 4,372,768 23 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,073,227 33,022 1,155,774 4,262,023 13 1.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 3,070,865 160,403 926,267 4,157,535 11 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,110,040 14,581 797,830 3,922,451 11 1.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,437,007 152,274 284,259 3,873,540 10 1.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,703,260 222,190 939,292 3,864,742 13 1.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,816,143 4,262 1,973,732 3,794,137 18 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,051,222 27,762 204,780 3,283,764 12 0.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 3,090,109 78,804 29,459 3,198,372 16 0.8%
ARAD West 410,058 2,650,135 155,440 211,824 3,017,399 7 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,596,452 9,218 398,734 3,004,404 12 0.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,794,155 114,655 64,785 2,973,595 10 0.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,743,050 973 10,200 2,754,223 9 0.7%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,723,897 22,190 2,662 2,748,749 12 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 2,407,267 703 — 2,407,970 10 0.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,244,589 3,249 — 2,247,838 8 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,656,547 107,502 29,600 1,793,649 7 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,293,675 82,646 355,317 1,731,638 5 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 76,110,121 65,733,681 −10,376,440
DÂMBOVIȚA 8,765,777 8,765,777 0
BRAȘOV 7,863,735 8,129,999 +266,264
CLUJ 5,768,151 5,530,089 −238,062
IAȘI 6,880,666 5,416,100 −1,464,566
MARAMUREȘ 5,260,369 5,260,369 0
MUREȘ 4,199,698 4,705,122 +505,424
BACĂU 1,888,111 4,307,093 +2,418,982
PRAHOVA 3,216,160 3,216,160 0
SIBIU 2,660,567 2,660,567 0
TULCEA 2,412,238 2,412,238 0
CONSTANȚA 2,282,538 2,349,587 +67,049
ILFOV 2,211,369 2,187,369 −24,000
VÂLCEA 2,152,891 2,152,891 0
OLT 2,105,663 2,105,663 0
SĂLAJ 1,973,732 1,973,732 0
BUZĂU 1,997,810 1,887,610 −110,200
DOLJ 1,195,979 1,270,376 +74,397
VRANCEA 1,155,773 1,155,773 0
ARGEȘ 334,568 1,075,653 +741,085
VASLUI 926,267 926,267 0
SUCEAVA 877,504 892,732 +15,228
HUNEDOARA 797,830 797,830 0
TIMIȘ 655,713 727,713 +72,000
GORJ 939,291 693,172 −246,119
BIHOR 601,653 601,653 0
NEAMȚ 9,119,583 499,692 −8,619,891
BOTOȘANI 284,259 401,037 +116,778
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 381,150 381,150 0
SATU MARE 355,317 355,317 0
IALOMIȚA 398,734 335,760 −62,974
ARAD 211,824 324,924 +113,100
CĂLĂRAȘI 204,780 204,780 0
ALBA 183,376 183,376 0
GALAȚI 113,975 120,571 +6,596
HARGHITA 64,785 64,785 0
GIURGIU 29,600 29,600 0
COVASNA 29,459 29,459 0
TELEORMAN 10,200 10,200 0
MEHEDINȚI 2,662 2,662 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0

Another 16.75 Mn. (10.7% 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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