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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 188

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 — 914,555 RON ARAD — 1.25 Mn. ARGEȘ — 1.89 Mn. BACĂU — 2.52 Mn. BIHOR — 3.22 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 856,850 RON BOTOȘANI — 1.55 Mn. BRĂILA — 851,645 RON BRAȘOV — 5.60 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 322.94 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.69 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 672,784 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 649,272 RON CLUJ — 13.48 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 5.52 Mn. COVASNA — 1.11 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 2.05 Mn. DOLJ — 2.48 Mn. GALAȚI — 1.88 Mn. GIURGIU — 353,091 RON GORJ — 8.87 Mn. HARGHITA — 1.17 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 2.62 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.03 Mn. IAȘI — 10.05 Mn. ILFOV — 7.45 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.64 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 639,493 RON MUREȘ — 7.78 Mn. NEAMȚ — 5.21 Mn. OLT — 928,260 RON PRAHOVA — 8.19 Mn. SĂLAJ — 2.95 Mn. SATU MARE — 1.03 Mn. SIBIU — 11.22 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.28 Mn. TELEORMAN — 671,439 RON TIMIȘ — 4.55 Mn. TULCEA — 557,563 RON VÂLCEA — 2.25 Mn. VASLUI — 1.62 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.45 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 24,934,178 2,862,740 295,143,198 322,940,116 188 70.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 6,574,172 331,587 6,569,349 13,475,108 19 3.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,866,117 222,803 9,133,856 11,222,776 28 2.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 3,046,817 156,005 6,849,178 10,052,000 13 2.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 660,532 4,893 8,206,920 8,872,345 29 2.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,588,294 425,193 6,172,975 8,186,462 12 1.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,906,730 76,721 5,792,946 7,776,397 15 1.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,027,500 6,643 5,414,878 7,449,021 12 1.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,756,721 241,428 1,597,373 5,595,522 10 1.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 4,374,064 180,556 967,533 5,522,153 8 1.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,499,984 13,151 3,699,619 5,212,754 12 1.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,082,651 558,809 911,108 4,552,568 7 1.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,680,341 467,690 1,070,725 3,218,756 6 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 651,499 30,000 2,264,524 2,946,023 14 0.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,290,387 20,622 1,309,990 2,620,999 8 0.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,900,855 153,865 465,792 2,520,512 4 0.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,089,465 139,945 248,500 2,477,910 4 0.5%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,941,915 14,606 324,705 2,281,226 4 0.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,295,732 378,030 580,989 2,254,751 7 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,014,826 18,743 16,000 2,049,569 4 0.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,757,626 76,552 53,989 1,888,167 3 0.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,048,094 122,765 712,471 1,883,330 4 0.4%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,492,808 197,559 — 1,690,367 4 0.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,052,536 119,395 470,825 1,642,756 4 0.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 647,565 20,423 956,452 1,624,440 4 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,256,509 47,012 249,520 1,553,041 4 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,405,440 3,125 43,280 1,451,845 4 0.3%
ARAD West 410,058 1,158,106 92,436 — 1,250,542 3 0.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 989,228 142,651 33,197 1,165,076 4 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 873,954 60,250 178,322 1,112,526 6 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,014,535 7,329 8,848 1,030,712 4 0.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 872,686 94,728 57,807 1,025,221 3 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 830,710 16,091 81,459 928,260 2 0.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 899,143 15,412 — 914,555 3 0.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 795,910 60,940 — 856,850 3 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 851,625 20 — 851,645 3 0.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 545,065 11,985 115,734 672,784 2 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 636,609 — 34,830 671,439 2 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 573,803 922 74,547 649,272 3 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 635,843 3,650 — 639,493 3 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 547,233 2,000 8,330 557,563 3 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 198,130 161 154,800 353,091 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 295,143,201 262,331,294 −32,811,907
PRAHOVA 6,172,975 19,438,632 +13,265,657
SIBIU 9,133,856 9,124,634 −9,222
MUREȘ 5,792,946 8,507,626 +2,714,680
IAȘI 6,849,178 7,919,880 +1,070,702
CLUJ 6,569,349 5,843,220 −726,129
BRAȘOV 1,597,373 3,240,205 +1,642,832
ILFOV 5,414,878 2,921,679 −2,493,199
SĂLAJ 2,264,524 2,264,524 0
BACĂU 465,792 2,212,189 +1,746,397
VASLUI 956,452 1,685,323 +728,871
ARGEȘ 53,989 1,602,819 +1,548,830
MARAMUREȘ 470,825 1,393,707 +922,882
HUNEDOARA 1,309,990 1,309,990 0
GORJ 8,206,919 1,269,033 −6,937,886
CONSTANȚA 967,533 1,218,125 +250,592
BIHOR 1,070,725 1,209,010 +138,285
NEAMȚ 3,699,619 1,207,970 −2,491,649
TIMIȘ 911,109 1,171,970 +260,861
VÂLCEA 580,989 1,007,793 +426,804
ARAD 0 966,851 +966,851
GALAȚI 712,471 951,326 +238,855
BOTOȘANI 249,519 747,249 +497,730
DOLJ 248,500 451,920 +203,420
ALBA 0 404,220 +404,220
SUCEAVA 324,705 333,744 +9,039
DÂMBOVIȚA 16,000 297,443 +281,443
VRANCEA 43,280 294,297 +251,017
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 74,547 266,592 +192,045
CĂLĂRAȘI 115,734 194,484 +78,750
COVASNA 178,322 178,322 0
SATU MARE 57,807 109,887 +52,080
HARGHITA 33,197 87,097 +53,900
OLT 81,459 81,459 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 70,304 +70,304
TELEORMAN 34,830 34,830 0
TULCEA 8,330 8,330 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 8,848 0 −8,848
BRĂILA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 154,800 0 −154,800

Another 17.62 Mn. (4.9% 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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