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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 189

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 — 1.20 Mn. ARAD — 876,253 RON ARGEȘ — 1.15 Mn. BACĂU — 8.99 Mn. BIHOR — 1.33 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 701,017 RON BOTOȘANI — 1.24 Mn. BRĂILA — 653,941 RON BRAȘOV — 3.68 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 56.93 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.74 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.02 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 229,520 RON CLUJ — 3.74 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 5.09 Mn. COVASNA — 771,728 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.08 Mn. DOLJ — 2.31 Mn. GALAȚI — 1.86 Mn. GIURGIU — 592,426 RON GORJ — 479,826 RON HARGHITA — 567,251 RON HUNEDOARA — 1.03 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 431,798 RON IAȘI — 3.79 Mn. ILFOV — 3.94 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.08 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 698,837 RON MUREȘ — 935,136 RON NEAMȚ — 964,722 RON OLT — 744,374 RON PRAHOVA — 1.99 Mn. SĂLAJ — 764,870 RON SATU MARE — 376,267 RON SIBIU — 1.16 Mn. SUCEAVA — 1.71 Mn. TELEORMAN — 844,388 RON TIMIȘ — 3.83 Mn. TULCEA — 880,751 RON VÂLCEA — 791,255 RON VASLUI — 1.03 Mn. VRANCEA — 2.87 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 22,157,248 3,801,669 30,973,246 56,932,163 33 45.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,045,164 116,040 7,828,730 8,989,934 15 7.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 4,523,837 507,122 58,153 5,089,112 8 4.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 3,789,115 34,925 114,840 3,938,880 6 3.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,421,187 81,397 327,881 3,830,465 6 3.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 2,983,745 61,527 746,940 3,792,212 5 3.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 3,446,269 223,907 67,190 3,737,366 5 3.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,647,481 37,204 — 3,684,685 7 2.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,865,485 6,942 — 2,872,427 9 2.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,905,338 88,082 321,087 2,314,507 4 1.8%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,961,976 18,909 4,195 1,985,080 3 1.6%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,663,586 179,736 12,989 1,856,311 4 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,658,019 86,906 — 1,744,925 4 1.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,653,654 19,340 41,055 1,714,049 3 1.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,188,234 145,339 — 1,333,573 2 1.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 893,171 16,439 334,533 1,244,143 3 1.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,167,004 33,732 — 1,200,736 4 1.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 995,546 125,345 37,911 1,158,802 3 0.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,125,277 22,248 — 1,147,525 2 0.9%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,074,906 7,806 — 1,082,712 2 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,005,141 70,509 — 1,075,650 2 0.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,017,303 13,629 — 1,030,932 3 0.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 999,379 28,798 — 1,028,177 3 0.8%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,009,247 10,542 — 1,019,789 4 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 751,141 28,625 184,956 964,722 2 0.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 880,764 54,372 — 935,136 2 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 879,800 951 — 880,751 5 0.7%
ARAD West 410,058 797,911 78,342 — 876,253 2 0.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 786,670 1,318 56,400 844,388 3 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 583,807 168,123 39,325 791,255 2 0.6%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 709,597 62,131 — 771,728 4 0.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 756,077 8,793 — 764,870 4 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 729,574 14,800 — 744,374 2 0.6%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 393,677 293,571 13,769 701,017 2 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 692,209 6,628 — 698,837 3 0.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 637,323 7,643 8,975 653,941 2 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 581,128 11,298 — 592,426 2 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 560,180 7,071 — 567,251 2 0.5%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 463,829 15,997 — 479,826 2 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 422,284 9,514 — 431,798 2 0.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 359,926 16,341 — 376,267 1 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 212,490 17,030 — 229,520 1 0.2%

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 30,973,244 25,076,909 −5,896,335
BACĂU 7,828,730 7,828,730 0
IAȘI 746,940 833,766 +86,826
GALAȚI 12,989 391,315 +378,326
BOTOȘANI 334,532 334,532 0
TIMIȘ 327,883 327,883 0
DOLJ 321,087 242,887 −78,200
CONSTANȚA 58,153 184,823 +126,670
MUREȘ 0 184,400 +184,400
NEAMȚ 184,956 158,256 −26,700
ILFOV 114,840 114,840 0
CLUJ 67,190 91,803 +24,613
OLT 0 78,200 +78,200
TELEORMAN 56,400 56,400 0
COVASNA 0 49,100 +49,100
SUCEAVA 41,055 41,055 0
VÂLCEA 39,325 39,325 0
SIBIU 37,911 37,911 0
BRAȘOV 0 21,829 +21,829
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 13,769 13,769 0
BRĂILA 8,975 8,975 0
PRAHOVA 4,195 4,195 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0

Another 5.05 Mn. (12.3% 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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