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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 19

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 — 3.06 Mn. ARAD — 2.74 Mn. ARGEȘ — 9.34 Mn. BACĂU — 7.55 Mn. BIHOR — 7.99 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 2.12 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 5.47 Mn. BRĂILA — 4.36 Mn. BRAȘOV — 11.14 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 164.16 Mn. BUZĂU — 7.09 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.88 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.72 Mn. CLUJ — 23.16 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 16.35 Mn. COVASNA — 8.56 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 7.31 Mn. DOLJ — 9.51 Mn. GALAȚI — 15.43 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.89 Mn. GORJ — 25.21 Mn. HARGHITA — 4.08 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 6.63 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.27 Mn. IAȘI — 20.61 Mn. ILFOV — 11.94 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 4.14 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.23 Mn. MUREȘ — 9.30 Mn. NEAMȚ — 6.33 Mn. OLT — 5.49 Mn. PRAHOVA — 6.60 Mn. SĂLAJ — 2.96 Mn. SATU MARE — 2.65 Mn. SIBIU — 11.26 Mn. SUCEAVA — 8.58 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.70 Mn. TIMIȘ — 14.55 Mn. TULCEA — 3.14 Mn. VÂLCEA — 17.18 Mn. VASLUI — 4.98 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.72 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 97,257,599 11,613,995 55,291,702 164,163,296 96 33.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 3,409,749 686,401 21,109,462 25,205,612 82 5.2%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 19,818,262 1,035,377 2,304,648 23,158,287 33 4.8%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 16,336,189 813,661 3,458,005 20,607,855 26 4.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 4,179,140 929,824 12,073,383 17,182,347 51 3.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 13,869,239 1,127,828 1,355,719 16,352,786 25 3.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 8,392,972 1,770,343 5,268,123 15,431,438 32 3.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 11,724,827 645,662 2,181,644 14,552,133 22 3.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 11,270,480 126,475 540,489 11,937,444 19 2.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 7,837,434 1,155,615 2,263,105 11,256,154 28 2.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 10,433,439 353,392 356,439 11,143,270 20 2.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 8,048,700 997,780 467,200 9,513,680 16 2.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 8,936,843 156,137 248,938 9,341,918 17 1.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 6,650,598 191,260 2,460,943 9,302,801 18 1.9%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 8,345,497 158,961 77,542 8,582,000 13 1.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 4,292,038 32,878 4,239,410 8,564,326 43 1.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 4,895,872 1,121,136 1,969,810 7,986,818 14 1.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 6,860,066 463,340 229,572 7,552,978 13 1.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 7,157,776 141,011 9,436 7,308,223 15 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,528,257 200,076 366,405 7,094,738 18 1.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 5,010,911 672,519 944,318 6,627,748 19 1.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 6,125,873 466,597 6,257 6,598,727 10 1.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,523,037 148,972 1,654,177 6,326,186 14 1.3%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 5,436,756 50,823 — 5,487,579 15 1.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,873,184 67,889 531,563 5,472,636 14 1.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 4,320,390 139,304 517,461 4,977,155 14 1.0%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 4,162,465 50,367 150,044 4,362,876 16 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 3,889,468 247,162 — 4,136,630 9 0.9%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,859,541 104,081 120,700 4,084,322 14 0.8%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,609,019 98,752 7,992 3,715,763 11 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,760,449 29,230 353,947 3,143,626 17 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,862,430 173,251 28,551 3,064,232 9 0.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,939,372 20,480 — 2,959,852 14 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,842,090 34,121 — 2,876,211 10 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 2,164,211 177,267 395,540 2,737,018 7 0.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,442,011 87,203 171,316 2,700,530 9 0.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,584,037 62,988 — 2,647,025 8 0.5%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,199,370 67,607 1,383 2,268,360 9 0.5%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,989,285 116,914 11,100 2,117,299 7 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,784,332 27,924 79,610 1,891,866 7 0.4%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,707,449 10,552 — 1,718,001 7 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,170,799 25,697 37,099 1,233,595 5 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
BUCUREȘTI 55,291,705 52,104,342 −3,187,363
VÂLCEA 12,073,383 12,065,314 −8,069
GALAȚI 5,268,123 5,268,123 0
COVASNA 4,239,410 4,239,410 0
IAȘI 3,458,006 3,458,006 0
MUREȘ 2,460,943 2,849,199 +388,256
GORJ 21,109,462 2,783,279 −18,326,183
CLUJ 2,304,649 1,975,417 −329,232
BIHOR 1,969,809 1,969,809 0
SIBIU 2,263,105 1,952,309 −310,796
BACĂU 229,572 1,948,612 +1,719,040
DOLJ 467,200 1,428,670 +961,470
CONSTANȚA 1,355,718 1,378,980 +23,262
TIMIȘ 2,181,644 1,215,021 −966,623
HUNEDOARA 944,318 944,318 0
NEAMȚ 1,654,175 859,232 −794,943
BRAȘOV 356,439 787,353 +430,914
ILFOV 540,489 702,069 +161,580
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 631,081 +631,081
VASLUI 517,461 548,051 +30,590
BOTOȘANI 531,564 539,633 +8,069
ARAD 395,540 432,308 +36,768
GIURGIU 79,610 371,215 +291,605
BUZĂU 366,405 366,405 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 296,252 +296,252
ARGEȘ 248,938 248,938 0
TULCEA 353,947 198,297 −155,650
TELEORMAN 171,316 171,316 0
BRĂILA 150,045 158,515 +8,470
DÂMBOVIȚA 9,436 154,931 +145,495
HARGHITA 120,700 120,700 0
SUCEAVA 77,542 77,542 0
MEHEDINȚI 37,099 55,579 +18,480
ALBA 28,551 43,719 +15,168
PRAHOVA 6,257 13,517 +7,260
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 11,100 11,100 0
VRANCEA 7,992 7,992 0
IALOMIȚA 1,383 1,383 0
OLT 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0

Another 18.91 Mn. (15.6% 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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