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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 195

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 — 935,786 RON ARAD — 1.26 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.26 Mn. BACĂU — 2.16 Mn. BIHOR — 2.67 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 704,378 RON BOTOȘANI — 1.72 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.06 Mn. BRAȘOV — 3.92 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 69.30 Mn. BUZĂU — 2.13 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.31 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 411,849 RON CLUJ — 8.33 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 6.28 Mn. COVASNA — 1.86 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 2.47 Mn. DOLJ — 3.27 Mn. GALAȚI — 3.71 Mn. GIURGIU — 378,707 RON GORJ — 21.10 Mn. HARGHITA — 820,992 RON HUNEDOARA — 1.63 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 690,812 RON IAȘI — 5.50 Mn. ILFOV — 4.82 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.11 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 345,294 RON MUREȘ — 2.58 Mn. NEAMȚ — 900,142 RON OLT — 1.04 Mn. PRAHOVA — 3.03 Mn. SĂLAJ — 649,533 RON SATU MARE — 642,832 RON SIBIU — 5.53 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.37 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.02 Mn. TIMIȘ — 6.55 Mn. TULCEA — 614,283 RON VÂLCEA — 11.56 Mn. VASLUI — 952,096 RON VRANCEA — 1.66 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 38,356,594 4,656,908 26,286,777 69,300,279 40 36.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,309,251 319,667 19,474,310 21,103,228 69 11.0%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,269,019 377,942 9,910,120 11,557,081 34 6.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 7,258,281 532,693 534,109 8,325,083 12 4.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 4,559,266 298,864 1,688,235 6,546,365 10 3.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 5,885,272 366,633 25,254 6,277,159 10 3.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 3,153,069 440,105 1,941,058 5,534,232 14 2.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 5,252,580 169,181 78,751 5,500,512 7 2.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 4,614,179 70,273 135,195 4,819,647 8 2.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,649,360 122,402 146,279 3,918,041 7 2.0%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,493,975 1,211,549 — 3,705,524 8 1.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,484,995 439,103 349,440 3,273,538 6 1.7%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 3,244,172 16,649 1,400 3,262,221 6 1.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,892,198 127,748 6,257 3,026,203 4 1.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,791,206 853,544 20,562 2,665,312 5 1.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,700,839 75,641 799,000 2,575,480 5 1.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,340,979 123,938 9,436 2,474,353 5 1.3%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,348,258 19,312 — 2,367,570 4 1.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,811,630 223,229 127,640 2,162,499 4 1.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 2,101,730 29,679 — 2,131,409 5 1.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,850,638 13,497 — 1,864,135 9 1.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,638,128 50,645 35,792 1,724,565 4 0.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,649,939 11,986 — 1,661,925 5 0.9%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,315,485 89,828 220,074 1,625,387 5 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,309,599 1,301 — 1,310,900 5 0.7%
ARAD West 410,058 833,497 29,812 395,540 1,258,849 3 0.7%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,029,786 79,562 — 1,109,348 2 0.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,035,700 27,508 464 1,063,672 4 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,037,917 3,988 — 1,041,905 3 0.5%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 971,278 47,511 — 1,018,789 3 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 925,198 26,898 — 952,096 3 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 870,523 36,712 28,551 935,786 3 0.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 832,815 29,484 37,843 900,142 2 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 787,246 33,746 — 820,992 3 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 687,536 16,842 — 704,378 2 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 671,290 18,139 1,383 690,812 3 0.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 647,080 2,453 — 649,533 3 0.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 633,079 9,753 — 642,832 2 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 613,853 430 — 614,283 3 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 410,177 1,672 — 411,849 2 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 372,594 6,113 — 378,707 1 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 339,819 5,475 — 345,294 2 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 26,286,776 24,275,138 −2,011,638
VÂLCEA 9,910,119 9,910,119 0
GORJ 19,474,310 2,715,279 −16,759,031
SIBIU 1,941,058 1,642,984 −298,074
MUREȘ 799,000 1,048,423 +249,423
TIMIȘ 1,688,235 721,612 −966,623
NEAMȚ 37,842 693,497 +655,655
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 631,081 +631,081
DOLJ 349,440 519,409 +169,969
ARAD 395,540 432,308 +36,768
BRAȘOV 146,279 423,148 +276,869
BACĂU 127,640 390,180 +262,540
ILFOV 135,195 375,765 +240,570
GIURGIU 0 371,215 +371,215
HUNEDOARA 220,074 220,074 0
IAȘI 78,751 78,751 0
CLUJ 534,109 75,252 −458,857
ALBA 28,551 43,719 +15,168
BOTOȘANI 35,792 35,792 0
VASLUI 0 30,590 +30,590
CONSTANȚA 25,253 25,253 0
BIHOR 20,561 20,561 0
BRĂILA 464 8,934 +8,470
PRAHOVA 6,257 6,257 0
ARGEȘ 1,400 1,400 0
IALOMIȚA 1,383 1,383 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 9,436 966 −8,470
GALAȚI 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0

Another 17.55 Mn. (28.2% 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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