Skip to content

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 196

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 — 1.21 Mn. ARAD — 538,485 RON ARGEȘ — 2.69 Mn. BACĂU — 3.35 Mn. BIHOR — 3.62 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 575,751 RON BOTOȘANI — 2.60 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.86 Mn. BRAȘOV — 4.21 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 49.46 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.52 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 731,873 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.01 Mn. CLUJ — 7.94 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 4.07 Mn. COVASNA — 5.99 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 3.59 Mn. DOLJ — 3.43 Mn. GALAȚI — 8.05 Mn. GIURGIU — 873,838 RON GORJ — 1.15 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.19 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 2.17 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.05 Mn. IAȘI — 9.55 Mn. ILFOV — 4.79 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 2.18 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 370,002 RON MUREȘ — 3.40 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.94 Mn. OLT — 3.48 Mn. PRAHOVA — 1.94 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.23 Mn. SATU MARE — 708,325 RON SIBIU — 2.72 Mn. SUCEAVA — 3.28 Mn. TELEORMAN — 880,657 RON TIMIȘ — 4.55 Mn. TULCEA — 1.44 Mn. VÂLCEA — 4.27 Mn. VASLUI — 2.67 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.04 Mn.
Low spending High spending Boundaries: geoBoundaries

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 25,986,650 2,038,532 21,431,243 49,456,425 29 30.1%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 6,858,686 327,763 2,366,743 9,553,192 12 5.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,950,827 234,347 4,868,203 8,053,377 17 4.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 6,426,631 35,874 1,473,539 7,936,044 11 4.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,746,771 294 4,239,410 5,986,475 30 3.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 4,663,166 45,386 78,990 4,787,542 8 2.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,947,161 141,611 465,197 4,553,969 7 2.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,797,272 365,942 2,102,023 4,265,237 13 2.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,862,673 137,830 210,160 4,210,663 7 2.6%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 3,556,150 337,863 174,593 4,068,606 6 2.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,575,208 91,217 1,949,248 3,615,673 6 2.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 3,583,712 5,757 — 3,589,469 8 2.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,469,700 13,533 — 3,483,233 9 2.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 3,305,327 11,740 117,760 3,434,827 6 2.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,013,844 27,867 357,954 3,399,665 7 2.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 3,160,218 122,433 63,030 3,345,681 6 2.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 3,143,702 53,948 77,542 3,275,192 5 2.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,575,112 99,031 44,404 2,718,547 7 1.7%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,476,993 15,530 201,295 2,693,818 5 1.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,120,658 34,407 517,461 2,672,526 7 1.6%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,109,471 4,270 487,781 2,601,522 7 1.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,163,381 23,562 — 2,186,943 7 1.3%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,082,170 100,293 — 2,182,463 5 1.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,158,322 7,131 7,906 2,173,359 6 1.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,799,621 144,118 — 1,943,739 3 1.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,783,296 52,388 101,359 1,937,043 4 1.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,848,946 8,495 — 1,857,441 7 1.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,364,347 114,733 45,792 1,524,872 4 0.9%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,079,149 6,781 353,947 1,439,877 8 0.9%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,219,188 8,467 — 1,227,655 6 0.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,136,658 71,282 — 1,207,940 4 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,111,908 34,538 — 1,146,446 4 0.7%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,015,401 30,358 — 1,045,759 4 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 986,242 51,026 — 1,037,268 3 0.6%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,002,738 6,139 — 1,008,877 4 0.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 864,281 16,376 — 880,657 3 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 866,749 7,089 — 873,838 3 0.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 718,123 13,750 — 731,873 3 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 684,356 23,969 — 708,325 2 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 513,211 51,440 11,100 575,751 2 0.4%
ARAD West 410,058 501,095 37,390 — 538,485 1 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 326,478 6,425 37,099 370,002 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 21,431,247 21,076,977 −354,270
GALAȚI 4,868,203 4,868,203 0
COVASNA 4,239,410 4,239,410 0
IAȘI 2,366,745 2,366,745 0
VÂLCEA 2,102,024 2,093,955 −8,069
BIHOR 1,949,248 1,949,248 0
CLUJ 1,473,540 1,548,271 +74,731
VASLUI 517,461 517,461 0
BOTOȘANI 487,782 495,851 +8,069
TIMIȘ 465,197 465,197 0
MUREȘ 357,954 363,166 +5,212
BRAȘOV 210,160 214,333 +4,173
ARGEȘ 201,295 201,295 0
TULCEA 353,947 198,297 −155,650
CONSTANȚA 174,593 178,093 +3,500
DOLJ 117,760 117,760 0
NEAMȚ 101,359 107,261 +5,902
SUCEAVA 77,542 77,542 0
BACĂU 63,030 63,030 0
BUZĂU 45,792 45,792 0
SIBIU 44,404 39,192 −5,212
MEHEDINȚI 37,099 37,099 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 11,100 11,100 0
HUNEDOARA 7,906 7,906 0
ILFOV 78,990 0 −78,990
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0

Another 500,604 RON (1.2% 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

Open data and API