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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 224

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 — 14.27 Mn. ARAD — 20.39 Mn. ARGEȘ — 20.78 Mn. BACĂU — 24.10 Mn. BIHOR — 18.32 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 8.20 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 27.76 Mn. BRĂILA — 10.92 Mn. BRAȘOV — 29.65 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 174.75 Mn. BUZĂU — 12.94 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 8.94 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 7.82 Mn. CLUJ — 34.17 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 112.21 Mn. COVASNA — 11.63 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 15.79 Mn. DOLJ — 12.30 Mn. GALAȚI — 13.22 Mn. GIURGIU — 8.96 Mn. GORJ — 11.00 Mn. HARGHITA — 9.80 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 18.92 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 12.54 Mn. IAȘI — 39.99 Mn. ILFOV — 14.72 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 12.49 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 8.05 Mn. MUREȘ — 16.68 Mn. NEAMȚ — 19.13 Mn. OLT — 15.90 Mn. PRAHOVA — 20.93 Mn. SĂLAJ — 9.98 Mn. SATU MARE — 17.94 Mn. SIBIU — 15.99 Mn. SUCEAVA — 20.95 Mn. TELEORMAN — 9.61 Mn. TIMIȘ — 25.77 Mn. TULCEA — 7.30 Mn. VÂLCEA — 9.93 Mn. VASLUI — 12.05 Mn. VRANCEA — 8.87 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 1,713,832 116,912,090 13,361,448 44,472,970 174,746,508 102 18.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 26,116,065 1,278,573 84,810,785 112,205,423 171 12.1%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 35,643,033 2,676,280 1,666,677 39,985,990 51 4.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 29,817,728 3,469,917 878,541 34,166,186 49 3.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 24,053,051 794,193 4,801,660 29,648,904 53 3.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 17,809,777 257,994 9,688,139 27,755,910 72 3.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 22,674,542 2,196,532 900,259 25,771,333 38 2.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 20,307,598 930,530 2,860,715 24,098,843 41 2.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 19,931,540 832,613 180,891 20,945,044 32 2.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 17,866,362 1,022,316 2,043,614 20,932,292 31 2.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 19,977,049 802,945 3,783 20,783,777 37 2.3%
ARAD West 410,058 15,174,708 747,666 4,468,139 20,390,513 50 2.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 18,118,767 798,722 212,783 19,130,272 43 2.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 18,281,731 635,893 — 18,917,624 54 2.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 13,891,219 1,746,271 2,678,987 18,316,477 33 2.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 17,299,436 352,718 286,370 17,938,524 54 1.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 14,050,410 657,989 1,974,381 16,682,780 32 1.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 14,310,426 1,258,885 417,955 15,987,266 40 1.7%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 7,839,134 288,997 7,768,534 15,896,665 43 1.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 14,916,286 874,611 — 15,790,897 33 1.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 13,704,017 766,213 247,758 14,717,988 24 1.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 13,419,654 845,617 8,880 14,274,151 44 1.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 12,113,345 1,092,837 9,272 13,215,454 27 1.4%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 12,168,558 768,588 — 12,937,146 33 1.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 12,184,816 284,456 68,080 12,537,352 51 1.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 11,888,443 597,775 — 12,486,218 28 1.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 10,959,794 818,062 526,250 12,304,106 21 1.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 9,335,632 840,166 1,873,000 12,048,798 33 1.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 11,406,804 224,827 — 11,631,631 58 1.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 10,390,582 611,166 — 11,001,748 36 1.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 8,931,499 303,953 1,685,905 10,921,357 40 1.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 8,638,500 159,676 1,181,872 9,980,048 47 1.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 8,736,593 850,195 343,050 9,929,838 29 1.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 9,147,996 648,398 — 9,796,394 34 1.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 9,385,101 149,604 72,604 9,607,309 31 1.0%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 6,258,278 99,707 2,600,000 8,957,985 35 1.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 8,661,513 280,933 — 8,942,446 32 1.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 8,461,426 410,623 — 8,872,049 27 1.0%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 7,321,464 384,500 489,431 8,195,395 27 0.9%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 7,874,356 174,631 — 8,048,987 36 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 7,364,388 92,450 360,474 7,817,312 33 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 7,073,059 224,956 6,631 7,304,646 39 0.8%

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
CONSTANȚA 84,810,786 84,972,258 +161,472
BUCUREȘTI 44,472,970 34,649,546 −9,823,424
BOTOȘANI 9,688,140 9,688,140 0
OLT 7,768,534 8,294,784 +526,250
BRAȘOV 4,801,660 5,279,198 +477,538
PRAHOVA 2,043,614 4,620,114 +2,576,500
ARAD 4,468,139 4,468,139 0
GIURGIU 2,600,000 3,975,000 +1,375,000
BIHOR 2,678,987 2,678,987 0
IAȘI 1,666,677 2,612,731 +946,054
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 2,373,990 +2,373,990
MUREȘ 1,974,381 2,069,467 +95,086
BACĂU 2,860,715 1,930,715 −930,000
VASLUI 1,873,000 1,873,000 0
BRĂILA 1,685,905 1,415,715 −270,190
TIMIȘ 900,259 1,287,809 +387,550
CLUJ 878,541 1,202,882 +324,341
SĂLAJ 1,181,872 1,181,872 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 489,431 489,431 0
SUCEAVA 180,892 465,637 +284,745
DOLJ 526,250 432,967 −93,283
VÂLCEA 343,049 343,049 0
SIBIU 417,955 322,869 −95,086
SATU MARE 286,370 286,370 0
GALAȚI 9,272 263,752 +254,480
ILFOV 247,758 247,758 0
NEAMȚ 212,783 212,783 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 360,474 75,729 −284,745
IALOMIȚA 68,080 68,080 0
ALBA 8,881 8,881 0
ARGEȘ 3,783 3,783 0
HUNEDOARA 0 2,689 +2,689
BUZĂU 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 72,604 0 −72,604
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
TULCEA 6,631 0 −6,631

Another 1.79 Mn. (1.0% 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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