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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 225

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 — 219,620 RON ARAD — 12,856 RON ARGEȘ — 2,619 RON BACĂU — 2,187 RON BIHOR — 17,783 RON BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — No data BOTOȘANI — No data BRĂILA — 8,029 RON BRAȘOV — 1.50 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 8.54 Mn. BUZĂU — 2,931 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 8,955 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 838 RON CLUJ — 44,825 RON CONSTANȚA — 989,083 RON COVASNA — 4,900 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 3,823 RON DOLJ — 12,266 RON GALAȚI — 4,248 RON GIURGIU — No data GORJ — 60,121 RON HARGHITA — 1,460 RON HUNEDOARA — 6,700 RON IALOMIȚA — No data IAȘI — 20,686 RON ILFOV — 36,642 RON MARAMUREȘ — 1,659 RON MEHEDINȚI — No data MUREȘ — 38,931 RON NEAMȚ — 7,500 RON OLT — 3,330 RON PRAHOVA — 40,606 RON SĂLAJ — 3,623 RON SATU MARE — 18,049 RON SIBIU — 83,806 RON SUCEAVA — 10,066 RON TELEORMAN — 301 RON TIMIȘ — 77,614 RON TULCEA — No data VÂLCEA — 1,000 RON VASLUI — 564 RON VRANCEA — 394 RON
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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 5,224,193 764,006 2,550,914 8,539,113 5 72.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 330 185 1,495,000 1,495,515 3 12.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 596,597 2,986 389,500 989,083 2 8.4%
ALBA Centre 324,901 219,620 — — 219,620 1 1.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 81,556 2,250 — 83,806 0 0.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 77,614 — — 77,614 0 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 59,617 504 — 60,121 0 0.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 44,311 514 — 44,825 0 0.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 40,606 — — 40,606 0 0.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 38,931 — — 38,931 0 0.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 29,665 6,977 — 36,642 0 0.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 20,392 294 — 20,686 0 0.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 18,049 — — 18,049 0 0.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 17,089 694 — 17,783 0 0.2%
ARAD West 410,058 12,856 — — 12,856 0 0.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 11,415 851 — 12,266 0 0.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 10,066 — — 10,066 0 0.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 8,955 — — 8,955 0 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 6,671 1,358 — 8,029 0 0.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 — 7,500 — 7,500 0 0.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 6,700 — — 6,700 0 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 4,900 — — 4,900 0 0.0%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,940 1,308 — 4,248 0 0.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 3,823 — — 3,823 0 0.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,623 — — 3,623 0 0.0%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,330 — — 3,330 0 0.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 2,931 — — 2,931 0 0.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,619 — — 2,619 0 0.0%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,187 — — 2,187 0 0.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 359 1,300 — 1,659 0 0.0%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,460 — — 1,460 0 0.0%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,000 — — 1,000 0 0.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 838 — — 838 0 0.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 340 224 — 564 0 0.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 394 — — 394 0 0.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 301 — — 301 0 0.0%

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 2,550,914 2,083,914 −467,000
BRAȘOV 1,495,000 1,495,000 0
CONSTANȚA 389,500 389,500 0
ALBA 0 0 0
SIBIU 0 0 0
TIMIȘ 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
CLUJ 0 0 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
IAȘI 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
DOLJ 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
NEAMȚ 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0

Another 467,000 RON (10.5% 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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