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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 241

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 — 5.20 Mn. ARAD — 43.21 Mn. ARGEȘ — 10.59 Mn. BACĂU — 17.65 Mn. BIHOR — 29.25 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.20 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 12.15 Mn. BRĂILA — 809,615 RON BRAȘOV — 10.81 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 176.03 Mn. BUZĂU — 5.50 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 8.60 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 4.78 Mn. CLUJ — 23.58 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 26.77 Mn. COVASNA — 880,412 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 6.88 Mn. DOLJ — 15.65 Mn. GALAȚI — 43.32 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.33 Mn. GORJ — 10.85 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.55 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 8.27 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.05 Mn. IAȘI — 21.98 Mn. ILFOV — 10.38 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 9.01 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.43 Mn. MUREȘ — 25.37 Mn. NEAMȚ — 5.46 Mn. OLT — 14.77 Mn. PRAHOVA — 4.27 Mn. SĂLAJ — 7.90 Mn. SATU MARE — 18.27 Mn. SIBIU — 29.48 Mn. SUCEAVA — 6.36 Mn. TELEORMAN — 13.88 Mn. TIMIȘ — 35.45 Mn. TULCEA — 3.04 Mn. VÂLCEA — 18.25 Mn. VASLUI — 10.93 Mn. VRANCEA — 2.02 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 44,138,711 5,224,417 126,671,334 176,034,462 103 24.9%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 6,733,766 1,266,300 35,321,132 43,321,198 89 6.1%
ARAD West 410,058 2,199,418 521,328 40,491,587 43,212,333 105 6.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 7,181,235 1,335,044 26,930,768 35,447,047 53 5.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 3,544,560 885,743 25,048,981 29,479,284 74 4.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,150,635 303,224 23,800,486 29,254,345 52 4.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 8,312,449 1,127,937 17,328,399 26,768,785 41 3.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 4,187,912 439,976 20,742,866 25,370,754 49 3.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 10,350,475 2,230,313 10,996,571 23,577,359 34 3.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 10,110,421 1,185,435 10,683,939 21,979,795 28 3.1%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,129,601 425,817 16,716,839 18,272,257 55 2.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 6,302,547 1,529,829 10,417,350 18,249,726 54 2.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 3,142,099 564,652 13,942,231 17,648,982 30 2.5%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 3,088,959 1,174,212 11,382,758 15,645,929 26 2.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,363,734 497,911 11,910,894 14,772,539 40 2.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,755,712 52,928 11,075,070 13,883,710 45 2.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,093,970 122,252 10,937,535 12,153,757 31 1.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 3,244,992 166,833 7,518,560 10,930,385 30 1.6%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,463,143 773,789 7,615,934 10,852,866 35 1.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 7,098,963 201,609 3,509,707 10,810,279 19 1.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 5,714,898 918,266 3,956,988 10,590,152 19 1.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 9,445,841 265,165 665,184 10,376,190 17 1.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,819,993 550,771 6,641,081 9,011,845 20 1.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,759,661 56,832 4,785,103 8,601,596 31 1.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,330,271 113,762 4,826,637 8,270,670 24 1.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 464,383 9,751 7,422,092 7,896,226 38 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,259,744 114,916 4,504,243 6,878,903 14 1.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 4,007,680 385,658 1,965,238 6,358,576 10 0.9%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,488,399 16,446 1,998,917 5,503,762 14 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 340,850 25,009 5,097,724 5,463,583 12 0.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,952,421 583,881 664,822 5,201,124 16 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 980,948 8,068 3,793,720 4,782,736 20 0.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 3,928,279 342,303 — 4,270,582 6 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 958,859 77,175 2,000,857 3,036,891 16 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,198,604 31,993 1,319,364 2,549,961 9 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,118,709 32,872 282,600 2,434,181 11 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 878,726 32,785 1,110,382 2,021,893 6 0.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,277,450 44,264 7,050 1,328,764 5 0.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,040,786 163,186 — 1,203,972 4 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,009,288 40,100 — 1,049,388 4 0.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 774,805 105,607 — 880,412 4 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 763,022 46,593 — 809,615 3 0.1%

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 126,671,334 109,714,187 −16,957,147
ARAD 40,491,587 40,491,587 0
GALAȚI 35,321,132 34,921,132 −400,000
TIMIȘ 26,930,768 25,315,249 −1,615,519
BIHOR 23,800,486 23,800,486 0
MUREȘ 20,742,866 21,819,072 +1,076,206
SIBIU 25,048,982 21,316,351 −3,732,631
CONSTANȚA 17,328,399 20,013,504 +2,685,105
SATU MARE 16,716,839 15,708,989 −1,007,850
BACĂU 13,942,231 13,942,231 0
OLT 11,910,894 11,910,894 0
CLUJ 10,996,573 11,128,680 +132,107
BOTOȘANI 10,937,535 10,937,535 0
TELEORMAN 11,075,070 10,866,538 −208,532
VÂLCEA 10,417,350 10,417,350 0
ARGEȘ 3,956,988 9,796,889 +5,839,901
DOLJ 11,382,758 9,473,880 −1,908,878
IAȘI 10,683,939 9,386,888 −1,297,051
VASLUI 7,518,560 7,484,810 −33,750
SĂLAJ 7,422,092 7,422,092 0
MARAMUREȘ 6,641,081 6,641,081 0
GORJ 7,615,934 6,582,821 −1,033,113
NEAMȚ 5,097,724 5,029,300 −68,424
BRAȘOV 3,509,707 4,908,508 +1,398,801
HUNEDOARA 4,826,637 4,826,637 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 4,785,103 4,785,103 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 4,504,243 4,504,243 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 3,793,720 3,793,720 0
TULCEA 2,000,857 2,000,857 0
BUZĂU 1,998,917 1,998,917 0
SUCEAVA 1,965,238 1,965,238 0
HARGHITA 1,319,364 1,319,364 0
VRANCEA 1,110,382 1,110,382 0
ALBA 664,822 664,822 0
MEHEDINȚI 282,600 282,600 0
IALOMIȚA 0 28,890 +28,890
ILFOV 665,184 12,595 −652,589
GIURGIU 7,050 7,050 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0

Another 17.75 Mn. (3.6% 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

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  • /api/v1/stats/dimensions
  • /api/v1/stats/periods
  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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