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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 30

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 — 188.60 Mn. ARAD — 212.20 Mn. ARGEȘ — 233.75 Mn. BACĂU — 221.60 Mn. BIHOR — 298.65 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 123.72 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 127.82 Mn. BRĂILA — 107.12 Mn. BRAȘOV — 345.14 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 9.65 Bn. BUZĂU — 168.85 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 126.62 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 87.11 Mn. CLUJ — 526.40 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 366.92 Mn. COVASNA — 88.56 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 196.51 Mn. DOLJ — 292.53 Mn. GALAȚI — 230.46 Mn. GIURGIU — 82.43 Mn. GORJ — 130.30 Mn. HARGHITA — 136.83 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 179.05 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 85.24 Mn. IAȘI — 417.46 Mn. ILFOV — 897.43 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 207.91 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 93.06 Mn. MUREȘ — 275.34 Mn. NEAMȚ — 159.86 Mn. OLT — 147.71 Mn. PRAHOVA — 295.17 Mn. SĂLAJ — 97.24 Mn. SATU MARE — 128.67 Mn. SIBIU — 325.90 Mn. SUCEAVA — 291.51 Mn. TELEORMAN — 96.73 Mn. TIMIȘ — 386.87 Mn. TULCEA — 96.25 Mn. VÂLCEA — 135.97 Mn. VASLUI — 117.44 Mn. VRANCEA — 110.32 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 1,097,907,645 107,043,122 8,448,738,202 9,653,688,969 5,633 52.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 151,365,792 5,440,032 740,620,173 897,425,997 1,449 4.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 246,233,659 16,824,116 263,346,056 526,403,831 750 2.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 186,505,607 10,490,511 220,460,510 417,456,628 534 2.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 202,165,421 9,345,938 175,354,753 386,866,112 575 2.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 188,673,562 17,069,411 161,178,785 366,921,758 559 2.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 168,501,090 6,125,654 170,511,762 345,138,506 611 1.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 112,683,431 13,026,123 200,192,915 325,902,469 822 1.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 128,987,523 13,109,630 156,552,505 298,649,658 535 1.6%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 131,299,955 5,275,484 158,596,052 295,171,491 432 1.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 130,891,899 8,085,189 153,554,576 292,531,664 492 1.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 144,689,835 3,931,725 142,887,827 291,509,387 450 1.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 117,260,739 5,759,273 152,323,816 275,343,828 530 1.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 111,231,796 5,664,117 116,851,681 233,747,594 416 1.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 114,425,554 5,936,243 110,099,424 230,461,221 474 1.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 102,259,348 3,681,676 115,661,504 221,602,528 375 1.2%
ARAD West 410,058 92,257,441 3,883,466 116,059,436 212,200,343 517 1.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 95,157,904 6,581,265 106,167,510 207,906,679 461 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 93,911,766 3,153,780 99,443,550 196,509,096 413 1.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 96,475,315 5,154,384 86,966,564 188,596,263 580 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 106,411,278 2,524,980 70,110,967 179,047,225 513 1.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 100,035,484 4,182,220 64,627,962 168,845,666 429 0.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 85,445,433 3,513,524 70,905,255 159,864,212 360 0.9%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 78,900,930 2,639,500 66,170,712 147,711,142 397 0.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 62,331,893 4,770,957 69,726,317 136,829,167 468 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 69,210,450 6,289,417 60,467,023 135,966,890 402 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 75,552,459 2,609,098 52,138,672 130,300,229 425 0.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 71,931,163 5,495,017 51,240,567 128,666,747 390 0.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 77,065,520 1,923,571 48,829,538 127,818,629 331 0.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 74,144,742 1,385,917 51,093,590 126,624,249 457 0.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 55,883,729 4,693,432 63,145,477 123,722,638 415 0.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 61,105,650 4,030,214 52,308,346 117,444,210 323 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 74,220,575 1,863,209 34,231,555 110,315,339 334 0.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 62,257,188 4,232,200 40,631,681 107,121,069 397 0.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 51,479,154 1,912,554 43,846,563 97,238,271 462 0.5%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 62,341,674 1,408,874 32,984,400 96,734,948 314 0.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 68,395,851 480,847 27,371,719 96,248,417 517 0.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 49,212,733 1,676,943 42,173,111 93,062,787 411 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 50,458,718 1,473,417 36,625,681 88,557,816 444 0.5%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 44,322,490 2,967,588 39,824,552 87,114,630 363 0.5%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 50,235,113 1,821,252 33,186,033 85,242,398 345 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 54,750,231 2,503,671 25,171,422 82,425,324 319 0.5%

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 8,448,738,181 7,924,644,900 −524,093,281
ILFOV 740,620,174 712,560,884 −28,059,290
CLUJ 263,346,058 264,002,529 +656,471
IAȘI 220,460,498 208,778,725 −11,681,773
SIBIU 200,192,920 199,252,906 −940,014
BRAȘOV 170,511,763 182,276,462 +11,764,699
TIMIȘ 175,354,754 176,385,759 +1,031,005
CONSTANȚA 161,178,789 164,206,619 +3,027,830
BIHOR 156,552,505 160,845,211 +4,292,706
PRAHOVA 158,596,051 157,424,903 −1,171,148
MUREȘ 152,323,816 151,660,243 −663,573
DOLJ 153,554,576 149,252,784 −4,301,792
SUCEAVA 142,887,825 142,980,230 +92,405
ARGEȘ 116,851,679 124,208,956 +7,357,277
BACĂU 115,661,502 120,570,598 +4,909,096
ARAD 116,059,436 115,603,441 −455,995
MARAMUREȘ 106,167,507 110,419,077 +4,251,570
GALAȚI 110,099,420 95,672,924 −14,426,496
DÂMBOVIȚA 99,443,548 94,919,528 −4,524,020
ALBA 86,966,564 89,131,133 +2,164,569
VÂLCEA 60,467,023 79,571,706 +19,104,683
HUNEDOARA 70,110,966 78,978,147 +8,867,181
NEAMȚ 70,905,257 71,242,224 +336,967
HARGHITA 69,726,316 68,029,807 −1,696,509
OLT 66,003,898 65,312,499 −691,399
BUZĂU 64,627,961 64,025,828 −602,133
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 63,145,489 63,620,597 +475,108
VASLUI 52,308,348 57,546,450 +5,238,102
BOTOȘANI 48,829,536 54,884,119 +6,054,583
CĂLĂRAȘI 51,093,590 53,311,241 +2,217,651
GORJ 52,138,672 50,405,639 −1,733,033
SATU MARE 51,240,568 49,308,845 −1,931,723
TULCEA 27,371,719 45,082,487 +17,710,768
SĂLAJ 43,846,564 44,368,085 +521,521
MEHEDINȚI 42,173,112 41,903,123 −269,989
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 39,824,552 39,894,531 +69,979
TELEORMAN 32,984,400 36,202,732 +3,218,332
COVASNA 36,625,682 35,694,531 −931,151
IALOMIȚA 33,186,033 35,236,509 +2,050,476
BRĂILA 40,631,683 34,572,671 −6,059,012
VRANCEA 34,231,558 34,538,614 +307,056
GIURGIU 25,171,421 26,288,661 +1,117,240

Another 497.40 Mn. (3.8% 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/breakdown
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