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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 314

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 — 1.78 Mn. ARAD — 2.02 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.74 Mn. BACĂU — 3.50 Mn. BIHOR — 3.60 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.39 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 2.23 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.42 Mn. BRAȘOV — 7.24 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 148.85 Mn. BUZĂU — 3.70 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.15 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 721,869 RON CLUJ — 19.01 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 12.30 Mn. COVASNA — 1.41 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 2.04 Mn. DOLJ — 12.45 Mn. GALAȚI — 4.45 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.36 Mn. GORJ — 4.15 Mn. HARGHITA — 1.06 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 2.49 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.24 Mn. IAȘI — 8.45 Mn. ILFOV — 8.91 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 2.64 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 974,929 RON MUREȘ — 4.19 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.49 Mn. OLT — 1.67 Mn. PRAHOVA — 3.67 Mn. SĂLAJ — 937,023 RON SATU MARE — 1.89 Mn. SIBIU — 7.87 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.64 Mn. TELEORMAN — 948,290 RON TIMIȘ — 7.01 Mn. TULCEA — 1.52 Mn. VÂLCEA — 2.61 Mn. VASLUI — 1.84 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.76 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 44,104,452 11,252,673 93,491,140 148,848,265 87 48.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 7,202,254 992,685 10,814,527 19,009,466 27 6.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,468,090 774,895 7,210,877 12,453,862 21 4.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 7,123,064 1,221,875 3,952,964 12,297,903 19 4.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 5,542,195 178,083 3,193,958 8,914,236 14 2.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 7,471,641 316,694 664,951 8,453,286 11 2.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 3,177,527 626,376 4,067,067 7,870,970 20 2.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 5,143,360 206,549 1,889,272 7,239,181 13 2.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 6,648,077 354,533 10,520 7,013,130 10 2.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 3,949,997 496,702 6,725 4,453,424 9 1.5%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,128,714 413,508 646,716 4,188,938 8 1.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,228,525 270,888 2,647,017 4,146,430 14 1.4%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 3,186,872 171,766 385,014 3,743,652 7 1.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,607,041 86,934 1,536 3,695,511 9 1.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 3,302,964 145,809 219,842 3,668,615 5 1.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 3,327,282 275,204 — 3,602,486 6 1.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 3,191,899 157,797 146,719 3,496,415 6 1.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,253,112 279,336 109,348 2,641,796 6 0.9%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,473,844 71,389 91,789 2,637,022 4 0.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 2,302,045 262,088 46,092 2,610,225 8 0.9%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,064,798 101,003 323,840 2,489,641 7 0.8%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,330,688 86,083 — 2,416,771 9 0.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,109,834 100,464 14,758 2,225,056 6 0.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,112,517 36,271 — 2,148,788 8 0.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,939,762 96,748 — 2,036,510 4 0.7%
ARAD West 410,058 1,813,243 210,429 — 2,023,672 5 0.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,728,491 165,275 — 1,893,766 6 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,791,727 52,873 — 1,844,600 5 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,657,332 125,105 — 1,782,437 5 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,717,463 45,831 — 1,763,294 5 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,569,487 105,041 — 1,674,528 5 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,469,744 47,971 — 1,517,715 8 0.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,452,887 34,389 4,339 1,491,615 3 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,371,578 33,474 — 1,405,052 7 0.5%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,319,568 65,696 — 1,385,264 5 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,241,637 113,948 — 1,355,585 5 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,193,015 49,731 — 1,242,746 5 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,010,821 46,647 — 1,057,468 4 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 948,216 26,713 — 974,929 4 0.3%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 896,643 51,647 — 948,290 3 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 909,122 27,901 — 937,023 4 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 699,917 21,952 — 721,869 3 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 93,491,132 65,884,423 −27,606,709
BRAȘOV 1,889,272 15,088,863 +13,199,591
CLUJ 10,814,528 11,108,902 +294,374
DOLJ 7,210,877 8,605,957 +1,395,080
PRAHOVA 219,842 3,703,663 +3,483,821
SIBIU 4,067,067 2,429,818 −1,637,249
MUREȘ 646,716 1,634,484 +987,768
ILFOV 3,193,956 1,568,977 −1,624,979
BACĂU 146,719 1,471,378 +1,324,659
CONSTANȚA 3,952,964 1,420,809 −2,532,155
GORJ 2,647,017 1,170,529 −1,476,488
IAȘI 664,951 1,137,622 +472,671
VÂLCEA 46,093 715,752 +669,659
NEAMȚ 4,339 432,090 +427,751
ARGEȘ 385,014 385,014 0
HUNEDOARA 323,840 375,679 +51,839
MARAMUREȘ 109,348 109,348 0
SUCEAVA 91,789 91,789 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 37,272 +37,272
GALAȚI 6,725 25,179 +18,454
BOTOȘANI 14,758 11,791 −2,967
TIMIȘ 10,520 10,520 0
BUZĂU 1,536 1,536 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0

Another 12.52 Mn. (9.6% 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

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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