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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 315

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 — 12.13 Mn. ARAD — 9.54 Mn. ARGEȘ — 31.43 Mn. BACĂU — 12.01 Mn. BIHOR — 16.12 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 6.61 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 7.70 Mn. BRĂILA — 7.92 Mn. BRAȘOV — 20.17 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 486.58 Mn. BUZĂU — 8.28 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 9.31 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 7.47 Mn. CLUJ — 39.53 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 23.86 Mn. COVASNA — 3.63 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 11.41 Mn. DOLJ — 19.08 Mn. GALAȚI — 11.94 Mn. GIURGIU — 10.03 Mn. GORJ — 11.37 Mn. HARGHITA — 5.94 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 15.70 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 8.54 Mn. IAȘI — 25.51 Mn. ILFOV — 25.01 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 9.87 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 9.24 Mn. MUREȘ — 17.52 Mn. NEAMȚ — 11.06 Mn. OLT — 21.10 Mn. PRAHOVA — 17.48 Mn. SĂLAJ — 4.32 Mn. SATU MARE — 15.44 Mn. SIBIU — 20.08 Mn. SUCEAVA — 22.35 Mn. TELEORMAN — 7.41 Mn. TIMIȘ — 35.37 Mn. TULCEA — 7.80 Mn. VÂLCEA — 8.65 Mn. VASLUI — 5.27 Mn. VRANCEA — 6.47 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 71,488,350 10,356,441 404,739,106 486,583,897 284 45.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 19,876,432 2,506,562 17,145,439 39,528,433 56 3.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 24,977,732 1,073,680 9,321,902 35,373,314 53 3.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 13,574,095 142,605 17,709,077 31,425,777 56 3.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 20,333,676 424,250 4,754,062 25,511,988 33 2.4%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 20,268,060 1,453,925 3,287,816 25,009,801 40 2.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 19,229,409 1,388,408 3,237,609 23,855,426 36 2.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 20,762,539 391,369 1,198,166 22,352,074 34 2.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 11,907,735 467,766 8,720,694 21,096,195 57 2.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 15,484,056 709,725 3,973,063 20,166,844 36 1.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 9,841,723 1,562,382 8,678,955 20,083,060 51 1.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 15,072,612 879,302 3,130,208 19,082,122 32 1.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 10,704,079 943,817 5,869,298 17,517,194 34 1.6%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 15,426,639 690,038 1,362,257 17,478,934 26 1.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 14,839,155 822,449 458,900 16,120,504 29 1.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 10,222,727 273,959 5,203,260 15,699,946 45 1.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 6,319,285 139,964 8,979,638 15,438,887 47 1.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 9,172,906 217,393 2,744,464 12,134,763 37 1.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 9,855,965 655,291 1,501,424 12,012,680 20 1.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 7,673,565 963,479 3,299,912 11,936,956 25 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 10,912,573 304,065 192,415 11,409,053 24 1.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 6,853,483 471,765 4,046,326 11,371,574 37 1.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 10,079,001 522,348 459,297 11,060,646 25 1.0%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 7,747,494 186,199 2,091,760 10,025,453 39 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 8,141,246 382,619 1,347,221 9,871,086 22 0.9%
ARAD West 410,058 8,761,173 193,848 584,745 9,539,766 23 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 9,019,886 63,115 230,284 9,313,285 34 0.9%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 6,210,760 274,705 2,753,919 9,239,384 41 0.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 7,588,225 837,863 220,760 8,646,848 26 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 8,494,556 44,632 — 8,539,188 35 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,661,732 552,615 1,069,209 8,283,556 21 0.8%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 6,570,935 270,388 1,074,705 7,916,028 29 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 7,507,627 29,027 261,504 7,798,158 42 0.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 6,622,619 263,323 818,380 7,704,322 20 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 6,198,181 32,805 1,240,360 7,471,346 31 0.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 7,231,487 176,087 — 7,407,574 24 0.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 4,457,559 600,686 1,555,153 6,613,398 22 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,817,195 101,759 552,104 6,471,058 20 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 5,170,826 628,527 141,239 5,940,592 20 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 4,830,302 311,543 123,967 5,265,812 15 0.5%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 4,027,563 295,074 — 4,322,637 21 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 3,321,690 54,324 249,770 3,625,784 18 0.3%

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 404,739,109 393,513,520 −11,225,589
ARGEȘ 17,709,077 17,099,298 −609,779
CLUJ 17,145,438 16,847,751 −297,687
TIMIȘ 9,321,901 9,331,249 +9,348
SATU MARE 8,979,638 8,979,638 0
OLT 8,720,694 8,913,764 +193,070
MUREȘ 5,869,298 8,009,564 +2,140,266
SIBIU 8,678,954 6,161,363 −2,517,591
BRAȘOV 3,973,064 5,962,518 +1,989,454
HUNEDOARA 5,203,260 5,593,777 +390,517
IAȘI 4,754,063 4,515,713 −238,350
MEHEDINȚI 2,753,919 4,355,855 +1,601,936
GORJ 4,046,326 3,973,665 −72,661
CONSTANȚA 3,237,609 3,199,649 −37,960
ALBA 2,744,465 2,808,189 +63,724
DOLJ 3,130,208 2,478,118 −652,090
GALAȚI 3,299,912 2,330,472 −969,440
GIURGIU 2,091,760 2,091,760 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,555,153 1,608,923 +53,770
BACĂU 1,501,424 1,506,153 +4,729
PRAHOVA 1,362,257 1,383,656 +21,399
SUCEAVA 1,198,166 1,300,071 +101,905
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 1,240,360 1,240,360 0
BRĂILA 1,074,705 1,074,705 0
BOTOȘANI 818,381 916,405 +98,024
BUZĂU 1,069,209 892,279 −176,930
MARAMUREȘ 1,347,221 625,061 −722,160
ARAD 584,745 584,745 0
NEAMȚ 459,297 562,295 +102,998
VRANCEA 552,104 552,104 0
BIHOR 458,900 458,900 0
TULCEA 261,504 261,504 0
COVASNA 249,770 249,770 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 230,284 230,284 0
VÂLCEA 220,760 226,589 +5,829
ILFOV 3,287,816 163,103 −3,124,713
HARGHITA 141,239 141,239 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 192,415 106,995 −85,420
VASLUI 123,967 86,083 −37,884
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 13.99 Mn. (2.6% 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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