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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 316

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 — 18.98 Mn. ARAD — 21.83 Mn. ARGEȘ — 28.07 Mn. BACĂU — 17.68 Mn. BIHOR — 27.22 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 13.96 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 14.23 Mn. BRĂILA — 12.49 Mn. BRAȘOV — 37.15 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 430.29 Mn. BUZĂU — 12.80 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 11.42 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 11.04 Mn. CLUJ — 85.08 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 36.51 Mn. COVASNA — 8.74 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 21.07 Mn. DOLJ — 54.21 Mn. GALAȚI — 33.52 Mn. GIURGIU — 7.25 Mn. GORJ — 21.68 Mn. HARGHITA — 9.19 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 13.24 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 8.50 Mn. IAȘI — 51.86 Mn. ILFOV — 284.03 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 28.61 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 6.37 Mn. MUREȘ — 46.68 Mn. NEAMȚ — 13.16 Mn. OLT — 22.23 Mn. PRAHOVA — 31.16 Mn. SĂLAJ — 12.88 Mn. SATU MARE — 15.71 Mn. SIBIU — 27.36 Mn. SUCEAVA — 33.11 Mn. TELEORMAN — 12.27 Mn. TIMIȘ — 59.25 Mn. TULCEA — 10.79 Mn. VÂLCEA — 17.69 Mn. VASLUI — 8.32 Mn. VRANCEA — 16.99 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 1,713,832 115,066,052 18,880,129 296,341,183 430,287,364 251 26.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 23,825,725 1,510,815 258,693,092 284,029,632 459 17.2%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 43,087,359 2,955,995 39,034,489 85,077,843 121 5.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 24,330,152 2,173,992 32,749,626 59,253,770 88 3.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 15,831,781 1,571,063 36,803,173 54,206,017 91 3.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 35,904,232 1,237,877 14,721,896 51,864,005 66 3.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 16,330,238 1,386,684 28,958,519 46,675,441 90 2.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 21,403,636 914,928 14,828,245 37,146,809 66 2.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 28,775,197 3,555,326 4,175,424 36,505,947 56 2.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 12,782,778 1,080,844 19,654,188 33,517,810 69 2.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 24,631,485 502,588 7,971,721 33,105,794 51 2.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 21,384,089 1,128,020 8,649,746 31,161,855 46 1.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 20,244,763 890,884 7,474,040 28,609,687 63 1.7%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 21,786,562 817,787 5,466,378 28,070,727 50 1.7%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 14,774,688 2,202,531 10,380,346 27,357,565 69 1.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 16,162,664 1,587,215 9,466,239 27,216,118 49 1.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 14,684,739 86,534 7,458,718 22,229,991 60 1.3%
ARAD West 410,058 18,800,290 1,175,153 1,852,390 21,827,833 53 1.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 13,983,724 642,829 7,052,901 21,679,454 71 1.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 17,005,761 906,650 3,159,288 21,071,699 44 1.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 13,950,047 1,793,928 3,235,510 18,979,485 58 1.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 13,527,052 1,544,733 2,613,664 17,685,449 52 1.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 14,498,714 528,643 2,650,493 17,677,850 30 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 9,971,992 464,077 6,556,670 16,992,739 51 1.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 10,477,793 789,481 4,440,358 15,707,632 48 1.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 9,539,584 607,045 4,085,917 14,232,546 37 0.9%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 12,036,715 944,408 981,408 13,962,531 47 0.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 12,362,365 566,499 315,663 13,244,527 38 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 10,206,871 356,120 2,601,536 13,164,527 30 0.8%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 10,335,860 501,588 2,037,782 12,875,230 61 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 12,313,588 482,427 291 12,796,306 33 0.8%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 9,492,147 303,985 2,690,413 12,486,545 46 0.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 11,214,604 209,888 842,527 12,267,019 40 0.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 7,466,799 134,359 3,819,792 11,420,950 41 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 6,779,506 258,186 4,003,987 11,041,679 46 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 8,081,238 133,828 2,571,502 10,786,568 58 0.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 8,943,441 233,363 16,650 9,193,454 31 0.6%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 7,946,050 124,063 669,213 8,739,326 44 0.5%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 6,738,272 310,768 1,448,771 8,497,811 34 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 7,666,517 363,118 292,528 8,322,163 23 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 6,843,529 153,519 255,666 7,252,714 28 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 6,163,029 208,937 — 6,371,966 28 0.4%

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
ILFOV 258,693,092 249,726,627 −8,966,465
BUCUREȘTI 296,341,182 153,784,189 −142,556,993
BRAȘOV 14,828,243 58,538,659 +43,710,416
TIMIȘ 32,749,626 47,538,580 +14,788,954
CLUJ 39,034,491 32,407,944 −6,626,547
BUZĂU 291 32,124,291 +32,124,000
MUREȘ 28,958,519 27,781,396 −1,177,123
SIBIU 10,380,346 23,319,871 +12,939,525
GALAȚI 19,654,188 19,610,331 −43,857
DOLJ 36,803,174 16,202,736 −20,600,438
IAȘI 14,721,892 15,647,031 +925,139
BIHOR 9,466,239 9,466,239 0
PRAHOVA 8,649,746 9,286,966 +637,220
SUCEAVA 7,971,721 8,672,540 +700,819
MARAMUREȘ 7,474,040 8,219,454 +745,414
OLT 7,458,718 8,087,968 +629,250
VRANCEA 6,556,670 6,556,670 0
ARGEȘ 5,466,378 6,460,747 +994,369
BOTOȘANI 4,085,917 6,040,861 +1,954,944
CONSTANȚA 4,175,424 5,575,253 +1,399,829
SATU MARE 4,440,358 4,440,358 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 3,819,792 4,224,224 +404,432
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 4,003,987 4,223,820 +219,833
GORJ 7,052,901 4,093,739 −2,959,162
VÂLCEA 2,613,665 3,381,181 +767,516
BACĂU 2,650,493 3,250,917 +600,424
ALBA 3,235,510 3,235,510 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 3,084,693 +3,084,693
NEAMȚ 2,601,536 2,845,855 +244,319
DÂMBOVIȚA 3,159,288 2,600,723 −558,565
TULCEA 2,571,503 2,598,144 +26,641
BRĂILA 2,690,413 2,124,580 −565,833
SĂLAJ 2,037,782 2,088,112 +50,330
ARAD 1,852,390 1,852,390 0
GIURGIU 255,666 1,246,343 +990,677
IALOMIȚA 1,448,771 1,021,959 −426,812
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 981,408 981,408 0
HUNEDOARA 315,663 851,194 +535,531
TELEORMAN 842,527 842,527 0
COVASNA 669,213 669,213 0
VASLUI 292,528 384,792 +92,264
HARGHITA 16,650 16,650 0

Another 65.92 Mn. (7.7% 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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