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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 317

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 — 6.34 Mn. ARAD — 4.99 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.93 Mn. BACĂU — 9.47 Mn. BIHOR — 6.96 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.94 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 6.69 Mn. BRĂILA — 5.11 Mn. BRAȘOV — 7.41 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 284.07 Mn. BUZĂU — 3.39 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 6.38 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.04 Mn. CLUJ — 30.19 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 12.30 Mn. COVASNA — 1.34 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.19 Mn. DOLJ — 6.29 Mn. GALAȚI — 7.71 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.54 Mn. GORJ — 17.43 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.39 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 6.31 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.24 Mn. IAȘI — 17.02 Mn. ILFOV — 38.66 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 3.42 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.26 Mn. MUREȘ — 7.25 Mn. NEAMȚ — 2.74 Mn. OLT — 3.47 Mn. PRAHOVA — 3.71 Mn. SĂLAJ — 2.23 Mn. SATU MARE — 2.39 Mn. SIBIU — 16.60 Mn. SUCEAVA — 7.28 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.62 Mn. TIMIȘ — 13.53 Mn. TULCEA — 1.80 Mn. VÂLCEA — 7.39 Mn. VASLUI — 3.74 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.13 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 62,757,871 13,627,412 207,683,674 284,068,957 166 49.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 15,433,008 458,419 22,765,556 38,656,983 62 6.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 19,546,361 1,954,974 8,688,673 30,190,008 43 5.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,899,956 463,470 15,066,240 17,429,666 57 3.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 12,971,887 211,693 3,837,922 17,021,502 22 3.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 4,762,153 795,564 11,039,072 16,596,789 42 2.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 9,124,187 616,843 3,790,881 13,531,911 20 2.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 7,486,211 1,739,672 3,078,104 12,303,987 19 2.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 5,376,971 93,541 3,999,135 9,469,647 16 1.6%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 5,043,460 1,266,858 1,398,125 7,708,443 16 1.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 6,547,752 45,646 820,999 7,414,397 13 1.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 5,245,242 374,960 1,774,075 7,394,277 22 1.3%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 4,841,717 35,886 2,400,924 7,278,527 11 1.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 4,826,225 1,298,267 1,125,248 7,249,740 14 1.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 4,522,594 437,847 1,996,175 6,956,616 12 1.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,806,348 11,438 3,869,756 6,687,542 17 1.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,013,175 3,695 3,364,687 6,381,557 23 1.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,475,797 46,212 3,822,706 6,344,715 20 1.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,168,532 148,888 3,988,916 6,306,336 18 1.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 3,718,607 1,213,731 1,359,961 6,292,299 11 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 4,307,329 322,290 557,397 5,187,016 11 0.9%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 4,272,671 1,906 839,636 5,114,213 19 0.9%
ARAD West 410,058 2,299,303 29,062 2,664,324 4,992,689 12 0.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 3,822,363 43,458 67,500 3,933,321 7 0.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,923,345 58,182 756,078 3,737,605 10 0.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 3,627,625 82,267 — 3,709,892 5 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,188,051 28,993 253,560 3,470,604 9 0.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,499,070 61,537 859,524 3,420,131 8 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,167,143 74,213 149,376 3,390,732 9 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,997,318 13,650 123,000 3,133,968 9 0.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,681,397 206,253 848,001 2,735,651 6 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,041,219 21,270 327,908 2,390,397 7 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,088,082 157,940 143,150 2,389,172 8 0.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,010,781 222,249 — 2,233,030 11 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,900,515 43,877 — 1,944,392 7 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,157,650 987 637,960 1,796,597 10 0.3%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,616,699 7,895 — 1,624,594 5 0.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,492,956 48,540 — 1,541,496 6 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,245,302 91,653 — 1,336,955 7 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,255,369 1,861 — 1,257,230 6 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,225,553 12,994 — 1,238,547 5 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 865,669 174,371 — 1,040,040 4 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 207,683,671 166,731,140 −40,952,531
ILFOV 22,765,556 33,574,491 +10,808,935
CONSTANȚA 3,078,103 10,943,181 +7,865,078
SIBIU 11,039,073 9,752,465 −1,286,608
GORJ 15,066,240 9,497,462 −5,568,778
CLUJ 8,688,672 9,083,872 +395,200
PRAHOVA 0 6,606,769 +6,606,769
TULCEA 637,960 4,562,685 +3,924,725
BACĂU 3,999,135 4,192,416 +193,281
HUNEDOARA 3,988,916 4,031,259 +42,343
BOTOȘANI 3,869,756 3,869,756 0
ALBA 3,822,706 3,865,206 +42,500
TIMIȘ 3,790,881 3,790,881 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 3,364,687 3,364,687 0
IAȘI 3,837,921 2,746,559 −1,091,362
SUCEAVA 2,400,922 2,400,922 0
MUREȘ 1,125,249 2,389,220 +1,263,971
ARAD 2,664,325 2,320,041 −344,284
GIURGIU 0 2,209,450 +2,209,450
NEAMȚ 848,001 2,055,336 +1,207,335
BIHOR 1,996,175 1,996,175 0
VÂLCEA 1,774,074 1,884,428 +110,354
DOLJ 1,359,960 1,825,073 +465,113
GALAȚI 1,398,125 1,393,085 −5,040
VASLUI 756,078 1,042,049 +285,971
MARAMUREȘ 859,524 859,524 0
BRAȘOV 821,000 839,407 +18,407
BRĂILA 839,636 680,676 −158,960
DÂMBOVIȚA 557,397 557,397 0
BUZĂU 149,376 358,571 +209,195
SATU MARE 327,908 327,908 0
OLT 253,560 283,490 +29,930
VRANCEA 123,000 255,257 +132,257
HARGHITA 143,150 143,150 0
ARGEȘ 67,500 67,500 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0

Another 13.60 Mn. (4.3% 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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