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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 32

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 — 29.14 Mn. ARAD — 29.86 Mn. ARGEȘ — 51.99 Mn. BACĂU — 46.79 Mn. BIHOR — 62.98 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 18.23 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 23.36 Mn. BRĂILA — 26.96 Mn. BRAȘOV — 111.56 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 4.25 Bn. BUZĂU — 30.93 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 40.22 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 16.53 Mn. CLUJ — 161.28 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 136.82 Mn. COVASNA — 16.14 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 40.43 Mn. DOLJ — 116.15 Mn. GALAȚI — 45.99 Mn. GIURGIU — 20.49 Mn. GORJ — 23.12 Mn. HARGHITA — 23.48 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 33.69 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 38.85 Mn. IAȘI — 163.00 Mn. ILFOV — 121.95 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 38.40 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 15.34 Mn. MUREȘ — 61.80 Mn. NEAMȚ — 41.72 Mn. OLT — 36.82 Mn. PRAHOVA — 62.55 Mn. SĂLAJ — 13.81 Mn. SATU MARE — 25.17 Mn. SIBIU — 145.12 Mn. SUCEAVA — 57.76 Mn. TELEORMAN — 28.04 Mn. TIMIȘ — 108.91 Mn. TULCEA — 23.06 Mn. VÂLCEA — 26.70 Mn. VASLUI — 37.32 Mn. VRANCEA — 37.59 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 1,713,832 339,708,231 52,791,314 3,859,803,420 4,252,302,965 2,481 66.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 53,651,243 3,606,013 105,741,013 162,998,269 208 2.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 72,797,600 6,220,480 82,262,291 161,280,371 230 2.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 38,134,174 4,479,759 102,504,086 145,118,019 366 2.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 56,947,709 5,556,526 74,317,721 136,821,956 208 2.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 49,672,100 1,601,598 70,674,205 121,947,903 197 1.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 41,746,625 1,589,674 72,815,604 116,151,903 195 1.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 48,609,447 2,239,406 60,709,865 111,558,718 198 1.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 54,811,748 2,621,492 51,475,051 108,908,291 162 1.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 38,301,268 4,381,297 20,297,930 62,980,495 113 1.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 38,331,496 2,192,717 22,026,775 62,550,988 92 1.0%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 43,035,714 2,989,976 15,775,132 61,800,822 119 1.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 40,852,808 1,108,342 15,801,130 57,762,280 89 0.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 39,054,843 1,340,220 11,590,913 51,985,976 93 0.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 36,114,841 1,477,963 9,202,171 46,794,975 79 0.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 28,918,097 1,906,572 15,162,396 45,987,065 95 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 23,515,343 933,871 17,275,314 41,724,528 94 0.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 33,352,172 1,140,782 5,935,341 40,428,295 85 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 20,149,698 583,104 19,484,836 40,217,638 145 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 19,198,974 445,898 19,201,674 38,846,546 157 0.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 30,529,304 1,147,867 6,718,267 38,395,438 85 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 24,465,638 240,591 12,888,649 37,594,878 114 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 28,278,288 1,352,826 7,690,628 37,321,742 103 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 24,817,379 1,665,446 10,337,240 36,820,065 99 0.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 24,089,702 442,799 9,153,056 33,685,557 97 0.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 26,436,427 1,194,308 3,295,331 30,926,066 79 0.5%
ARAD West 410,058 24,088,684 958,444 4,816,239 29,863,367 73 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 21,803,984 852,954 6,487,212 29,144,150 90 0.5%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 24,225,758 101,319 3,711,124 28,038,201 91 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 21,574,246 812,176 4,573,092 26,959,514 100 0.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 18,286,921 949,850 7,462,933 26,699,704 79 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 17,056,599 930,021 7,184,161 25,170,781 76 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 19,181,719 1,126,341 3,168,193 23,476,253 80 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 19,419,586 665,937 3,276,896 23,362,419 60 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 15,923,191 789,041 6,407,992 23,120,224 75 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 13,988,960 43,552 9,024,768 23,057,280 124 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 17,497,030 497,976 2,490,410 20,485,416 79 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 15,602,919 1,134,988 1,496,835 18,234,742 61 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 13,024,955 168,507 3,336,457 16,529,919 69 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 13,482,338 464,865 2,192,835 16,140,038 81 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 13,315,150 247,634 1,774,548 15,337,332 68 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 12,497,120 312,216 997,316 13,806,652 66 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 3,859,803,411 3,554,948,121 −304,855,290
CONSTANȚA 74,317,720 111,487,242 +37,169,522
IAȘI 105,741,013 109,046,403 +3,305,390
SIBIU 102,504,088 95,405,628 −7,098,460
CLUJ 82,262,290 89,512,850 +7,250,560
DOLJ 72,815,606 75,688,868 +2,873,262
BRAȘOV 60,709,866 74,034,017 +13,324,151
ILFOV 70,674,205 72,730,006 +2,055,801
TIMIȘ 51,475,053 51,947,150 +472,097
PRAHOVA 22,026,776 45,231,606 +23,204,830
BIHOR 20,297,930 20,313,498 +15,568
CĂLĂRAȘI 19,484,837 18,587,591 −897,246
BACĂU 9,202,171 18,041,685 +8,839,514
SUCEAVA 15,801,129 16,340,970 +539,841
GALAȚI 15,162,396 15,744,512 +582,116
ARAD 4,816,239 15,115,874 +10,299,635
SATU MARE 7,184,161 13,307,583 +6,123,422
TULCEA 9,024,768 12,850,844 +3,826,076
VRANCEA 12,888,649 12,488,689 −399,960
ARGEȘ 11,590,913 12,130,954 +540,041
HUNEDOARA 9,153,056 11,300,075 +2,147,019
NEAMȚ 17,275,314 9,309,689 −7,965,625
OLT 10,337,240 8,718,829 −1,618,411
VASLUI 7,690,628 7,699,470 +8,842
MUREȘ 15,775,135 7,090,274 −8,684,861
ALBA 6,487,214 6,940,366 +453,152
VÂLCEA 7,462,933 6,816,416 −646,517
MARAMUREȘ 6,718,267 6,576,295 −141,972
GIURGIU 2,490,410 6,403,460 +3,913,050
GORJ 6,407,992 5,962,351 −445,641
DÂMBOVIȚA 5,935,341 5,148,406 −786,935
IALOMIȚA 19,201,674 5,098,529 −14,103,145
BRĂILA 4,573,092 4,694,513 +121,421
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 3,336,459 4,312,249 +975,790
BOTOȘANI 3,276,896 3,743,306 +466,410
BUZĂU 3,295,331 3,295,331 0
HARGHITA 3,168,194 2,968,208 −199,986
COVASNA 2,192,834 2,194,514 +1,680
MEHEDINȚI 1,774,548 1,975,157 +200,609
TELEORMAN 3,711,124 1,881,382 −1,829,742
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,496,835 1,496,835 0
SĂLAJ 997,316 977,657 −19,659

Another 220.98 Mn. (4.6% 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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