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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 324

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 — 9.95 Mn. ARAD — 4.68 Mn. ARGEȘ — 7.01 Mn. BACĂU — 8.18 Mn. BIHOR — 13.29 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 4.15 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 4.22 Mn. BRĂILA — 3.83 Mn. BRAȘOV — 20.40 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 1.80 Bn. BUZĂU — 5.27 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 4.04 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 2.45 Mn. CLUJ — 51.72 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 17.10 Mn. COVASNA — 2.01 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.96 Mn. DOLJ — 67.72 Mn. GALAȚI — 14.32 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.59 Mn. GORJ — 3.44 Mn. HARGHITA — 4.25 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 7.23 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.14 Mn. IAȘI — 47.11 Mn. ILFOV — 48.03 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 6.20 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.43 Mn. MUREȘ — 14.74 Mn. NEAMȚ — 4.67 Mn. OLT — 3.82 Mn. PRAHOVA — 15.82 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.89 Mn. SATU MARE — 6.99 Mn. SIBIU — 17.71 Mn. SUCEAVA — 14.13 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.03 Mn. TIMIȘ — 36.66 Mn. TULCEA — 2.06 Mn. VÂLCEA — 3.10 Mn. VASLUI — 5.74 Mn. VRANCEA — 5.41 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 80,690,068 13,894,357 1,708,668,997 1,803,253,422 1,052 78.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 6,780,596 169,707 60,769,520 67,719,823 114 2.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 15,152,646 2,031,688 34,540,318 51,724,652 74 2.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 10,613,377 527,210 36,892,069 48,032,656 78 2.1%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 10,527,786 1,326,759 35,257,031 47,111,576 60 2.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 12,035,324 852,181 23,769,964 36,657,469 54 1.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 11,339,102 914,915 8,143,487 20,397,504 36 0.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 7,885,795 901,212 8,922,021 17,709,028 45 0.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 9,761,361 1,196,222 6,144,566 17,102,149 26 0.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 7,169,035 410,614 8,243,315 15,822,964 23 0.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 8,688,201 1,082,368 4,974,080 14,744,649 28 0.6%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 6,537,531 976,182 6,806,200 14,319,913 29 0.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 8,285,862 105,963 5,736,432 14,128,257 22 0.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,649,556 499,383 7,144,731 13,293,670 24 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 5,067,725 161,755 4,722,851 9,952,331 31 0.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 5,628,572 450,329 2,105,363 8,184,264 14 0.4%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 5,790,745 46,542 1,395,146 7,232,433 21 0.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 5,655,258 35,991 1,319,659 7,010,908 12 0.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,572,945 377,091 4,037,998 6,988,034 21 0.3%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 3,977,664 250,646 1,969,554 6,197,864 14 0.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 5,475,257 242,785 239,582 5,957,624 13 0.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 3,614,389 38,085 2,087,629 5,740,103 16 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,190,088 130,564 84,642 5,405,294 16 0.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 4,393,512 761,372 115,934 5,270,818 13 0.2%
ARAD West 410,058 4,331,179 97,127 256,143 4,684,449 11 0.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,299,679 110,297 257,941 4,667,917 11 0.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,865,126 231,446 154,543 4,251,115 15 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,156,513 30,335 29,500 4,216,348 11 0.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 3,505,736 535,457 105,016 4,146,209 14 0.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,904,496 43,055 92,592 4,040,143 15 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,169,650 167,877 491,076 3,828,603 14 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,598,546 806,791 412,463 3,817,800 10 0.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,569,276 257,131 617,580 3,443,987 11 0.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 2,972,250 124,542 8,100 3,104,892 9 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,312,723 126,898 153,837 2,593,458 10 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 2,451,060 134 — 2,451,194 10 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,332,530 95,935 — 2,428,465 11 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,935,356 202,754 — 2,138,110 9 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,031,108 21,787 9,891 2,062,786 11 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,011,531 15,858 — 2,027,389 7 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,800,920 20,592 186,198 2,007,710 10 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,806,561 81,817 — 1,888,378 9 0.1%

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 1,708,668,987 1,701,929,308 −6,739,679
DOLJ 60,769,520 60,875,961 +106,441
IAȘI 35,257,029 35,321,459 +64,430
CLUJ 34,540,319 33,700,829 −839,490
PRAHOVA 8,243,315 30,228,437 +21,985,122
TIMIȘ 23,769,965 23,769,965 0
ILFOV 36,892,069 11,835,457 −25,056,612
SIBIU 8,922,020 8,998,287 +76,267
BRAȘOV 8,143,487 8,487,422 +343,935
BIHOR 7,144,731 7,144,731 0
GALAȚI 6,806,200 6,789,210 −16,990
CONSTANȚA 6,144,566 6,368,663 +224,097
SUCEAVA 5,736,432 5,736,432 0
MUREȘ 4,974,080 5,467,811 +493,731
ALBA 4,722,851 4,722,851 0
SATU MARE 4,037,998 4,144,227 +106,229
BACĂU 2,105,363 2,105,363 0
VASLUI 2,087,629 2,087,629 0
MARAMUREȘ 1,969,554 2,030,732 +61,178
HUNEDOARA 1,395,146 1,792,987 +397,841
ARGEȘ 1,319,659 1,319,659 0
BRĂILA 491,076 491,076 0
GORJ 617,580 428,871 −188,709
OLT 412,463 412,463 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 290,890 +290,890
ARAD 256,143 256,143 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 239,582 239,582 0
NEAMȚ 257,941 223,845 −34,096
COVASNA 186,198 187,878 +1,680
HARGHITA 154,543 154,543 0
GIURGIU 153,837 153,837 0
BUZĂU 115,934 115,934 0
VÂLCEA 8,100 113,480 +105,380
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 105,016 105,016 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 92,592 92,592 0
VRANCEA 84,642 84,642 0
BOTOȘANI 29,500 29,500 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 19,254 +19,254
TULCEA 9,891 9,891 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 8.60 Mn. (0.4% 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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