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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 325

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 — 7 RON ARAD — 3 RON ARGEȘ — 5 RON BACĂU — 5 RON BIHOR — 9 RON BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 4 RON BOTOȘANI — 6 RON BRĂILA — 5 RON BRAȘOV — 17 RON BUCUREȘTI — 873 RON BUZĂU — 6 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 57 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 2 RON CLUJ — 39 RON CONSTANȚA — 24 RON COVASNA — 4 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 2 RON DOLJ — 8 RON GALAȚI — 6 RON GIURGIU — 3 RON GORJ — 3 RON HARGHITA — 7 RON HUNEDOARA — 12 RON IALOMIȚA — 10 RON IAȘI — 10 RON ILFOV — 18 RON MARAMUREȘ — 16 RON MEHEDINȚI — 4 RON MUREȘ — 26 RON NEAMȚ — 5 RON OLT — 5 RON PRAHOVA — 7 RON SĂLAJ — 5 RON SATU MARE — 5 RON SIBIU — 117 RON SUCEAVA — 4 RON TELEORMAN — 2 RON TIMIȘ — 18 RON TULCEA — 8 RON VÂLCEA — 22 RON VASLUI — 9 RON VRANCEA — 4 RON
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Per person: all years added up, against the resident population on 1 January 2026.

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 63,612,314 8,065,093 1,423,945,122 1,495,622,529 873 86.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,999,785 750,987 42,579,878 46,330,650 117 2.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 7,955,369 1,206,621 18,064,995 27,226,985 39 1.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,274,503 2,314 14,408,051 15,684,868 57 0.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 4,992,524 636,543 9,943,018 15,572,085 24 0.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,275,435 539,839 9,722,107 13,537,381 26 0.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 5,773,131 213,876 5,889,165 11,876,172 18 0.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 4,960,115 77,604 6,019,186 11,056,905 18 0.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 4,790,854 344,988 4,712,769 9,848,611 17 0.6%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 4,446,558 493,228 2,618,996 7,558,782 10 0.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,559,460 226,519 5,529,434 7,315,413 22 0.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 7,099,397 197,928 — 7,297,325 16 0.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,629,403 659,464 1,757,695 5,046,562 9 0.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,788,756 91,728 1,937,115 4,817,599 8 0.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,737,236 347,210 1,725,876 4,810,322 7 0.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,789,987 99,579 2,275,950 4,165,516 12 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,476,913 14,993 1,850,000 3,341,906 9 0.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,990,361 116,143 837,538 2,944,042 6 0.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,585,570 55,602 301,800 2,942,972 5 0.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,329,908 237,549 — 2,567,457 5 0.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,348,983 22,303 119,974 2,491,260 4 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,925,970 101,006 374,739 2,401,715 10 0.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,846,089 161,361 384,697 2,392,147 6 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,726,995 138,745 494,605 2,360,345 6 0.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,282,852 24,190 — 2,307,042 5 0.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,949,874 91,120 82,600 2,123,594 7 0.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,132,919 38,052 907,998 2,078,969 7 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,268,570 14,542 439,877 1,722,989 5 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,306,196 6,185 235,567 1,547,948 8 0.1%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,482,385 34,656 — 1,517,041 5 0.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,392,034 40,780 — 1,432,814 4 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,172,791 4,934 76,820 1,254,545 5 0.1%
ARAD West 410,058 1,228,263 18,335 — 1,246,598 3 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 706,190 21,883 365,450 1,093,523 5 0.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,066,815 20,345 — 1,087,160 2 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 823,396 82,309 180,133 1,085,838 4 0.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 842,663 37,484 153,500 1,033,647 3 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 799,541 15,498 74,922 889,961 4 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 803,884 29,801 — 833,685 4 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 737,100 25,707 — 762,807 3 0.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 604,184 6,406 — 610,590 2 0.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 520,641 7,995 — 528,636 2 0.0%

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 1,423,945,123 1,326,476,700 −97,468,423
SIBIU 42,579,877 35,330,668 −7,249,209
CONSTANȚA 9,943,018 21,947,027 +12,004,009
BRAȘOV 4,712,769 18,746,363 +14,033,594
CLUJ 18,064,994 18,129,110 +64,116
CĂLĂRAȘI 14,408,051 14,411,553 +3,502
ARAD 0 10,299,635 +10,299,635
IAȘI 2,618,995 7,467,396 +4,848,401
ILFOV 6,019,186 6,019,186 0
TIMIȘ 5,889,165 5,845,751 −43,414
VÂLCEA 5,529,434 5,614,250 +84,816
DOLJ 1,937,115 4,555,922 +2,618,807
GIURGIU 0 4,180,400 +4,180,400
HUNEDOARA 2,275,950 2,302,919 +26,969
VASLUI 1,850,000 1,850,000 0
BIHOR 1,757,695 1,773,263 +15,568
PRAHOVA 1,725,877 1,586,160 −139,717
HARGHITA 907,998 907,998 0
GALAȚI 837,538 852,011 +14,473
BOTOȘANI 494,605 494,605 0
OLT 439,877 439,877 0
BUZĂU 384,697 384,697 0
SĂLAJ 365,450 365,450 0
MUREȘ 9,722,107 360,606 −9,361,501
BACĂU 301,800 344,460 +42,660
TULCEA 235,567 235,567 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 181,355 +181,355
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 180,133 180,133 0
GORJ 153,500 153,500 0
SUCEAVA 119,974 119,974 0
ALBA 82,600 82,600 0
BRĂILA 76,820 76,820 0
COVASNA 74,922 74,922 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 69,567 +69,567
ARGEȘ 0 63,730 +63,730
NEAMȚ 0 55,491 +55,491
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 46,900 +46,900
SATU MARE 0 8,476 +8,476
TELEORMAN 0 2,918 +2,918
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 374,739 0 −374,739
VRANCEA 0 0 0

Another 65.97 Mn. (4.2% 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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