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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 336

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 — 173.78 Mn. ARAD — 341.37 Mn. ARGEȘ — 183.54 Mn. BACĂU — 1.17 Bn. BIHOR — 619.79 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 70.45 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 316.26 Mn. BRĂILA — 40.32 Mn. BRAȘOV — 298.58 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 7.14 Bn. BUZĂU — 117.43 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 94.02 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 165.74 Mn. CLUJ — 2.03 Bn. CONSTANȚA — 312.36 Mn. COVASNA — 55.82 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.55 Bn. DOLJ — 913.32 Mn. GALAȚI — 635.48 Mn. GIURGIU — 85.53 Mn. GORJ — 80.94 Mn. HARGHITA — 83.55 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 251.00 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 45.77 Mn. IAȘI — 1.46 Bn. ILFOV — 90.54 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 214.10 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 324.82 Mn. MUREȘ — 512.24 Mn. NEAMȚ — 170.57 Mn. OLT — 380.55 Mn. PRAHOVA — 222.45 Mn. SĂLAJ — 137.53 Mn. SATU MARE — 467.64 Mn. SIBIU — 248.61 Mn. SUCEAVA — 345.04 Mn. TELEORMAN — 162.19 Mn. TIMIȘ — 775.00 Mn. TULCEA — 126.45 Mn. VÂLCEA — 405.10 Mn. VASLUI — 86.37 Mn. VRANCEA — 157.37 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 1,713,832 672,394,248 16,633,678 6,453,203,255 7,142,231,181 4,167 31.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 186,192,229 4,223,792 1,841,727,066 2,032,143,087 2,897 8.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 49,660,977 901,167 1,499,634,899 1,550,197,043 3,258 6.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 195,751,001 1,624,815 1,261,091,181 1,458,466,997 1,865 6.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 102,516,105 1,544,011 1,065,617,317 1,169,677,433 1,982 5.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 60,746,047 463,904 852,111,432 913,321,383 1,536 4.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 163,947,425 1,083,272 609,970,401 775,001,098 1,152 3.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 81,240,177 761,404 553,481,495 635,483,076 1,307 2.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 105,129,172 2,244,682 512,416,715 619,790,569 1,110 2.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 79,992,474 1,296,046 430,946,930 512,235,450 985 2.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 25,860,247 912,859 440,867,354 467,640,460 1,417 2.0%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 25,334,966 2,324,218 377,439,030 405,098,214 1,199 1.8%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 33,744,690 607,531 346,201,875 380,554,096 1,023 1.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 61,818,986 1,425,955 281,799,440 345,044,381 532 1.5%
ARAD West 410,058 25,782,548 1,178,155 314,407,064 341,367,767 832 1.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 36,392,472 226,633 288,205,096 324,824,201 1,435 1.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 31,527,333 511,409 284,216,583 316,255,325 818 1.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 117,849,264 2,156,944 192,358,408 312,364,616 476 1.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 138,453,268 1,053,168 159,069,716 298,576,152 529 1.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 99,329,281 618,883 151,053,090 251,001,254 719 1.1%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 74,148,342 960,091 173,503,300 248,611,733 627 1.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 139,797,999 546,139 82,105,959 222,450,097 325 1.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 77,754,728 824,546 135,524,222 214,103,496 475 0.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 99,134,450 1,251,735 83,151,728 183,537,913 327 0.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 83,194,996 5,293,240 85,294,229 173,782,465 535 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 21,270,091 243,623 149,057,493 170,571,207 384 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 63,358,317 108,117 102,272,098 165,738,532 690 0.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 61,397,991 325,144 100,466,117 162,189,252 526 0.7%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 33,145,588 187,194 124,037,875 157,370,657 477 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 34,922,658 118,855 102,491,642 137,533,155 654 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 12,439,491 31,573 113,983,202 126,454,266 679 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 38,702,897 318,567 78,408,765 117,430,229 299 0.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 55,026,395 149,618 38,845,977 94,021,990 339 0.4%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 32,862,117 369,526 57,311,456 90,543,099 146 0.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 55,559,505 481,189 30,333,976 86,374,670 238 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 21,548,626 825,355 63,156,626 85,530,607 331 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 58,278,644 736,939 24,531,280 83,546,863 286 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 39,128,030 303,727 41,505,378 80,937,135 264 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 35,946,260 297,306 34,208,542 70,452,108 236 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 42,472,845 1,498,923 11,850,810 55,822,578 280 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 34,795,314 92,012 10,886,168 45,773,494 185 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 29,328,519 330,012 10,664,852 40,323,383 149 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 6,453,203,261 6,177,892,046 −275,311,215
CLUJ 1,841,727,052 1,830,234,898 −11,492,154
DÂMBOVIȚA 1,499,634,899 1,496,637,866 −2,997,033
IAȘI 1,261,091,203 1,224,941,067 −36,150,136
BACĂU 1,065,617,303 1,060,049,013 −5,568,290
DOLJ 852,111,437 847,218,662 −4,892,775
GALAȚI 553,481,483 551,194,692 −2,286,791
BIHOR 512,416,715 477,843,094 −34,573,621
SATU MARE 440,867,364 440,867,364 0
MUREȘ 430,946,915 428,444,993 −2,501,922
VÂLCEA 377,439,020 382,008,135 +4,569,115
OLT 346,201,891 339,909,937 −6,291,954
TIMIȘ 609,970,402 336,786,945 −273,183,457
ARAD 314,407,061 318,661,387 +4,254,326
BOTOȘANI 284,216,604 283,408,790 −807,814
MEHEDINȚI 288,205,105 279,885,873 −8,319,232
SUCEAVA 281,799,442 276,302,583 −5,496,859
CONSTANȚA 192,358,408 187,777,501 −4,580,907
SIBIU 173,503,287 172,510,505 −992,782
BRAȘOV 159,069,742 156,949,025 −2,120,717
HUNEDOARA 151,053,096 148,140,442 −2,912,654
NEAMȚ 149,057,471 148,007,243 −1,050,228
MARAMUREȘ 135,524,199 126,723,977 −8,800,222
VRANCEA 124,037,844 124,153,544 +115,700
TULCEA 113,983,202 113,508,221 −474,981
SĂLAJ 102,491,644 102,362,599 −129,045
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 102,272,078 102,179,360 −92,718
TELEORMAN 100,466,121 99,149,148 −1,316,973
PRAHOVA 82,105,969 88,387,487 +6,281,518
ARGEȘ 83,151,740 83,964,661 +812,921
ALBA 85,294,218 82,796,944 −2,497,274
BUZĂU 78,408,758 75,765,752 −2,643,006
GIURGIU 63,156,626 58,489,075 −4,667,551
ILFOV 57,311,462 40,897,654 −16,413,808
CĂLĂRAȘI 38,845,956 38,860,728 +14,772
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 34,208,542 34,167,923 −40,619
VASLUI 30,333,965 30,995,602 +661,637
GORJ 41,505,383 29,643,646 −11,861,737
HARGHITA 24,531,272 23,794,882 −736,390
COVASNA 11,850,795 11,851,055 +260
IALOMIȚA 10,886,161 10,723,640 −162,521
BRĂILA 10,664,856 10,671,951 +7,095

Another 714.65 Mn. (3.7% 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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