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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 35

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 — 24.22 Mn. ARAD — 21.19 Mn. ARGEȘ — 25.65 Mn. BACĂU — 29.85 Mn. BIHOR — 42.42 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 18.57 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 25.73 Mn. BRĂILA — 13.02 Mn. BRAȘOV — 59.64 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 19.76 Bn. BUZĂU — 32.64 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 14.22 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 14.04 Mn. CLUJ — 107.33 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 159.63 Mn. COVASNA — 8.46 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 38.43 Mn. DOLJ — 44.55 Mn. GALAȚI — 32.83 Mn. GIURGIU — 11.83 Mn. GORJ — 14.48 Mn. HARGHITA — 22.25 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 28.85 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 63.09 Mn. IAȘI — 74.48 Mn. ILFOV — 519.31 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 35.26 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 17.51 Mn. MUREȘ — 117.88 Mn. NEAMȚ — 123.18 Mn. OLT — 18.92 Mn. PRAHOVA — 83.87 Mn. SĂLAJ — 9.55 Mn. SATU MARE — 21.70 Mn. SIBIU — 62.72 Mn. SUCEAVA — 44.95 Mn. TELEORMAN — 27.41 Mn. TIMIȘ — 45.88 Mn. TULCEA — 14.01 Mn. VÂLCEA — 56.97 Mn. VASLUI — 12.94 Mn. VRANCEA — 19.71 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 1,713,832 176,395,018 29,824,374 19,550,676,597 19,756,895,989 11,528 90.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 30,191,923 1,274,849 487,841,036 519,307,808 838 2.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 40,166,162 3,748,537 115,712,538 159,627,237 243 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 16,357,070 1,066,015 105,761,714 123,184,799 277 0.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 25,062,205 2,327,243 90,493,038 117,882,486 227 0.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 44,903,399 4,157,703 58,264,471 107,325,573 153 0.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 29,419,411 1,780,234 52,667,401 83,867,046 123 0.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 37,062,436 1,975,071 35,441,440 74,478,947 95 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 11,422,252 186,638 51,481,722 63,090,612 255 0.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 22,280,345 2,951,984 37,490,795 62,723,124 158 0.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 41,026,560 1,826,213 16,784,449 59,637,222 106 0.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 12,945,939 1,421,344 42,600,048 56,967,331 169 0.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 35,471,060 1,455,961 8,951,873 45,878,894 68 0.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 26,423,737 1,323,774 17,205,296 44,952,807 69 0.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 16,587,727 2,462,533 25,504,355 44,554,615 75 0.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 27,294,528 3,762,250 11,365,119 42,421,897 76 0.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 17,121,714 864,518 20,445,324 38,431,556 81 0.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 16,326,860 996,457 17,934,812 35,258,129 78 0.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 20,992,107 2,543,164 9,299,102 32,834,373 68 0.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 17,126,413 1,093,084 14,421,722 32,641,219 83 0.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 22,261,499 1,421,872 6,167,339 29,850,710 51 0.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 17,331,915 598,489 10,922,848 28,853,252 83 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 9,841,522 536,570 17,035,142 27,413,234 89 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 14,902,411 563,461 10,261,887 25,727,759 67 0.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 21,427,742 1,554,589 2,667,879 25,650,210 46 0.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 14,253,574 1,308,633 8,654,290 24,216,497 75 0.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 14,412,459 852,666 6,988,000 22,253,125 76 0.1%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 12,953,902 713,064 8,036,972 21,703,938 66 0.1%
ARAD West 410,058 13,478,783 909,401 6,796,909 21,185,093 52 0.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 17,264,839 235,571 2,205,425 19,705,835 60 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 12,942,884 1,345,701 4,633,623 18,922,208 51 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 13,676,703 787,830 4,103,754 18,568,287 62 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 10,586,374 185,506 6,735,625 17,507,505 77 0.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 10,987,975 737,955 2,753,681 14,479,611 47 0.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 12,548,257 563,768 1,110,411 14,222,436 51 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 9,698,615 270,775 4,067,322 14,036,712 58 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 11,116,824 148,739 2,749,356 14,014,919 75 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 11,923,187 476,707 621,761 13,021,655 48 0.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 11,749,068 394,548 798,549 12,942,165 36 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 9,358,860 630,381 1,839,336 11,828,577 46 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 9,041,385 290,603 218,520 9,550,508 45 0.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 7,744,774 211,639 506,750 8,463,163 42 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 19,550,676,599 17,119,850,287 −2,430,826,312
BRAȘOV 16,784,448 1,078,552,785 +1,061,768,337
ILFOV 487,841,037 489,876,183 +2,035,146
CONSTANȚA 115,712,537 282,601,670 +166,889,133
PRAHOVA 52,667,400 187,175,588 +134,508,188
SIBIU 37,490,795 125,527,957 +88,037,162
MUREȘ 90,493,038 98,760,456 +8,267,418
CLUJ 58,264,470 97,988,028 +39,723,558
DOLJ 25,504,356 74,906,690 +49,402,334
BACĂU 6,167,339 60,637,253 +54,469,914
VÂLCEA 42,600,049 47,573,075 +4,973,026
IAȘI 35,441,442 35,106,563 −334,879
GALAȚI 9,299,102 26,088,477 +16,789,375
DÂMBOVIȚA 20,445,325 21,185,033 +739,708
SUCEAVA 17,205,295 17,239,614 +34,319
TELEORMAN 17,035,142 17,036,842 +1,700
MARAMUREȘ 17,934,812 16,847,212 −1,087,600
TULCEA 2,749,356 16,497,686 +13,748,330
HUNEDOARA 10,922,848 14,377,841 +3,454,993
BIHOR 11,365,119 13,455,409 +2,090,290
BUZĂU 14,421,722 12,669,197 −1,752,525
ALBA 8,654,290 10,933,064 +2,278,774
BOTOȘANI 10,261,887 10,259,129 −2,758
OLT 4,633,623 9,755,484 +5,121,861
TIMIȘ 8,951,873 9,156,439 +204,566
SATU MARE 8,036,972 8,764,962 +727,990
ARGEȘ 2,667,879 7,142,487 +4,474,608
ARAD 6,796,909 7,134,421 +337,512
HARGHITA 6,988,000 7,003,641 +15,641
MEHEDINȚI 6,735,624 6,497,202 −238,422
NEAMȚ 105,761,714 5,585,435 −100,176,279
COVASNA 506,750 5,408,993 +4,902,243
GORJ 2,753,681 4,964,999 +2,211,318
IALOMIȚA 51,481,722 4,542,934 −46,938,788
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 4,067,322 4,067,322 0
BRĂILA 621,761 3,180,199 +2,558,438
VRANCEA 2,205,425 2,228,223 +22,798
GIURGIU 1,839,336 2,121,641 +282,305
CĂLĂRAȘI 1,110,411 1,110,411 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 4,103,757 1,050,482 −3,053,275
VASLUI 798,549 800,949 +2,400
SĂLAJ 218,520 218,520 0

Another 914.34 Mn. (4.4% 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

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  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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