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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 357

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 — 3.84 Mn. ARAD — 50,121 RON ARGEȘ — 201,707 RON BACĂU — 286,569 RON BIHOR — 1.23 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 14,500 RON BOTOȘANI — 4,202 RON BRĂILA — 3,740 RON BRAȘOV — 1.07 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 699.37 Mn. BUZĂU — 3.69 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 6,160 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 15,707 RON CLUJ — 1.04 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 1.81 Mn. COVASNA — No data DÂMBOVIȚA — 19,437 RON DOLJ — 87,763 RON GALAȚI — 16,482 RON GIURGIU — 66,307 RON GORJ — 39,419 RON HARGHITA — 224,167 RON HUNEDOARA — 68,196 RON IALOMIȚA — 12,800 RON IAȘI — 3.40 Mn. ILFOV — 17.75 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 37,429 RON MEHEDINȚI — 1.03 Mn. MUREȘ — 33,729 RON NEAMȚ — 50.55 Mn. OLT — 1.62 Mn. PRAHOVA — 29,282 RON SĂLAJ — 2,980 RON SATU MARE — 206,369 RON SIBIU — 1.18 Mn. SUCEAVA — 174,279 RON TELEORMAN — No data TIMIȘ — 449,886 RON TULCEA — 12,382 RON VÂLCEA — 284,474 RON VASLUI — 51,087 RON VRANCEA — 29,428 RON
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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 2,847,654 83,314 696,435,907 699,366,875 408 88.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 59,460 117,756 50,374,800 50,552,016 114 6.4%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 957,643 — 16,797,083 17,754,726 29 2.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 4,920 — 3,839,411 3,844,331 12 0.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 38,136 — 3,656,700 3,694,836 9 0.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 115,574 — 3,284,175 3,399,749 4 0.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 208,514 850 1,599,044 1,808,408 3 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 136,866 — 1,482,799 1,619,665 4 0.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 22,932 318,270 886,688 1,227,890 2 0.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 204,034 71,199 904,803 1,180,036 3 0.2%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 603,828 — 468,869 1,072,697 2 0.1%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 555,147 153 487,195 1,042,495 1 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 65,765 — 965,000 1,030,765 5 0.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 311,886 — 138,000 449,886 1 0.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 286,569 — — 286,569 0 0.0%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 121,774 162,700 — 284,474 1 0.0%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 224,167 — — 224,167 1 0.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 142,519 63,850 — 206,369 1 0.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 58,922 — 142,785 201,707 0 0.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 168,679 5,600 — 174,279 0 0.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 87,763 — — 87,763 0 0.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 68,196 — — 68,196 0 0.0%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 12,000 — 54,307 66,307 0 0.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 43,087 8,000 — 51,087 0 0.0%
ARAD West 410,058 50,121 — — 50,121 0 0.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 38,322 1,097 — 39,419 0 0.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 37,429 — — 37,429 0 0.0%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 32,229 1,500 — 33,729 0 0.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,634 — 27,794 29,428 0 0.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 29,282 — — 29,282 0 0.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 19,437 — — 19,437 0 0.0%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 16,482 — — 16,482 0 0.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 15,707 — — 15,707 0 0.0%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 12,500 2,000 — 14,500 0 0.0%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 12,800 — — 12,800 0 0.0%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 12,382 — — 12,382 0 0.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 6,160 — — 6,160 0 0.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,202 — — 4,202 0 0.0%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,740 — — 3,740 0 0.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,980 — — 2,980 0 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 696,435,908 499,970,646 −196,465,262
CONSTANȚA 1,599,044 76,832,078 +75,233,034
DOLJ 0 50,374,800 +50,374,800
CLUJ 487,195 40,482,195 +39,995,000
ILFOV 16,797,083 19,109,864 +2,312,781
GALAȚI 0 18,785,670 +18,785,670
TULCEA 0 6,624,800 +6,624,800
ALBA 3,839,411 3,839,411 0
BUZĂU 3,656,700 3,656,700 0
IAȘI 3,284,175 3,284,175 0
ARGEȘ 142,785 2,940,785 +2,798,000
OLT 1,482,799 1,482,799 0
MEHEDINȚI 965,000 965,000 0
SIBIU 904,803 904,803 0
BIHOR 886,688 886,688 0
BRAȘOV 468,869 468,869 0
TIMIȘ 138,000 138,000 0
GIURGIU 54,307 54,307 0
VRANCEA 27,794 27,794 0
NEAMȚ 50,374,800 0 −50,374,800
BACĂU 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 50.72 Mn. (6.5% 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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