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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 37

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 — 18.36 Mn. ARAD — 34.08 Mn. ARGEȘ — 24.52 Mn. BACĂU — 26.69 Mn. BIHOR — 27.34 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 17.22 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 15.14 Mn. BRĂILA — 14.53 Mn. BRAȘOV — 77.57 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 218.49 Mn. BUZĂU — 16.65 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 10.72 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 9.69 Mn. CLUJ — 58.65 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 143.35 Mn. COVASNA — 14.59 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 15.67 Mn. DOLJ — 43.89 Mn. GALAȚI — 16.72 Mn. GIURGIU — 7.35 Mn. GORJ — 14.49 Mn. HARGHITA — 20.57 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 17.85 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 9.20 Mn. IAȘI — 39.78 Mn. ILFOV — 27.99 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 29.12 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 10.19 Mn. MUREȘ — 30.64 Mn. NEAMȚ — 22.88 Mn. OLT — 16.97 Mn. PRAHOVA — 25.45 Mn. SĂLAJ — 12.38 Mn. SATU MARE — 17.58 Mn. SIBIU — 27.66 Mn. SUCEAVA — 24.53 Mn. TELEORMAN — 14.87 Mn. TIMIȘ — 38.05 Mn. TULCEA — 9.73 Mn. VÂLCEA — 14.91 Mn. VASLUI — 13.33 Mn. VRANCEA — 14.22 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 1,713,832 127,149,023 6,651,940 84,692,292 218,493,255 127 17.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 30,142,545 990,355 112,214,763 143,347,663 218 11.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 39,998,108 1,457,522 36,112,262 77,567,892 137 6.1%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 39,907,572 1,634,230 17,110,977 58,652,779 84 4.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 16,187,609 1,018,070 26,687,151 43,892,830 74 3.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 28,222,644 1,129,983 10,426,308 39,778,935 51 3.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 30,137,224 1,751,193 6,162,998 38,051,415 57 3.0%
ARAD West 410,058 24,172,855 1,879,209 8,028,170 34,080,234 83 2.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 22,338,826 4,086,115 4,215,092 30,640,033 59 2.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 19,899,373 1,051,953 8,167,973 29,119,299 65 2.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 24,774,555 642,433 2,570,075 27,987,063 45 2.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 20,758,831 3,146,526 3,753,109 27,658,466 70 2.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 21,537,416 1,996,743 3,805,818 27,339,977 49 2.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 19,936,954 779,375 5,973,862 26,690,191 45 2.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 18,306,087 912,271 6,233,337 25,451,695 37 2.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 20,242,612 748,800 3,538,336 24,529,748 38 1.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 16,800,962 675,258 7,039,528 24,515,748 44 1.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 13,567,870 467,466 8,841,548 22,876,884 51 1.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 16,831,100 634,950 3,101,769 20,567,819 70 1.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 13,542,409 500,425 4,321,385 18,364,219 57 1.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 15,019,167 304,838 2,523,225 17,847,230 51 1.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 13,377,666 766,752 3,430,790 17,575,208 53 1.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 11,151,732 1,059,573 5,005,232 17,216,537 58 1.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 14,611,809 98,478 2,264,080 16,974,367 46 1.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 11,138,078 835,631 4,748,663 16,722,372 34 1.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 15,904,213 250,224 495,086 16,649,523 42 1.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 11,278,554 205,906 4,181,962 15,666,422 33 1.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 10,802,642 416,330 3,917,978 15,136,950 39 1.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 10,315,311 1,317,495 3,273,282 14,906,088 44 1.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 12,217,549 151,803 2,500,731 14,870,083 48 1.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 9,724,895 694,154 4,174,460 14,593,509 73 1.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 9,121,670 220,505 5,186,446 14,528,621 54 1.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 11,123,245 343,470 3,020,738 14,487,453 47 1.2%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 10,961,418 210,267 3,050,136 14,221,821 43 1.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 9,568,536 948,714 2,808,558 13,325,808 37 1.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 9,650,604 259,562 2,465,011 12,375,177 59 1.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 8,160,875 453,226 2,108,044 10,722,145 39 0.9%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 5,266,271 144,644 4,779,269 10,190,184 45 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 7,548,235 266,277 1,916,612 9,731,124 52 0.8%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 8,238,354 65,102 1,383,061 9,686,517 40 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 8,695,783 138,330 365,220 9,199,333 37 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 6,080,006 111,300 1,162,477 7,353,783 28 0.6%

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
CONSTANȚA 112,214,763 118,426,863 +6,212,100
BUCUREȘTI 84,692,295 74,084,826 −10,607,469
BRAȘOV 36,112,263 36,857,759 +745,496
DOLJ 26,687,151 26,730,151 +43,000
CLUJ 17,110,977 16,845,818 −265,159
IAȘI 10,426,307 9,857,736 −568,571
MARAMUREȘ 8,167,973 8,238,129 +70,156
ARGEȘ 7,039,528 8,153,507 +1,113,979
ARAD 8,028,170 7,886,920 −141,250
BACĂU 5,973,862 6,925,160 +951,298
PRAHOVA 6,233,337 6,391,982 +158,645
TIMIȘ 6,162,998 6,162,998 0
NEAMȚ 8,841,548 5,080,385 −3,761,163
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 5,005,232 5,005,232 0
BRĂILA 5,186,446 4,964,067 −222,379
GALAȚI 4,748,663 4,935,929 +187,266
MEHEDINȚI 4,779,269 4,779,269 0
MUREȘ 4,215,092 4,307,863 +92,771
ALBA 4,321,385 4,272,315 −49,070
COVASNA 4,174,460 4,174,460 0
BIHOR 3,805,818 4,022,032 +216,214
BOTOȘANI 3,917,977 4,012,011 +94,034
DÂMBOVIȚA 4,181,963 3,954,569 −227,394
SIBIU 3,753,109 3,633,236 −119,873
SATU MARE 3,430,790 3,430,790 0
SUCEAVA 3,538,336 3,368,068 −170,268
VÂLCEA 3,273,282 3,310,562 +37,280
ILFOV 2,570,076 3,073,923 +503,847
VRANCEA 3,050,136 3,061,956 +11,820
HARGHITA 3,101,769 3,053,104 −48,665
VASLUI 2,808,558 2,991,363 +182,805
GORJ 3,020,738 2,868,533 −152,205
HUNEDOARA 2,523,225 2,532,213 +8,988
SĂLAJ 2,465,011 2,465,011 0
TELEORMAN 2,500,731 2,362,325 −138,406
BUZĂU 495,086 2,334,160 +1,839,074
CĂLĂRAȘI 2,108,043 2,228,173 +120,130
TULCEA 1,916,612 1,881,792 −34,820
OLT 2,264,081 1,591,460 −672,621
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 1,383,061 1,429,061 +46,000
GIURGIU 1,162,477 1,101,067 −61,410
IALOMIȚA 365,220 365,220 0

Another 4.61 Mn. (1.1% 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/dimensions
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  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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