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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 373

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 — 1.31 Mn. ARAD — 3.89 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.05 Mn. BACĂU — 4.10 Mn. BIHOR — 3.50 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.11 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 2.70 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.01 Mn. BRAȘOV — 9.22 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 31.00 Mn. BUZĂU — 293,767 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 318,199 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 198,770 RON CLUJ — 22.21 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 2.44 Mn. COVASNA — 1.35 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 648,622 RON DOLJ — 1.58 Mn. GALAȚI — 1.17 Mn. GIURGIU — 119,713 RON GORJ — 1.22 Mn. HARGHITA — 1.77 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 826,200 RON IALOMIȚA — 259,075 RON IAȘI — 8.28 Mn. ILFOV — 711,586 RON MARAMUREȘ — 888,477 RON MEHEDINȚI — 1.36 Mn. MUREȘ — 2.43 Mn. NEAMȚ — 3.46 Mn. OLT — 832,315 RON PRAHOVA — 2.99 Mn. SĂLAJ — 644,691 RON SATU MARE — 3.80 Mn. SIBIU — 3.66 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.21 Mn. TELEORMAN — 307,388 RON TIMIȘ — 6.51 Mn. TULCEA — 742,854 RON VÂLCEA — 873,257 RON VASLUI — 1.09 Mn. VRANCEA — 761,302 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 14,425,789 154,148 16,420,531 31,000,468 18 22.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 13,104,899 197,784 8,902,863 22,205,546 32 16.1%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 5,835,410 320,189 3,063,385 9,218,984 16 6.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 6,046,707 213,121 2,020,027 8,279,855 11 6.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 2,818,580 558,803 3,134,147 6,511,530 10 4.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,993,350 5,848 1,098,062 4,097,260 7 3.0%
ARAD West 410,058 1,979,197 152,459 1,760,000 3,891,656 9 2.8%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,908,620 9,199 881,980 3,799,799 12 2.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,726,396 905,466 31,558 3,663,420 9 2.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,068,074 398,705 1,033,397 3,500,176 6 2.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 965,200 78,377 2,411,597 3,455,174 8 2.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,825,099 9,576 214,493 3,049,168 5 2.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,496,154 130,935 1,366,157 2,993,246 4 2.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,039,002 22,378 636,986 2,698,366 7 2.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 1,495,193 63,344 876,653 2,435,190 4 1.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 927,228 501,006 1,000,823 2,429,057 5 1.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,534,056 23,828 655,871 2,213,755 3 1.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,678,032 71 329,643 2,007,746 7 1.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,291,721 41,992 438,598 1,772,311 6 1.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,396,510 10,641 168,193 1,575,344 3 1.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 188,774 — 1,173,914 1,362,688 6 1.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,090,037 259,927 — 1,349,964 7 1.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 717,927 71,851 519,072 1,308,850 4 1.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 647,288 — 571,304 1,218,592 4 0.9%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,120,808 51,303 — 1,172,111 2 0.9%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 749,629 49,217 306,160 1,105,006 4 0.8%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 415,787 17,690 653,475 1,086,952 3 0.8%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 728,333 18,226 141,918 888,477 2 0.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 361,673 177,298 334,286 873,257 3 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 534,859 174 297,282 832,315 2 0.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 779,130 47,070 — 826,200 2 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 678,849 882 81,571 761,302 2 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 740,124 2,730 — 742,854 4 0.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 250,787 — 460,799 711,586 1 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 555,134 — 93,488 648,622 1 0.5%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 375,778 52,522 216,391 644,691 3 0.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 318,199 — — 318,199 1 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 254,729 7,635 45,024 307,388 1 0.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 276,500 17,267 — 293,767 1 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 243,155 15,920 — 259,075 1 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 191,165 7,605 — 198,770 1 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 111,366 8,347 — 119,713 0 0.1%

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 16,420,532 16,420,532 0
CLUJ 8,902,863 8,902,863 0
TIMIȘ 3,134,147 3,134,147 0
BRAȘOV 3,063,385 3,057,914 −5,471
BUZĂU 0 1,928,821 +1,928,821
ARAD 1,760,000 1,760,000 0
IAȘI 2,020,025 1,621,876 −398,149
PRAHOVA 1,366,157 1,366,157 0
MEHEDINȚI 1,173,914 1,173,914 0
BACĂU 1,098,062 1,098,062 0
MUREȘ 1,000,823 1,040,978 +40,155
BIHOR 1,033,397 1,033,397 0
SATU MARE 881,980 881,980 0
CONSTANȚA 876,653 876,653 0
SUCEAVA 655,871 655,871 0
VASLUI 653,475 653,475 0
BOTOȘANI 636,986 636,986 0
GORJ 571,304 571,304 0
ALBA 519,072 519,072 0
ILFOV 460,799 460,799 0
HARGHITA 438,598 438,598 0
VÂLCEA 334,286 334,286 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 306,160 306,160 0
OLT 297,282 297,282 0
SĂLAJ 216,391 216,391 0
ARGEȘ 214,493 214,493 0
BRĂILA 329,643 194,645 −134,998
DOLJ 168,193 168,193 0
NEAMȚ 2,411,597 145,725 −2,265,872
MARAMUREȘ 141,918 141,918 0
VRANCEA 81,571 81,571 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 93,488 53,333 −40,155
TELEORMAN 45,024 45,024 0
SIBIU 31,558 31,558 0
HUNEDOARA 0 5,471 +5,471
COVASNA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0

Another 870,198 RON (1.7% 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

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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