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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 374

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 — 10.23 Mn. ARAD — 22.30 Mn. ARGEȘ — 15.04 Mn. BACĂU — 14.84 Mn. BIHOR — 13.71 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 9.06 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 6.45 Mn. BRĂILA — 6.80 Mn. BRAȘOV — 35.10 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 143.51 Mn. BUZĂU — 9.25 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 6.32 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 7.30 Mn. CLUJ — 22.14 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 130.32 Mn. COVASNA — 5.90 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 9.75 Mn. DOLJ — 14.49 Mn. GALAȚI — 12.56 Mn. GIURGIU — 4.47 Mn. GORJ — 7.66 Mn. HARGHITA — 12.94 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 11.54 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 4.66 Mn. IAȘI — 14.17 Mn. ILFOV — 17.98 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 13.32 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 3.89 Mn. MUREȘ — 16.52 Mn. NEAMȚ — 12.62 Mn. OLT — 9.55 Mn. PRAHOVA — 16.99 Mn. SĂLAJ — 6.99 Mn. SATU MARE — 8.01 Mn. SIBIU — 16.62 Mn. SUCEAVA — 13.18 Mn. TELEORMAN — 7.35 Mn. TIMIȘ — 19.70 Mn. TULCEA — 4.08 Mn. VÂLCEA — 9.05 Mn. VASLUI — 7.65 Mn. VRANCEA — 8.83 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 82,828,139 4,738,884 55,942,122 143,509,145 84 19.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 19,807,602 541,465 109,972,213 130,321,280 199 17.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 24,657,560 528,916 9,917,322 35,103,798 62 4.7%
ARAD West 410,058 15,139,944 1,288,685 5,870,590 22,299,219 54 3.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 16,509,344 879,176 4,747,719 22,136,239 32 3.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 17,588,441 913,903 1,201,359 19,703,703 29 2.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 15,630,363 393,708 1,955,892 17,979,963 29 2.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 12,256,670 337,446 4,395,659 16,989,775 25 2.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 11,495,747 1,577,874 3,544,781 16,618,402 42 2.2%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 13,511,472 820,921 2,188,323 16,520,716 32 2.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 10,197,521 492,985 4,352,137 15,042,643 27 2.0%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 11,067,676 631,802 3,139,233 14,838,711 25 2.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 10,229,034 894,382 3,362,792 14,486,208 24 2.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 11,042,300 326,081 2,804,180 14,172,561 18 1.9%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 10,686,747 1,007,391 2,014,633 13,708,771 25 1.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 9,288,324 679,010 3,353,132 13,320,466 30 1.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 10,466,282 424,533 2,287,041 13,177,856 20 1.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 10,533,563 179,275 2,230,105 12,942,943 44 1.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 7,131,102 255,545 5,230,656 12,617,303 28 1.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 7,058,867 747,484 4,748,663 12,555,014 26 1.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 9,803,879 150,058 1,588,155 11,542,092 33 1.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 8,289,862 129,410 1,807,113 10,226,385 31 1.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 6,496,560 69,620 3,185,211 9,751,391 20 1.3%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 8,156,765 56,717 1,333,657 9,547,139 26 1.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 8,623,553 130,664 495,086 9,249,303 24 1.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 7,049,707 645,037 1,360,937 9,055,681 30 1.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 7,482,824 1,022,113 540,353 9,045,290 27 1.2%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 7,014,429 187,367 1,627,422 8,829,218 27 1.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 5,709,496 611,774 1,686,225 8,007,495 24 1.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 7,150,082 115,220 391,467 7,656,769 25 1.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 5,233,663 616,471 1,798,278 7,648,412 21 1.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 5,977,729 111,702 1,260,348 7,349,779 24 1.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 5,859,517 55,111 1,383,061 7,297,689 30 1.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 5,091,569 184,843 1,710,583 6,986,995 33 0.9%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,537,776 127,431 3,135,294 6,800,501 25 0.9%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,899,223 206,691 1,345,751 6,451,665 17 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,954,285 257,319 2,108,044 6,319,648 23 0.9%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 4,810,623 402,363 685,180 5,898,166 30 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,648,194 13,460 — 4,661,654 19 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 3,307,870 44,960 1,119,677 4,472,507 17 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 3,564,333 190,008 330,555 4,084,896 22 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 3,093,691 84,707 713,510 3,891,908 17 0.5%

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 109,972,213 116,184,313 +6,212,100
BUCUREȘTI 55,942,123 45,846,081 −10,096,042
BRAȘOV 9,917,322 10,668,289 +750,967
ARAD 5,870,590 5,729,340 −141,250
ARGEȘ 4,352,137 5,473,115 +1,120,978
GALAȚI 4,748,663 4,935,929 +187,266
CLUJ 4,747,719 4,747,719 0
PRAHOVA 4,395,659 4,554,304 +158,645
BACĂU 3,139,233 3,947,597 +808,364
NEAMȚ 5,230,656 3,659,405 −1,571,251
SIBIU 3,544,781 3,424,908 −119,873
MARAMUREȘ 3,353,132 3,423,288 +70,156
DOLJ 3,362,793 3,405,793 +43,000
DÂMBOVIȚA 3,185,212 3,176,597 −8,615
BRĂILA 3,135,294 3,086,184 −49,110
ILFOV 1,955,892 2,602,673 +646,781
IAȘI 2,804,180 2,452,684 −351,496
MUREȘ 2,188,323 2,288,973 +100,650
HARGHITA 2,230,105 2,181,440 −48,665
SUCEAVA 2,287,041 2,127,953 −159,088
BIHOR 2,014,633 2,055,740 +41,107
CĂLĂRAȘI 2,108,043 2,021,188 −86,855
VASLUI 1,798,278 1,938,283 +140,005
ALBA 1,807,113 1,758,043 −49,070
SĂLAJ 1,710,583 1,710,583 0
SATU MARE 1,686,225 1,686,225 0
VRANCEA 1,627,422 1,639,242 +11,820
HUNEDOARA 1,588,155 1,588,155 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 1,383,061 1,429,061 +46,000
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,360,937 1,360,937 0
BOTOȘANI 1,345,751 1,345,751 0
TELEORMAN 1,260,348 1,242,548 −17,800
TIMIȘ 1,201,359 1,201,359 0
GIURGIU 1,119,677 1,101,067 −18,610
MEHEDINȚI 713,510 713,510 0
COVASNA 685,180 685,180 0
OLT 1,333,658 661,037 −672,621
VÂLCEA 540,353 577,633 +37,280
GORJ 391,467 432,067 +40,600
BUZĂU 495,086 405,339 −89,747
TULCEA 330,555 330,555 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0

Another 3.06 Mn. (1.2% 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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