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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 383

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 — 2.20 Mn. ARAD — 2.43 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.02 Mn. BACĂU — 822,357 RON BIHOR — 1.62 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 777,800 RON BOTOȘANI — 519,357 RON BRĂILA — 223,569 RON BRAȘOV — 5.31 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 162.63 Mn. BUZĂU — 897,817 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 804,599 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 294,070 RON CLUJ — 25.69 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 3.57 Mn. COVASNA — 308,053 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.53 Mn. DOLJ — 40.41 Mn. GALAȚI — 6.27 Mn. GIURGIU — 136,890 RON GORJ — 1.08 Mn. HARGHITA — 415,785 RON HUNEDOARA — 1.97 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 314,261 RON IAȘI — 25.13 Mn. ILFOV — 36.53 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 558,298 RON MEHEDINȚI — 244,018 RON MUREȘ — 1.22 Mn. NEAMȚ — 686,032 RON OLT — 478,753 RON PRAHOVA — 1.56 Mn. SĂLAJ — 175,432 RON SATU MARE — 372,488 RON SIBIU — 1.99 Mn. SUCEAVA — 6.76 Mn. TELEORMAN — 292,995 RON TIMIȘ — 9.81 Mn. TULCEA — 1.31 Mn. VÂLCEA — 1.06 Mn. VASLUI — 489,822 RON VRANCEA — 441,251 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 22,233,842 5,666,557 134,729,752 162,630,151 95 46.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,420,526 41,146 38,944,655 40,406,327 68 11.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 10,771,236 439,674 25,321,892 36,532,802 59 10.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 4,370,905 490,496 20,830,826 25,692,227 37 7.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 4,165,293 151,498 20,811,683 25,128,474 32 7.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 2,195,486 242,061 7,368,968 9,806,515 15 2.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,420,086 252 5,341,912 6,762,250 10 1.9%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,280,224 61,525 4,923,790 6,265,539 13 1.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 1,838,180 123,598 3,347,723 5,309,501 9 1.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 2,263,729 359,261 944,305 3,567,295 5 1.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,258,497 23,163 739,779 3,021,439 5 0.9%
ARAD West 410,058 476,642 35,851 1,917,229 2,429,722 6 0.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 582,634 1,359 1,619,863 2,203,856 7 0.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 871,892 249,882 871,637 1,993,411 5 0.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 702,351 267,012 1,002,970 1,972,333 6 0.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 960,308 124,886 534,803 1,619,997 3 0.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 885,531 158,768 517,900 1,562,199 2 0.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 612,963 750 916,170 1,529,883 3 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 953,424 1,665 352,940 1,308,029 7 0.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,199,039 23,517 — 1,222,556 2 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 226,304 262,019 594,842 1,083,165 4 0.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 812,905 154,722 96,918 1,064,545 3 0.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 897,817 — — 897,817 2 0.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 668,481 125,762 28,114 822,357 1 0.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 640,429 12,259 151,911 804,599 3 0.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 300,563 2,195 475,042 777,800 3 0.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 625,977 40,555 19,500 686,032 2 0.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 544,082 14,216 — 558,298 1 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 359,639 686 159,032 519,357 1 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 411,029 11,049 67,744 489,822 1 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 478,473 280 — 478,753 1 0.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 419,036 22,215 — 441,251 1 0.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 203,352 55,833 156,600 415,785 1 0.1%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 351,785 11,603 9,100 372,488 1 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 284,887 29,374 — 314,261 1 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 304,553 3,500 — 308,053 2 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 126,820 5,635 161,615 294,070 1 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 286,460 6,535 — 292,995 1 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 242,989 1,029 — 244,018 1 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 221,603 1,966 — 223,569 1 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 174,676 756 — 175,432 1 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 136,630 260 — 136,890 1 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 134,729,752 102,756,900 −31,972,852
DOLJ 38,944,656 39,165,994 +221,338
ILFOV 25,321,893 24,245,727 −1,076,166
IAȘI 20,811,684 20,509,305 −302,379
CLUJ 20,830,826 19,931,626 −899,200
ARGEȘ 739,779 14,478,409 +13,738,630
TIMIȘ 7,368,968 7,421,894 +52,926
CONSTANȚA 944,305 6,822,267 +5,877,962
BRĂILA 0 5,492,232 +5,492,232
SUCEAVA 5,341,912 5,376,912 +35,000
GALAȚI 4,923,791 4,899,020 −24,771
BRAȘOV 3,347,723 3,745,111 +397,388
TULCEA 352,940 2,249,108 +1,896,168
ALBA 1,619,863 2,096,633 +476,770
MEHEDINȚI 0 2,052,097 +2,052,097
ARAD 1,917,229 1,942,169 +24,940
HUNEDOARA 1,002,970 1,213,522 +210,552
DÂMBOVIȚA 916,170 916,170 0
SIBIU 871,637 619,084 −252,553
BIHOR 534,803 576,821 +42,018
PRAHOVA 517,900 557,322 +39,422
MARAMUREȘ 0 517,100 +517,100
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 475,042 475,042 0
VÂLCEA 96,918 462,399 +365,481
BOTOȘANI 159,032 351,881 +192,849
GORJ 594,842 338,119 −256,723
MUREȘ 0 306,077 +306,077
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 161,615 174,460 +12,845
HARGHITA 156,600 156,600 0
VASLUI 67,743 99,643 +31,900
BACĂU 28,114 98,264 +70,150
NEAMȚ 19,500 85,180 +65,680
BUZĂU 0 39,116 +39,116
VRANCEA 0 12,390 +12,390
SATU MARE 9,100 9,100 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 151,911 0 −151,911
OLT 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0

Another 2.77 Mn. (1.0% 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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