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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 420

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 — 181,436 RON ARAD — 1.30 Mn. ARGEȘ — 4.80 Mn. BACĂU — 225,938 RON BIHOR — 246,938 RON BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 158,733 RON BOTOȘANI — 646,742 RON BRĂILA — 460,000 RON BRAȘOV — 7.42 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 111.52 Mn. BUZĂU — 151,564 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 283,713 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 231,495 RON CLUJ — 4.54 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 15.16 Mn. COVASNA — 89,736 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 247,597 RON DOLJ — 4.15 Mn. GALAȚI — 271,490 RON GIURGIU — 85,195 RON GORJ — 735,864 RON HARGHITA — 13.25 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 208,390 RON IALOMIȚA — 77,762 RON IAȘI — 11.22 Mn. ILFOV — 3.44 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 304,470 RON MEHEDINȚI — 60,122 RON MUREȘ — 375,803 RON NEAMȚ — 10.19 Mn. OLT — 126,505 RON PRAHOVA — 759,132 RON SĂLAJ — 1.38 Mn. SATU MARE — 335,442 RON SIBIU — 929,664 RON SUCEAVA — 3.29 Mn. TELEORMAN — 95,470 RON TIMIȘ — 3.19 Mn. TULCEA — 1.20 Mn. VÂLCEA — 8.26 Mn. VASLUI — 1.40 Mn. VRANCEA — 55,912 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 2,443,785 642,632 108,431,421 111,517,838 65 52.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 553,317 1,496 14,603,000 15,157,813 23 7.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 708,710 1,622 12,535,146 13,245,478 45 6.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 463,059 — 10,760,131 11,223,190 14 5.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 426,690 — 9,765,000 10,191,690 23 4.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 273,417 196,555 7,792,845 8,262,817 24 3.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 439,930 207,647 6,773,338 7,420,915 13 3.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,056,643 4,000 3,738,903 4,799,546 9 2.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 646,371 78,888 3,811,156 4,536,415 6 2.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,707,810 182,439 1,260,325 4,150,574 7 2.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 545,219 — 2,890,430 3,435,649 6 1.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 681,689 13,236 2,598,778 3,293,703 5 1.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 857,122 210 2,333,940 3,191,272 5 1.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 51,281 — 1,346,936 1,398,217 4 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 132,020 — 1,243,150 1,375,170 7 0.7%
ARAD West 410,058 225,891 102,942 976,000 1,304,833 3 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 183,817 — 1,016,250 1,200,067 6 0.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 625,733 68,731 235,200 929,664 2 0.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 608,833 150,299 — 759,132 1 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 238,864 — 497,000 735,864 2 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 595,664 51,078 — 646,742 2 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 460,000 — — 460,000 2 0.2%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 375,803 — — 375,803 1 0.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 335,442 — — 335,442 1 0.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 304,470 — — 304,470 1 0.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 283,713 — — 283,713 1 0.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 271,490 — — 271,490 1 0.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 247,597 — — 247,597 1 0.1%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 244,362 2,576 — 246,938 0 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 231,495 — — 231,495 1 0.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 225,938 — — 225,938 0 0.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 208,390 — — 208,390 1 0.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 180,686 750 — 181,436 1 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 157,581 1,152 — 158,733 1 0.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 151,564 — — 151,564 0 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 126,505 — — 126,505 0 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 95,470 — — 95,470 0 0.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 89,736 — — 89,736 0 0.0%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 85,195 — — 85,195 0 0.0%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 77,762 — — 77,762 0 0.0%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 60,122 — — 60,122 0 0.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 55,912 — — 55,912 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
BUZĂU 0 67,281,059 +67,281,059
BUCUREȘTI 108,431,421 40,719,433 −67,711,988
CONSTANȚA 14,603,000 14,603,000 0
HARGHITA 12,535,146 12,535,146 0
NEAMȚ 9,765,000 9,765,000 0
IAȘI 10,760,132 8,681,449 −2,078,683
VÂLCEA 7,792,845 7,792,845 0
BRAȘOV 6,773,338 6,773,338 0
CLUJ 3,811,157 3,811,157 0
ARGEȘ 3,738,903 3,738,903 0
ILFOV 2,890,430 2,890,430 0
SUCEAVA 2,598,778 2,681,078 +82,300
TIMIȘ 2,333,940 2,433,930 +99,990
VASLUI 1,346,937 1,346,937 0
DOLJ 1,260,325 1,260,325 0
SĂLAJ 1,243,150 1,243,150 0
TULCEA 1,016,250 1,016,250 0
ARAD 976,000 976,000 0
GORJ 497,000 497,000 0
GIURGIU 0 266,989 +266,989
SIBIU 235,200 235,200 0
VRANCEA 0 115,966 +115,966
BRĂILA 0 111,667 +111,667
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 63,950 +63,950
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0

Another 1.77 Mn. (0.9% 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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