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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 425

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 — 3.69 Mn. ARAD — 4.37 Mn. ARGEȘ — 12.49 Mn. BACĂU — 6.14 Mn. BIHOR — 18.66 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 2.72 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 4.38 Mn. BRĂILA — 4.56 Mn. BRAȘOV — 20.13 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 534.25 Mn. BUZĂU — 3.79 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.91 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.66 Mn. CLUJ — 29.79 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 20.23 Mn. COVASNA — 1.64 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.45 Mn. DOLJ — 11.64 Mn. GALAȚI — 6.63 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.64 Mn. GORJ — 15.22 Mn. HARGHITA — 3.63 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 7.37 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.69 Mn. IAȘI — 24.98 Mn. ILFOV — 19.78 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 15.54 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.22 Mn. MUREȘ — 9.04 Mn. NEAMȚ — 2.86 Mn. OLT — 2.90 Mn. PRAHOVA — 23.79 Mn. SĂLAJ — 2.89 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.33 Mn. SIBIU — 20.24 Mn. SUCEAVA — 5.75 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.05 Mn. TIMIȘ — 42.00 Mn. TULCEA — 2.17 Mn. VÂLCEA — 4.76 Mn. VASLUI — 4.52 Mn. VRANCEA — 4.07 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 83,569,670 18,382,122 432,299,447 534,251,239 312 58.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 16,558,814 1,007,225 24,438,589 42,004,628 62 4.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 15,031,507 2,152,792 12,608,060 29,792,359 42 3.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 11,885,144 754,100 12,337,392 24,976,636 32 2.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 5,587,240 280,431 17,922,157 23,789,828 35 2.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 4,738,062 1,071,404 14,435,282 20,244,748 51 2.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 9,946,127 1,256,992 9,025,741 20,228,860 31 2.2%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 7,007,342 910,221 12,214,470 20,132,033 36 2.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 11,419,302 637,996 7,718,897 19,776,195 32 2.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,184,087 501,739 12,979,157 18,664,983 33 2.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,366,554 309,387 12,867,637 15,543,578 34 1.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,844,521 570,545 12,806,448 15,221,514 50 1.7%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 6,029,809 264,646 6,195,279 12,489,734 22 1.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,896,313 1,767,858 4,980,024 11,644,195 20 1.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 5,884,106 469,863 2,682,000 9,035,969 17 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,419,725 59,670 4,890,783 7,370,178 21 0.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 5,296,237 315,009 1,015,382 6,626,628 14 0.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 4,950,734 322,544 864,678 6,137,956 10 0.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 5,021,681 62,416 670,508 5,754,605 9 0.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 3,340,540 383,745 1,725,834 5,450,119 11 0.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,515,919 440,869 802,748 4,759,536 14 0.5%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 4,219,676 51,901 283,865 4,555,442 17 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,917,651 270,444 1,335,808 4,523,903 12 0.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,418,580 115,342 1,841,546 4,375,468 11 0.5%
ARAD West 410,058 3,356,263 226,712 789,005 4,371,980 11 0.5%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,168,059 70,714 835,713 4,074,486 12 0.4%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,504,442 101,552 182,654 3,788,648 10 0.4%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,448,120 91,721 149,990 3,689,831 11 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,535,934 96,142 — 3,632,076 12 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,764,065 202,363 367,288 3,333,716 10 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,064,856 31,248 811,782 2,907,886 10 0.3%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,077,466 22,507 803,363 2,903,336 8 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,715,489 216,797 956,673 2,888,959 14 0.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,703,587 157,083 440 2,861,110 6 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,227,268 103,489 393,304 2,724,061 9 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,604,925 16,306 552,240 2,173,471 12 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,605,622 44,133 398,000 2,047,755 7 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,145,615 42,882 500,000 1,688,497 7 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,633,505 26,428 — 1,659,933 7 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 939,191 22,072 681,993 1,643,256 6 0.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,449,229 193,847 — 1,643,076 8 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,178,417 38,920 — 1,217,337 5 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 432,299,444 252,702,757 −179,596,687
TIMIȘ 24,438,589 114,730,390 +90,291,801
BRAȘOV 12,214,470 71,476,399 +59,261,929
PRAHOVA 17,922,157 31,514,227 +13,592,070
SIBIU 14,435,282 14,140,266 −295,016
BIHOR 12,979,157 13,022,693 +43,536
CLUJ 12,608,060 12,929,466 +321,406
MARAMUREȘ 12,867,637 12,867,637 0
IAȘI 12,337,393 11,041,936 −1,295,457
CONSTANȚA 9,025,741 9,660,782 +635,041
GORJ 12,806,448 8,291,682 −4,514,766
ARGEȘ 6,195,279 8,155,125 +1,959,846
ILFOV 7,718,897 6,146,263 −1,572,634
DOLJ 4,980,024 5,697,563 +717,539
HUNEDOARA 4,890,783 5,038,004 +147,221
MUREȘ 2,682,000 4,049,445 +1,367,445
BOTOȘANI 1,841,547 1,919,841 +78,294
BACĂU 864,678 1,810,623 +945,945
DÂMBOVIȚA 1,725,834 1,725,834 0
VASLUI 1,335,808 1,380,808 +45,000
OLT 803,363 1,272,346 +468,983
CĂLĂRAȘI 811,782 985,798 +174,016
GALAȚI 1,015,382 965,043 −50,339
ARAD 789,005 964,505 +175,500
SĂLAJ 956,673 956,673 0
VÂLCEA 802,748 739,648 −63,100
SUCEAVA 670,508 683,902 +13,394
GIURGIU 681,993 681,993 0
TULCEA 552,240 627,096 +74,856
IALOMIȚA 500,000 610,164 +110,164
SATU MARE 367,288 592,567 +225,279
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 393,304 461,199 +67,895
MEHEDINȚI 0 460,380 +460,380
TELEORMAN 398,000 398,000 0
BRĂILA 283,865 298,246 +14,381
BUZĂU 182,654 182,654 0
VRANCEA 835,713 175,855 −659,858
ALBA 149,990 149,990 0
NEAMȚ 440 54,968 +54,528
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 53,454 +53,454
HARGHITA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0

Another 16.75 Mn. (2.7% 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

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  • /api/v1/stats/dimensions
  • /api/v1/stats/periods
  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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