Skip to content

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 426

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 — 16.50 Mn. ARAD — 2.91 Mn. ARGEȘ — 6.62 Mn. BACĂU — 6.87 Mn. BIHOR — 15.46 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.55 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 2.77 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.09 Mn. BRAȘOV — 32.63 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 185.38 Mn. BUZĂU — 3.42 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.27 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 683,853 RON CLUJ — 26.52 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 12.64 Mn. COVASNA — 3.38 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 37.81 Mn. DOLJ — 18.11 Mn. GALAȚI — 6.85 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.99 Mn. GORJ — 10.48 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.65 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 2.23 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 842,317 RON IAȘI — 10.84 Mn. ILFOV — 22.90 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 2.50 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 733,932 RON MUREȘ — 6.42 Mn. NEAMȚ — 2.45 Mn. OLT — 1.96 Mn. PRAHOVA — 21.82 Mn. SĂLAJ — 888,633 RON SATU MARE — 4.42 Mn. SIBIU — 23.58 Mn. SUCEAVA — 10.16 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.44 Mn. TIMIȘ — 14.01 Mn. TULCEA — 1.47 Mn. VÂLCEA — 13.58 Mn. VASLUI — 5.55 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.96 Mn.
Low spending High spending Boundaries: geoBoundaries

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 35,473,791 12,237,239 137,670,463 185,381,493 108 33.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,023,905 370,586 35,416,586 37,811,077 79 6.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 4,928,180 1,370,397 26,330,738 32,629,315 58 5.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 7,359,698 1,424,305 17,734,960 26,518,963 38 4.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 3,984,145 1,189,771 18,406,921 23,580,837 59 4.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 7,143,184 384,909 15,369,778 22,897,871 37 4.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,095,528 186,190 19,536,783 21,818,501 32 4.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 3,618,922 412,212 14,081,230 18,112,364 30 3.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,211,741 121,346 15,170,060 16,503,147 51 3.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,888,538 360,438 12,213,600 15,462,576 28 2.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 4,530,589 689,864 8,789,418 14,009,871 21 2.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,805,384 796,403 10,980,613 13,582,400 40 2.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 6,982,823 1,161,904 4,492,642 12,637,369 19 2.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 7,333,820 392,185 3,118,250 10,844,255 14 2.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 493,815 1,554,668 8,432,932 10,481,415 34 1.9%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,226,564 95,954 7,836,580 10,159,098 16 1.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,292,739 552,274 4,021,397 6,866,410 12 1.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 3,833,314 796,085 2,219,932 6,849,331 14 1.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 4,032,305 137,521 2,453,014 6,622,840 12 1.2%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 2,969,758 335,664 3,113,763 6,419,185 12 1.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 987,605 67,099 4,499,860 5,554,564 15 1.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,737,610 220,482 1,461,420 4,419,512 13 0.8%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,662,039 103,370 2,196,799 3,962,208 12 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,291,781 130,651 — 3,422,432 9 0.6%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 642,686 2,120 2,733,530 3,378,336 17 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 2,130,175 61,787 714,626 2,906,588 7 0.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,652,044 39,012 78,494 2,769,550 7 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,708,254 245,947 692,800 2,647,001 9 0.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,928,052 47,794 525,000 2,500,846 6 0.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 839,647 38,754 1,570,569 2,448,970 6 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 941,167 58,319 1,274,892 2,274,378 8 0.4%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,047,422 242,593 936,954 2,226,969 6 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,497,464 11,807 578,575 2,087,846 8 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 684,084 56,033 1,252,781 1,992,898 8 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 860,128 215,148 881,375 1,956,651 5 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,078,683 175,064 299,294 1,553,041 5 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,051,925 101,476 319,823 1,473,224 8 0.3%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,006,585 12,295 420,000 1,438,880 5 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 622,213 266,420 — 888,633 4 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 791,312 51,005 — 842,317 3 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 723,970 9,962 — 733,932 3 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 677,735 6,118 — 683,853 3 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 137,670,462 75,805,420 −61,865,042
DÂMBOVIȚA 35,416,586 35,416,586 0
BRAȘOV 26,330,738 32,163,157 +5,832,419
DOLJ 14,081,230 31,043,323 +16,962,093
PRAHOVA 19,536,783 23,213,111 +3,676,328
SIBIU 18,406,921 17,646,074 −760,847
CLUJ 17,734,959 17,194,483 −540,476
ALBA 15,170,060 15,178,835 +8,775
ILFOV 15,369,778 13,704,678 −1,665,100
BUZĂU 0 12,841,905 +12,841,905
VÂLCEA 10,980,613 11,261,613 +281,000
TIMIȘ 8,789,418 8,202,698 −586,720
SUCEAVA 7,836,580 7,836,580 0
SĂLAJ 0 7,346,121 +7,346,121
ARGEȘ 2,453,014 6,825,221 +4,372,207
CĂLĂRAȘI 1,274,892 6,283,206 +5,008,314
BIHOR 12,213,600 5,617,069 −6,596,531
MUREȘ 3,113,763 5,394,438 +2,280,675
CONSTANȚA 4,492,642 4,797,247 +304,605
VASLUI 4,499,860 4,751,799 +251,939
BACĂU 4,021,397 4,021,397 0
IAȘI 3,118,249 3,328,099 +209,850
COVASNA 2,733,530 3,172,030 +438,500
VRANCEA 2,196,799 2,922,079 +725,280
NEAMȚ 1,570,569 2,702,173 +1,131,604
ARAD 714,626 2,596,070 +1,881,444
GALAȚI 2,219,932 2,281,678 +61,746
SATU MARE 1,461,420 1,710,643 +249,223
GORJ 8,432,933 1,608,996 −6,823,937
GIURGIU 1,252,781 1,252,781 0
OLT 881,375 1,148,765 +267,390
HUNEDOARA 936,954 936,954 0
MARAMUREȘ 525,000 836,000 +311,000
HARGHITA 692,800 815,545 +122,745
BRĂILA 578,575 578,575 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 452,000 +452,000
TELEORMAN 420,000 420,000 0
TULCEA 319,823 319,823 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 299,294 299,294 0
BOTOȘANI 78,494 91,392 +12,898
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0

Another 13.81 Mn. (3.6% 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

Open data and API