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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 431

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 — 1.10 Mn. ARAD — 1.26 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.29 Mn. BACĂU — 1.16 Mn. BIHOR — 1.38 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.14 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 907,359 RON BRĂILA — 1.16 Mn. BRAȘOV — 1.04 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 119.65 Mn. BUZĂU — 997,968 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.77 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 734,994 RON CLUJ — 2.36 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 5.50 Mn. COVASNA — 425,910 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 784,974 RON DOLJ — 7.13 Mn. GALAȚI — 2.42 Mn. GIURGIU — 615,418 RON GORJ — 1.17 Mn. HARGHITA — 1.72 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 5.26 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.44 Mn. IAȘI — 1.12 Mn. ILFOV — 2.37 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.04 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 385,616 RON MUREȘ — 13.20 Mn. NEAMȚ — 2.71 Mn. OLT — 1.21 Mn. PRAHOVA — 2.00 Mn. SĂLAJ — 142,673 RON SATU MARE — 1.05 Mn. SIBIU — 255.02 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.45 Mn. TELEORMAN — 551,427 RON TIMIȘ — 8.93 Mn. TULCEA — 1.11 Mn. VÂLCEA — 513,146 RON VASLUI — 1.30 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.42 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
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,374,672 413,982 253,234,123 255,022,777 643 55.3%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 2,184,857 361,517 117,105,509 119,651,883 70 26.0%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 929,325 688,329 11,587,140 13,204,794 25 2.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 1,171,066 19,006 7,743,689 8,933,761 13 1.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,868,229 59,135 5,202,000 7,129,364 12 1.6%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 3,056,863 462,147 1,977,911 5,496,921 8 1.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,037,564 101,147 4,117,188 5,255,899 15 1.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,168,594 61,479 1,063,851 3,293,924 6 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 675,555 3,257 2,034,847 2,713,659 6 0.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,042,140 17,952 388,839 2,448,931 4 0.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,254,320 894 1,161,289 2,416,503 5 0.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,364,729 3,630 — 2,368,359 4 0.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 1,225,383 51,825 1,081,000 2,358,208 3 0.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,980,161 20,948 — 2,001,109 3 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,751,267 15,111 — 1,766,378 6 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,707,969 14,118 — 1,722,087 6 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 806,860 225,513 407,420 1,439,793 6 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,324,590 97,587 — 1,422,177 4 0.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,257,430 120,883 — 1,378,313 2 0.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,289,935 6,029 — 1,295,964 4 0.3%
ARAD West 410,058 1,246,416 18,129 — 1,264,545 3 0.3%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,200,446 5,941 — 1,206,387 3 0.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,077,740 26,187 64,803 1,168,730 4 0.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,033,818 123,165 — 1,156,983 2 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,156,615 — — 1,156,615 4 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,109,378 33,071 — 1,142,449 4 0.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 895,499 862 228,500 1,124,861 1 0.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,099,105 8,134 — 1,107,239 6 0.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,103,038 647 — 1,103,685 3 0.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 810,910 144,497 95,794 1,051,201 3 0.2%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 1,035,355 6,743 — 1,042,098 2 0.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 757,185 8,025 271,731 1,036,941 2 0.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 985,011 12,957 — 997,968 3 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 726,113 11,454 169,792 907,359 2 0.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 676,656 108,318 — 784,974 2 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 732,721 2,273 — 734,994 3 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 606,661 8,757 — 615,418 2 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 550,029 1,398 — 551,427 2 0.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 455,379 57,767 — 513,146 2 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 424,160 1,750 — 425,910 2 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 361,420 24,196 — 385,616 2 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 142,673 — — 142,673 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
SIBIU 253,234,124 248,343,112 −4,891,012
MUREȘ 11,587,140 13,194,472 +1,607,332
TIMIȘ 7,743,689 8,013,489 +269,800
BUCUREȘTI 117,105,509 5,727,786 −111,377,723
DOLJ 5,202,000 5,266,803 +64,803
HUNEDOARA 4,117,188 4,159,849 +42,661
PRAHOVA 0 2,726,895 +2,726,895
VÂLCEA 0 2,079,782 +2,079,782
TULCEA 0 2,035,000 +2,035,000
NEAMȚ 2,034,847 2,034,847 0
CONSTANȚA 1,977,911 1,977,911 0
ARGEȘ 1,063,851 1,217,151 +153,300
GALAȚI 1,161,289 1,161,289 0
CLUJ 1,081,000 1,081,000 0
BUZĂU 0 556,785 +556,785
IALOMIȚA 407,420 407,420 0
SUCEAVA 388,839 388,839 0
BRAȘOV 0 306,076 +306,076
MARAMUREȘ 271,731 271,731 0
BACĂU 0 184,600 +184,600
BOTOȘANI 169,792 169,792 0
OLT 0 163,533 +163,533
SATU MARE 95,794 101,794 +6,000
MEHEDINȚI 0 98,244 +98,244
ILFOV 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
GORJ 64,803 0 −64,803
BRĂILA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
IAȘI 228,500 0 −228,500
ALBA 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 106.27 Mn. (26.1% 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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