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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 432

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 — 19.93 Mn. ARAD — 17.08 Mn. ARGEȘ — 24.37 Mn. BACĂU — 30.82 Mn. BIHOR — 29.60 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 18.07 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 20.92 Mn. BRĂILA — 10.49 Mn. BRAȘOV — 24.17 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 230.44 Mn. BUZĂU — 20.40 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 13.24 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 16.83 Mn. CLUJ — 46.16 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 39.97 Mn. COVASNA — 15.36 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 15.49 Mn. DOLJ — 29.16 Mn. GALAȚI — 15.79 Mn. GIURGIU — 13.30 Mn. GORJ — 22.19 Mn. HARGHITA — 16.42 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 17.24 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 11.40 Mn. IAȘI — 34.33 Mn. ILFOV — 16.23 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 17.70 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 8.97 Mn. MUREȘ — 28.97 Mn. NEAMȚ — 16.71 Mn. OLT — 21.17 Mn. PRAHOVA — 27.58 Mn. SĂLAJ — 10.49 Mn. SATU MARE — 17.02 Mn. SIBIU — 44.27 Mn. SUCEAVA — 27.75 Mn. TELEORMAN — 22.26 Mn. TIMIȘ — 27.38 Mn. TULCEA — 15.46 Mn. VÂLCEA — 21.04 Mn. VASLUI — 18.72 Mn. VRANCEA — 14.23 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 4,212,569 479,326 225,746,331 230,438,226 134 20.8%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 4,908,069 71,636 41,182,211 46,161,916 66 4.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 3,082,790 353,814 40,831,934 44,268,538 112 4.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 6,259,829 90,185 33,615,532 39,965,546 61 3.6%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 4,343,177 — 29,986,853 34,330,030 44 3.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 5,108,554 141,784 25,566,913 30,817,251 52 2.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 6,542,622 351,258 22,702,711 29,596,591 53 2.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 3,545,156 390,608 25,224,192 29,159,956 49 2.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 4,796,296 114,094 24,060,469 28,970,859 56 2.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 5,687,075 — 22,061,786 27,748,861 43 2.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,651,813 64,454 24,865,752 27,582,019 40 2.5%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,725,021 475,219 23,177,569 27,377,809 41 2.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,676,750 108,513 21,580,772 24,366,035 43 2.2%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,606,324 6,404 20,556,588 24,169,316 43 2.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 4,254,651 4,900 17,998,981 22,258,532 72 2.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,561,469 71,851 20,553,971 22,187,291 72 2.0%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 4,121,371 77,120 16,968,537 21,167,028 57 1.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,153,146 33,200 17,849,962 21,036,308 62 1.9%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,641,029 173,930 19,105,428 20,920,387 54 1.9%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 4,445,595 12,250 15,944,077 20,401,922 52 1.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,515,460 204,897 16,213,264 19,933,621 61 1.8%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,515,311 9,282 16,194,732 18,719,325 52 1.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,754,726 4,743 15,310,095 18,069,564 61 1.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,446,514 2,488,311 10,760,372 17,695,197 39 1.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,100,454 — 14,136,659 17,237,113 49 1.6%
ARAD West 410,058 3,314,632 106,721 13,658,413 17,079,766 42 1.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,816,870 12,864 14,188,667 17,018,401 52 1.5%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 2,575,892 2,975 14,248,309 16,827,176 70 1.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,832,293 21,748 14,856,340 16,710,381 38 1.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 7,803,641 221,633 8,390,262 16,415,536 56 1.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,919,855 100,601 13,212,359 16,232,815 26 1.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,671,294 360,907 13,758,300 15,790,501 32 1.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,911,561 13,975 13,568,455 15,493,991 33 1.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,108,291 — 14,355,640 15,463,931 83 1.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,562,899 13,037 12,788,290 15,364,226 77 1.4%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,076,659 368,080 10,783,226 14,227,965 43 1.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,331,013 24,235 11,947,599 13,302,847 51 1.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,942,740 26,878 11,273,990 13,243,608 48 1.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,595,749 162,560 9,636,867 11,395,176 46 1.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 4,560,086 150 5,929,144 10,489,380 50 1.0%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 540,723 — 9,945,752 10,486,475 39 1.0%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,516,775 3,074 7,453,651 8,973,500 40 0.8%

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 225,746,331 129,217,990 −96,528,341
MUREȘ 24,060,469 43,069,597 +19,009,128
CLUJ 41,182,211 38,757,680 −2,424,531
CONSTANȚA 33,615,532 36,698,722 +3,083,190
SUCEAVA 22,061,786 32,796,766 +10,734,980
BUZĂU 15,944,077 32,733,704 +16,789,627
DOLJ 25,224,192 29,463,843 +4,239,651
IAȘI 29,986,853 28,795,279 −1,191,574
TELEORMAN 17,998,981 28,134,555 +10,135,574
BACĂU 25,566,913 28,017,868 +2,450,955
PRAHOVA 24,865,752 26,547,421 +1,681,669
BRAȘOV 20,556,588 24,226,944 +3,670,356
TIMIȘ 23,177,569 23,878,203 +700,634
ARGEȘ 21,580,772 23,871,844 +2,291,072
BIHOR 22,702,711 23,217,226 +514,515
BOTOȘANI 19,105,428 23,161,859 +4,056,431
NEAMȚ 14,856,340 19,627,893 +4,771,553
SIBIU 40,831,934 19,546,391 −21,285,543
VASLUI 16,194,732 19,100,312 +2,905,580
OLT 16,968,537 16,335,921 −632,616
TULCEA 14,355,640 16,062,081 +1,706,441
VÂLCEA 17,849,962 15,877,016 −1,972,946
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 14,248,309 15,730,108 +1,481,799
HUNEDOARA 14,136,659 14,232,609 +95,950
ALBA 16,213,264 14,198,149 −2,015,115
CĂLĂRAȘI 11,273,990 14,058,721 +2,784,731
COVASNA 12,788,290 13,857,170 +1,068,880
GALAȚI 13,758,300 13,549,746 −208,554
ARAD 13,658,413 13,043,412 −615,001
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 15,310,095 12,727,635 −2,582,460
DÂMBOVIȚA 13,568,455 12,605,663 −962,792
SATU MARE 14,188,667 12,458,080 −1,730,587
GORJ 20,553,973 12,402,310 −8,151,663
IALOMIȚA 9,636,867 11,894,410 +2,257,543
MARAMUREȘ 10,760,372 11,827,105 +1,066,733
GIURGIU 11,947,599 11,627,019 −320,580
BRĂILA 9,945,752 10,698,043 +752,291
HARGHITA 8,390,262 8,096,672 −293,590
MEHEDINȚI 7,453,651 7,389,871 −63,780
VRANCEA 10,783,226 7,371,726 −3,411,500
SĂLAJ 5,929,144 5,330,383 −598,761
ILFOV 13,212,359 4,944,596 −8,267,763

Another 55.01 Mn. (5.7% 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/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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