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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 442

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 — 12.44 Mn. ARAD — 10.81 Mn. ARGEȘ — 13.68 Mn. BACĂU — 16.27 Mn. BIHOR — 16.78 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 7.79 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 14.01 Mn. BRĂILA — 8.69 Mn. BRAȘOV — 41.58 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 767.26 Mn. BUZĂU — 10.56 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 5.67 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 5.55 Mn. CLUJ — 115.62 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 29.80 Mn. COVASNA — 6.40 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 7.79 Mn. DOLJ — 40.71 Mn. GALAȚI — 12.19 Mn. GIURGIU — 5.82 Mn. GORJ — 20.40 Mn. HARGHITA — 6.77 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 8.90 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 6.53 Mn. IAȘI — 32.00 Mn. ILFOV — 180.55 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 14.07 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 15.34 Mn. MUREȘ — 71.24 Mn. NEAMȚ — 12.00 Mn. OLT — 19.03 Mn. PRAHOVA — 45.21 Mn. SĂLAJ — 5.16 Mn. SATU MARE — 8.88 Mn. SIBIU — 38.02 Mn. SUCEAVA — 19.49 Mn. TELEORMAN — 10.84 Mn. TIMIȘ — 34.92 Mn. TULCEA — 6.23 Mn. VÂLCEA — 7.98 Mn. VASLUI — 10.66 Mn. VRANCEA — 16.33 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 82,771,018 16,448,687 668,045,255 767,264,960 448 44.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 24,885,898 527,411 155,136,070 180,549,379 291 10.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 21,917,630 2,256,865 91,446,681 115,621,176 165 6.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 13,377,240 1,261,235 56,598,998 71,237,473 137 4.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 14,175,266 813,425 30,222,681 45,211,372 66 2.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 21,579,900 1,373,396 18,622,006 41,575,302 74 2.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 11,786,611 804,448 28,123,516 40,714,575 68 2.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 16,465,076 2,950,465 18,607,968 38,023,509 96 2.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 24,421,449 1,625,511 8,871,907 34,918,867 52 2.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 20,293,186 828,127 10,875,200 31,996,513 41 1.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 21,827,295 2,012,636 5,961,962 29,801,893 45 1.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 5,135,596 494,155 14,767,025 20,396,776 66 1.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 14,143,016 449,158 4,893,262 19,485,436 30 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 8,704,337 240,719 10,083,898 19,028,954 51 1.1%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 12,292,797 1,703,207 2,781,059 16,777,063 30 1.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 7,924,224 188,185 8,215,581 16,327,990 49 0.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 14,108,329 1,209,990 955,545 16,273,864 28 0.9%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 4,932,566 83,010 10,321,847 15,337,423 68 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 7,775,313 1,004,130 5,293,812 14,073,255 31 0.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 6,133,971 816,971 7,062,903 14,013,845 36 0.8%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 10,120,432 895,053 2,668,376 13,683,861 24 0.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 9,186,288 692,139 2,564,975 12,443,402 38 0.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 5,453,917 1,133,462 5,598,492 12,185,871 25 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 9,129,740 576,927 2,296,292 12,002,959 27 0.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 7,154,416 557,990 3,124,269 10,836,675 35 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 8,987,269 679,932 1,140,947 10,808,148 26 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 8,347,498 501,344 1,814,804 10,663,646 29 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 10,148,540 403,374 6,060 10,557,974 27 0.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 8,758,562 140,223 — 8,898,785 26 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 7,441,221 637,047 804,736 8,883,004 27 0.5%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 7,700,732 425,502 560,726 8,686,960 32 0.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 6,351,907 973,111 653,174 7,978,192 24 0.5%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 4,662,376 1,331,938 1,798,395 7,792,709 26 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 6,748,013 588,579 451,980 7,788,572 16 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 6,010,108 473,582 290,235 6,773,925 23 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 6,199,198 69,531 265,620 6,534,349 26 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 5,980,632 150,497 272,500 6,403,629 32 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 4,707,856 55,672 1,470,467 6,233,995 33 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 5,636,097 91,898 89,316 5,817,311 22 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 5,288,899 377,522 — 5,666,421 20 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 5,378,466 176,208 — 5,554,674 23 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 4,788,969 176,988 194,900 5,160,857 25 0.3%

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 668,045,254 441,294,367 −226,750,887
ILFOV 155,136,069 256,815,100 +101,679,031
CLUJ 91,446,681 80,525,638 −10,921,043
BRAȘOV 18,622,006 46,972,498 +28,350,492
PRAHOVA 30,222,681 45,132,545 +14,909,864
DOLJ 28,123,516 37,180,381 +9,056,865
IAȘI 10,875,201 29,344,406 +18,469,205
MUREȘ 56,598,998 26,155,935 −30,443,063
MEHEDINȚI 10,321,847 19,205,793 +8,883,946
SIBIU 18,607,968 16,336,198 −2,271,770
TIMIȘ 8,871,907 11,516,738 +2,644,831
GORJ 14,767,025 11,319,530 −3,447,495
OLT 10,083,898 10,377,898 +294,000
VRANCEA 8,215,581 8,861,411 +645,830
BOTOȘANI 7,062,903 7,164,625 +101,722
CONSTANȚA 5,961,962 6,605,312 +643,350
GALAȚI 5,598,492 6,122,776 +524,284
MARAMUREȘ 5,293,812 5,463,812 +170,000
SUCEAVA 4,893,262 5,197,050 +303,788
NEAMȚ 2,296,292 5,074,056 +2,777,764
TELEORMAN 3,124,269 3,664,769 +540,500
ALBA 2,564,975 2,807,105 +242,130
BIHOR 2,781,059 2,781,059 0
ARGEȘ 2,668,376 2,721,666 +53,290
BUZĂU 6,060 2,443,660 +2,437,600
VASLUI 1,814,804 2,408,899 +594,095
TULCEA 1,470,467 2,199,967 +729,500
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,798,395 2,047,017 +248,622
IALOMIȚA 265,620 2,040,991 +1,775,371
VÂLCEA 653,174 1,729,574 +1,076,400
ARAD 1,140,947 1,344,447 +203,500
BACĂU 955,545 1,034,545 +79,000
SATU MARE 804,736 938,424 +133,688
GIURGIU 89,316 590,916 +501,600
BRĂILA 560,726 560,726 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 451,980 451,980 0
HARGHITA 290,235 321,265 +31,030
COVASNA 272,500 272,500 0
SĂLAJ 194,900 194,900 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 125,778 +125,778
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0

Another 75.61 Mn. (6.4% 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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