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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 444

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 — 27.10 Mn. ARAD — 25.32 Mn. ARGEȘ — 30.22 Mn. BACĂU — 41.61 Mn. BIHOR — 29.07 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 15.88 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 20.80 Mn. BRĂILA — 56.23 Mn. BRAȘOV — 51.35 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 212.80 Mn. BUZĂU — 24.77 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 18.63 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 11.94 Mn. CLUJ — 71.62 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 65.50 Mn. COVASNA — 12.43 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 20.90 Mn. DOLJ — 33.20 Mn. GALAȚI — 35.57 Mn. GIURGIU — 14.41 Mn. GORJ — 38.32 Mn. HARGHITA — 15.99 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 55.80 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 16.74 Mn. IAȘI — 55.38 Mn. ILFOV — 29.06 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 19.38 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 18.30 Mn. MUREȘ — 34.79 Mn. NEAMȚ — 25.61 Mn. OLT — 15.15 Mn. PRAHOVA — 31.38 Mn. SĂLAJ — 9.35 Mn. SATU MARE — 20.10 Mn. SIBIU — 35.25 Mn. SUCEAVA — 47.93 Mn. TELEORMAN — 10.28 Mn. TIMIȘ — 46.47 Mn. TULCEA — 20.15 Mn. VÂLCEA — 23.73 Mn. VASLUI — 19.30 Mn. VRANCEA — 22.17 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 1,713,832 138,712,299 21,854,165 52,233,491 212,799,955 124 14.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 48,076,506 3,506,049 20,041,520 71,624,075 102 5.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 57,915,170 4,449,467 3,133,861 65,498,498 100 4.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 18,618,165 224,239 37,392,494 56,234,898 208 3.9%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 21,465,499 898,607 33,435,958 55,800,064 160 3.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 48,113,425 1,516,661 5,750,568 55,380,654 71 3.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 43,631,319 1,502,297 6,217,501 51,351,117 91 3.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 46,123,485 1,590,346 213,683 47,927,514 74 3.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 40,024,758 2,385,054 4,063,911 46,473,723 69 3.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 39,608,833 1,174,233 830,343 41,613,409 71 2.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 13,779,075 1,763,062 22,776,176 38,318,313 125 2.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 32,619,144 1,170,582 1,781,574 35,571,300 73 2.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 26,360,686 3,518,312 5,370,935 35,249,933 89 2.5%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 32,650,979 1,035,418 1,106,832 34,793,229 67 2.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 28,847,640 1,362,214 2,990,510 33,200,364 56 2.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 29,608,451 1,017,397 754,640 31,380,488 46 2.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 27,330,525 946,861 1,946,575 30,223,961 54 2.1%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 24,797,920 3,672,154 597,486 29,067,560 52 2.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 26,771,430 1,032,140 1,259,076 29,062,646 47 2.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 24,996,260 1,677,237 428,606 27,102,103 83 1.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 24,103,060 949,219 555,529 25,607,808 58 1.8%
ARAD West 410,058 23,631,102 1,418,835 266,292 25,316,229 62 1.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 22,611,297 928,472 1,232,447 24,772,216 63 1.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 14,924,246 2,914,084 5,888,027 23,726,357 70 1.7%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 21,746,294 382,745 40,970 22,170,009 67 1.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 20,161,409 622,981 111,361 20,895,751 44 1.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 19,187,644 624,117 984,108 20,795,869 54 1.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 19,963,738 166,121 23,499 20,153,358 108 1.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 15,637,370 1,297,752 3,164,924 20,100,046 61 1.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 14,302,564 936,707 4,142,760 19,382,031 43 1.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 16,547,758 1,954,408 801,415 19,303,581 53 1.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 17,990,435 636,726 — 18,627,161 67 1.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 17,466,295 735,118 96,550 18,297,963 81 1.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 16,415,778 328,394 — 16,744,172 68 1.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 15,034,473 632,161 318,807 15,985,441 55 1.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 14,499,002 1,380,907 125 15,880,034 53 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 14,923,261 92,183 135,550 15,150,994 41 1.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 11,529,623 608,355 2,269,405 14,407,383 56 1.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 12,142,607 136,311 150,000 12,428,918 62 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 11,349,114 212,503 379,491 11,941,108 50 0.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 9,533,046 328,040 417,847 10,278,933 33 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 8,834,953 265,337 246,793 9,347,083 44 0.7%

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 52,233,493 38,257,641 −13,975,852
BRĂILA 37,392,494 37,217,865 −174,629
HUNEDOARA 33,435,956 32,998,444 −437,512
CLUJ 20,041,518 16,696,622 −3,344,896
BRAȘOV 6,217,501 12,507,354 +6,289,853
SIBIU 5,370,935 6,030,182 +659,247
VÂLCEA 5,888,030 5,828,516 −59,514
GORJ 22,776,177 4,809,733 −17,966,444
MARAMUREȘ 4,142,760 4,142,760 0
TIMIȘ 4,063,910 3,925,275 −138,635
IAȘI 5,750,569 3,828,024 −1,922,545
DOLJ 2,990,509 3,175,502 +184,993
SATU MARE 3,164,924 3,164,924 0
GIURGIU 2,269,405 3,027,844 +758,439
CONSTANȚA 3,133,861 2,517,298 −616,563
ARGEȘ 1,946,575 2,315,788 +369,213
MUREȘ 1,106,832 1,920,476 +813,644
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 379,491 1,291,083 +911,592
ILFOV 1,259,076 1,259,076 0
BUZĂU 1,232,447 1,232,447 0
GALAȚI 1,781,574 959,340 −822,234
BACĂU 830,343 879,849 +49,506
PRAHOVA 754,640 814,269 +59,629
VASLUI 801,415 801,415 0
TULCEA 23,499 707,705 +684,206
BIHOR 597,483 597,483 0
NEAMȚ 555,529 526,843 −28,686
ALBA 428,606 428,606 0
TELEORMAN 417,847 417,847 0
BOTOȘANI 984,108 328,030 −656,078
HARGHITA 318,807 318,807 0
SUCEAVA 213,683 305,794 +92,111
ARAD 266,292 266,292 0
SĂLAJ 246,793 246,793 0
COVASNA 150,000 150,000 0
OLT 135,550 135,550 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 111,361 130,979 +19,618
MEHEDINȚI 96,550 96,550 0
VRANCEA 40,970 40,970 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 125 125 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0

Another 29.25 Mn. (13.1% 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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