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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 446

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 — 10.47 Mn. ARAD — 6.52 Mn. ARGEȘ — 46.45 Mn. BACĂU — 12.24 Mn. BIHOR — 20.43 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 4.50 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 7.42 Mn. BRĂILA — 4.32 Mn. BRAȘOV — 36.14 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 757.16 Mn. BUZĂU — 8.34 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 4.36 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 3.86 Mn. CLUJ — 27.66 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 21.44 Mn. COVASNA — 4.50 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 7.36 Mn. DOLJ — 10.21 Mn. GALAȚI — 13.07 Mn. GIURGIU — 5.96 Mn. GORJ — 4.89 Mn. HARGHITA — 5.88 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 9.78 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 7.55 Mn. IAȘI — 40.57 Mn. ILFOV — 24.23 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 23.64 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.90 Mn. MUREȘ — 14.81 Mn. NEAMȚ — 5.01 Mn. OLT — 45.44 Mn. PRAHOVA — 13.96 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.97 Mn. SATU MARE — 4.23 Mn. SIBIU — 38.21 Mn. SUCEAVA — 11.67 Mn. TELEORMAN — 4.79 Mn. TIMIȘ — 15.66 Mn. TULCEA — 5.39 Mn. VÂLCEA — 6.89 Mn. VASLUI — 7.08 Mn. VRANCEA — 6.67 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 58,365,985 10,199,080 688,594,392 757,159,457 442 57.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 6,785,608 109,232 39,554,379 46,449,219 83 3.5%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 5,053,652 24,568 40,358,754 45,436,974 122 3.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 20,140,274 689,700 19,739,498 40,569,472 52 3.1%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 8,596,292 978,446 28,638,601 38,213,339 96 2.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 12,051,244 419,955 23,667,106 36,138,305 64 2.8%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 14,409,234 1,714,280 11,537,543 27,661,057 39 2.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 11,621,856 698,246 11,912,384 24,232,486 39 1.8%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 5,044,991 291,767 18,305,085 23,641,843 52 1.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 12,795,960 1,322,441 7,317,070 21,435,471 33 1.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 6,836,355 773,081 12,816,073 20,425,509 37 1.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 12,599,918 950,118 2,106,262 15,656,298 23 1.2%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 9,110,653 434,089 5,265,994 14,810,736 28 1.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 10,322,950 237,874 3,402,392 13,963,216 20 1.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 10,870,958 704,094 1,492,658 13,067,710 27 1.0%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 7,547,225 1,021,460 3,672,056 12,240,741 21 0.9%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 11,306,870 153,784 211,865 11,672,519 18 0.9%
ALBA Centre 324,901 7,025,250 279,576 3,165,481 10,470,307 32 0.8%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 7,731,764 420,151 2,059,559 10,211,474 17 0.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 5,923,053 153,860 3,704,909 9,781,822 28 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 8,021,882 196,824 119,396 8,338,102 21 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 6,118,590 705,007 721,756 7,545,353 31 0.6%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,443,606 173,959 2,800,822 7,418,387 19 0.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 4,336,407 257,689 2,767,500 7,361,596 15 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 6,141,644 443,331 498,652 7,083,627 20 0.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 5,915,633 350,982 623,797 6,890,412 20 0.5%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,933,979 22,330 713,551 6,669,860 20 0.5%
ARAD West 410,058 4,274,323 241,085 1,999,880 6,515,288 16 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 3,335,880 55,165 2,569,091 5,960,136 23 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 5,035,014 164,311 680,000 5,879,325 20 0.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 4,316,777 5,164 1,066,708 5,388,649 29 0.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,191,584 56,711 761,410 5,009,705 11 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 3,522,477 596,370 774,104 4,892,951 16 0.4%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 3,524,582 47,391 1,213,291 4,785,264 16 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 4,405,632 94,823 — 4,500,455 23 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 3,266,813 78,536 1,152,548 4,497,897 15 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 4,244,546 93,378 18,674 4,356,598 16 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 4,073,147 244,538 — 4,317,685 16 0.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 4,003,615 230,612 — 4,234,227 13 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,140,102 18,691 812,608 3,971,401 19 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 3,557,203 42,196 264,800 3,864,199 16 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,669,632 13,568 219,447 2,902,647 13 0.2%

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 688,594,393 633,895,378 −54,699,015
OLT 40,358,753 40,500,393 +141,640
ARGEȘ 39,554,378 39,577,318 +22,940
BRAȘOV 23,667,106 25,476,815 +1,809,709
SIBIU 28,638,601 23,077,230 −5,561,371
MARAMUREȘ 18,305,085 18,757,428 +452,343
IAȘI 19,739,497 17,671,797 −2,067,700
CONSTANȚA 7,317,072 15,342,523 +8,025,451
BIHOR 12,816,073 12,959,058 +142,985
CLUJ 11,537,544 9,978,046 −1,559,498
MUREȘ 5,265,994 9,963,383 +4,697,389
ILFOV 11,912,384 9,256,061 −2,656,323
PRAHOVA 3,402,392 6,305,352 +2,902,960
BACĂU 3,672,056 4,682,915 +1,010,859
TIMIȘ 2,106,264 4,278,079 +2,171,815
GIURGIU 2,569,091 4,183,090 +1,613,999
HUNEDOARA 3,704,909 3,704,909 0
ALBA 3,165,481 3,246,151 +80,670
DÂMBOVIȚA 2,767,500 2,957,483 +189,983
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,152,548 2,571,554 +1,419,006
BOTOȘANI 2,800,822 2,417,222 −383,600
HARGHITA 680,000 2,158,958 +1,478,958
ARAD 1,999,880 2,079,380 +79,500
DOLJ 2,059,559 1,916,494 −143,065
GALAȚI 1,492,655 1,670,831 +178,176
VRANCEA 713,551 1,657,689 +944,138
TELEORMAN 1,213,291 1,213,291 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 18,674 1,122,722 +1,104,048
TULCEA 1,066,708 1,101,708 +35,000
VÂLCEA 623,797 1,046,508 +422,711
NEAMȚ 761,409 1,007,135 +245,726
VASLUI 498,652 1,002,223 +503,571
SUCEAVA 211,865 943,812 +731,947
SĂLAJ 812,608 812,608 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 264,800 696,000 +431,200
IALOMIȚA 721,756 633,380 −88,376
BRĂILA 0 426,898 +426,898
GORJ 774,104 419,484 −354,620
MEHEDINȚI 219,447 405,857 +186,410
BUZĂU 119,396 152,926 +33,530
COVASNA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0

Another 36.03 Mn. (3.8% 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/dimensions
  • /api/v1/stats/periods
  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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