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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 448

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 — 3.83 Mn. ARAD — 1.46 Mn. ARGEȘ — 13.14 Mn. BACĂU — 3.61 Mn. BIHOR — 3.17 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 3.39 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 1.61 Mn. BRĂILA — 3.39 Mn. BRAȘOV — 6.44 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 118.72 Mn. BUZĂU — 3.45 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.86 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.02 Mn. CLUJ — 27.02 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 28.69 Mn. COVASNA — 3.79 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 8.65 Mn. DOLJ — 10.39 Mn. GALAȚI — 7.37 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.44 Mn. GORJ — 6.09 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.99 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 3.79 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.23 Mn. IAȘI — 7.78 Mn. ILFOV — 7.53 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 12.15 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 594,534 RON MUREȘ — 7.50 Mn. NEAMȚ — 3.00 Mn. OLT — 2.24 Mn. PRAHOVA — 5.95 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.39 Mn. SATU MARE — 1.63 Mn. SIBIU — 8.41 Mn. SUCEAVA — 1.89 Mn. TELEORMAN — 3.67 Mn. TIMIȘ — 34.44 Mn. TULCEA — 2.79 Mn. VÂLCEA — 3.94 Mn. VASLUI — 2.54 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.78 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 31,536,747 6,479,420 80,700,782 118,716,949 69 31.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,267,960 833,800 30,337,164 34,438,924 51 9.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 13,927,372 644,233 14,122,788 28,694,393 44 7.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 5,593,092 1,064,096 20,365,350 27,022,538 39 7.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 5,416,041 135,025 7,593,440 13,144,506 23 3.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 3,124,878 118,151 8,911,925 12,154,954 27 3.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 5,013,067 721,505 4,656,392 10,390,964 17 2.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,805,906 53,839 6,791,204 8,650,949 18 2.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,600,630 574,095 5,235,492 8,410,217 21 2.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 6,308,390 116,089 1,354,895 7,779,374 10 2.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 7,436,632 95,659 2,285 7,534,576 12 2.0%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 4,278,972 373,421 2,849,268 7,501,661 14 2.0%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 4,154,351 398,138 2,817,579 7,370,068 15 1.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 5,513,634 245,987 676,995 6,436,616 11 1.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,146,731 263,581 3,676,492 6,086,804 20 1.6%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 5,461,348 345,936 144,443 5,951,727 9 1.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,466,932 356,118 114,431 3,937,481 12 1.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,267,545 140,667 2,422,698 3,830,910 12 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,154,371 107,124 527,618 3,789,113 11 1.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 3,281,503 7,815 498,250 3,787,568 19 1.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,488,549 14,589 1,280,000 3,783,138 11 1.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 3,584,456 85,565 — 3,670,021 12 1.0%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 3,281,350 328,297 — 3,609,647 6 1.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,090,528 60,661 296,743 3,447,932 9 0.9%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,226,119 23,028 142,432 3,391,579 13 0.9%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,927,136 393,239 69,641 3,390,016 11 0.9%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,118,994 5,087 1,264,286 3,388,367 16 0.9%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,447,012 722,538 — 3,169,550 6 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,825,477 37,514 136,372 2,999,363 7 0.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,624,093 361,839 — 2,985,932 10 0.8%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,805,717 54,335 — 2,860,052 10 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,775,027 14,821 — 2,789,848 15 0.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,417,676 122,394 — 2,540,070 7 0.7%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,130,334 37,478 75,641 2,243,453 6 0.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,794,237 100,399 — 1,894,636 3 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,580,676 44,739 — 1,625,415 5 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,555,820 52,739 — 1,608,559 4 0.4%
ARAD West 410,058 1,418,657 43,330 — 1,461,987 4 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,377,489 61,177 — 1,438,666 6 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,205,086 20,030 — 1,225,116 5 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 696,013 6,618 316,800 1,019,431 4 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 576,650 17,884 — 594,534 3 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
TIMIȘ 30,337,164 32,865,911 +2,528,747
CLUJ 20,365,350 24,450,152 +4,084,802
BUCUREȘTI 80,700,782 19,262,791 −61,437,991
CONSTANȚA 14,122,789 17,360,215 +3,237,426
MARAMUREȘ 8,911,925 8,911,925 0
BRAȘOV 676,995 8,356,832 +7,679,837
ARGEȘ 7,593,441 7,593,441 0
DOLJ 4,656,392 7,591,162 +2,934,770
DÂMBOVIȚA 6,791,204 4,883,204 −1,908,000
MUREȘ 2,849,268 4,548,542 +1,699,274
GORJ 3,676,492 3,676,492 0
SIBIU 5,235,492 3,551,324 −1,684,168
BUZĂU 296,743 2,999,443 +2,702,700
GALAȚI 2,817,579 2,817,579 0
ALBA 2,422,698 2,422,698 0
IAȘI 1,354,896 1,852,129 +497,233
VASLUI 0 1,350,000 +1,350,000
VRANCEA 1,280,000 1,280,000 0
SĂLAJ 1,264,286 1,264,286 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 1,013,950 +1,013,950
MEHEDINȚI 0 680,000 +680,000
HUNEDOARA 527,618 599,069 +71,451
COVASNA 498,250 498,250 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 316,800 316,800 0
OLT 75,642 280,642 +205,000
NEAMȚ 136,372 223,881 +87,509
PRAHOVA 144,443 194,390 +49,947
BRĂILA 142,432 142,432 0
ILFOV 2,285 126,031 +123,746
VÂLCEA 114,431 114,431 0
ARAD 0 86,836 +86,836
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 69,641 69,641 0
BACĂU 0 30,566 +30,566
HARGHITA 0 26,207 +26,207
BIHOR 0 25,675 +25,675
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0

Another 35.91 Mn. (18.2% 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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