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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 449

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 — 3.63 Mn. ARAD — 922,437 RON ARGEȘ — 5.01 Mn. BACĂU — 3.37 Mn. BIHOR — 1.43 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 724,969 RON BOTOȘANI — 692,338 RON BRĂILA — 1.19 Mn. BRAȘOV — 7.69 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 25.05 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.90 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.85 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 718,679 RON CLUJ — 5.83 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 6.30 Mn. COVASNA — 522,156 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.39 Mn. DOLJ — 21.11 Mn. GALAȚI — 622,514 RON GIURGIU — 147,424 RON GORJ — 174.77 Mn. HARGHITA — 679,099 RON HUNEDOARA — 8.42 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.28 Mn. IAȘI — 2.30 Mn. ILFOV — 2.18 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.09 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 572,709 RON MUREȘ — 1.55 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.15 Mn. OLT — 523,224 RON PRAHOVA — 1.91 Mn. SĂLAJ — 394,734 RON SATU MARE — 1.30 Mn. SIBIU — 3.87 Mn. SUCEAVA — 1.58 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.50 Mn. TIMIȘ — 1.28 Mn. TULCEA — 926,881 RON VÂLCEA — 11.89 Mn. VASLUI — 533,267 RON VRANCEA — 2.06 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
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 914,146 1,109,223 172,749,823 174,773,192 569 55.9%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 7,932,719 1,005,013 16,116,363 25,054,095 15 8.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,373,625 425,779 18,311,480 21,110,884 36 6.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,400,912 628,084 9,861,724 11,890,720 35 3.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 552,480 148,156 7,717,872 8,418,508 24 2.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 2,532,148 87,087 5,071,279 7,690,514 14 2.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 4,493,294 355,412 1,453,510 6,302,216 10 2.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 2,126,500 342,683 3,362,519 5,831,702 8 1.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 4,178,026 234,228 598,062 5,010,316 9 1.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,847,107 223,944 1,796,056 3,867,107 10 1.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,119,650 23,397 1,490,637 3,633,684 11 1.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 3,095,534 55,601 219,719 3,370,854 6 1.1%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 2,028,926 274,458 — 2,303,384 3 0.7%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,269,673 6,857 — 2,276,530 9 0.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 1,902,521 279,748 — 2,182,269 4 0.7%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,051,188 10,954 — 2,062,142 6 0.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,873,453 31,909 — 1,905,362 3 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,867,429 32,623 — 1,900,052 5 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,776,072 77,014 — 1,853,086 7 0.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,500,690 77,464 — 1,578,154 2 0.5%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,461,706 87,186 — 1,548,892 3 0.5%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,407,936 95,711 — 1,503,647 5 0.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,352,002 73,119 — 1,425,121 3 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,325,109 66,757 — 1,391,866 3 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,281,491 20,768 — 1,302,259 4 0.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 751,927 530,158 — 1,282,085 2 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,002,872 188,146 — 1,191,018 4 0.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,145,855 7,961 — 1,153,816 3 0.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 961,613 132,214 — 1,093,827 2 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 921,011 5,870 — 926,881 5 0.3%
ARAD West 410,058 855,503 66,934 — 922,437 2 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 483,162 241,807 — 724,969 2 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 698,866 19,813 — 718,679 3 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 663,027 29,311 — 692,338 2 0.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 583,933 95,166 — 679,099 2 0.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 608,473 14,041 — 622,514 1 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 572,655 54 — 572,709 3 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 369,852 163,415 — 533,267 1 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 338,717 10,139 174,368 523,224 1 0.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 445,020 77,136 — 522,156 3 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 377,376 17,358 — 394,734 2 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 142,269 5,155 — 147,424 1 0.1%

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
GORJ 172,749,823 146,020,643 −26,729,180
DOLJ 18,311,480 40,555,360 +22,243,880
BUCUREȘTI 16,116,363 11,839,863 −4,276,500
VÂLCEA 9,861,724 9,861,724 0
HUNEDOARA 7,717,872 7,717,872 0
BRAȘOV 5,071,279 5,071,279 0
CLUJ 3,362,519 3,200,000 −162,519
SIBIU 1,796,056 1,796,056 0
ALBA 1,490,637 1,490,637 0
CONSTANȚA 1,453,510 1,453,510 0
ARGEȘ 598,062 598,062 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 388,500 +388,500
OLT 174,368 174,368 0
SUCEAVA 0 148,219 +148,219
BACĂU 219,719 40,300 −179,419
NEAMȚ 0 31,200 +31,200
TIMIȘ 0 16,219 +16,219
IAȘI 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0

Another 8.52 Mn. (3.6% 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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