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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 455

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 — 19.43 Mn. ARAD — 10.35 Mn. ARGEȘ — 14.05 Mn. BACĂU — 25.15 Mn. BIHOR — 33.67 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 17.89 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 13.10 Mn. BRĂILA — 7.44 Mn. BRAȘOV — 20.30 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 42.76 Mn. BUZĂU — 19.72 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 11.47 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 12.43 Mn. CLUJ — 55.69 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 42.65 Mn. COVASNA — 5.64 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 12.01 Mn. DOLJ — 8.34 Mn. GALAȚI — 25.09 Mn. GIURGIU — 5.95 Mn. GORJ — 386.13 Mn. HARGHITA — 10.18 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 11.33 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 5.48 Mn. IAȘI — 25.73 Mn. ILFOV — 22.25 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 28.63 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.32 Mn. MUREȘ — 26.27 Mn. NEAMȚ — 13.93 Mn. OLT — 8.53 Mn. PRAHOVA — 13.72 Mn. SĂLAJ — 7.27 Mn. SATU MARE — 8.41 Mn. SIBIU — 20.28 Mn. SUCEAVA — 33.39 Mn. TELEORMAN — 12.21 Mn. TIMIȘ — 23.75 Mn. TULCEA — 5.79 Mn. VÂLCEA — 48.01 Mn. VASLUI — 10.03 Mn. VRANCEA — 17.56 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 11,832,198 7,265,465 367,036,947 386,134,610 1,258 33.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 20,028,342 1,944,096 33,713,588 55,686,026 79 4.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 11,718,452 1,997,972 34,294,257 48,010,681 142 4.2%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 19,293,776 7,331,819 16,131,162 42,756,757 25 3.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 16,084,973 2,185,586 24,384,323 42,654,882 65 3.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 32,604,987 1,068,224 — 33,673,211 60 2.9%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 29,847,547 3,538,155 — 33,385,702 52 2.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 14,689,970 4,664,762 9,273,446 28,628,178 63 2.5%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 24,836,589 1,279,702 158,525 26,274,816 51 2.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 17,895,416 1,067,189 6,766,978 25,729,583 33 2.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 21,746,236 1,582,759 1,825,543 25,154,538 43 2.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 18,705,795 3,007,752 3,378,132 25,091,679 52 2.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 20,694,219 2,467,486 592,822 23,754,527 35 2.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 18,616,255 3,123,827 507,900 22,247,982 36 1.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 18,372,224 1,931,576 — 20,303,800 36 1.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 12,333,102 1,254,297 6,689,758 20,277,157 51 1.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 19,162,799 556,206 — 19,719,005 50 1.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 17,958,296 1,201,702 265,390 19,425,388 60 1.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 16,032,702 1,571,630 285,940 17,890,272 60 1.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 17,382,508 175,470 — 17,557,978 53 1.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 13,369,808 418,300 257,000 14,045,108 25 1.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 13,612,597 314,485 — 13,927,082 31 1.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 11,595,952 1,139,939 988,281 13,724,172 20 1.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 12,468,141 627,744 — 13,095,885 34 1.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 11,046,223 451,380 929,850 12,427,453 52 1.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 11,154,676 193,112 864,000 12,211,788 40 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 11,854,283 156,811 — 12,011,094 25 1.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 10,979,066 489,498 — 11,468,564 41 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 9,296,156 847,051 1,187,520 11,330,727 32 1.0%
ARAD West 410,058 9,723,152 630,166 — 10,353,318 25 0.9%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 9,792,931 389,484 — 10,182,415 35 0.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 9,182,773 850,688 — 10,033,461 28 0.9%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 8,408,837 119,929 — 8,528,766 23 0.8%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 8,225,796 180,447 — 8,406,243 25 0.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 5,861,786 643,296 1,831,224 8,336,306 14 0.7%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 6,757,417 302,827 377,965 7,438,209 28 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 6,936,655 336,204 — 7,272,859 35 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 4,843,087 1,107,028 — 5,950,115 23 0.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 5,774,955 17,415 — 5,792,370 31 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 5,478,455 156,901 — 5,635,356 28 0.5%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 5,276,032 76,901 127,090 5,480,023 22 0.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,252,513 64,038 — 2,316,551 10 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
GORJ 367,036,947 309,951,899 −57,085,048
CLUJ 33,713,588 35,444,968 +1,731,380
VÂLCEA 34,294,257 34,294,257 0
CONSTANȚA 24,384,323 24,384,323 0
MARAMUREȘ 9,273,446 9,273,446 0
SIBIU 6,689,758 7,695,258 +1,005,500
IAȘI 6,766,979 4,950,591 −1,816,388
MEHEDINȚI 0 4,741,874 +4,741,874
DOLJ 1,831,224 3,776,942 +1,945,718
GALAȚI 3,378,132 3,384,132 +6,000
BACĂU 1,825,542 3,064,968 +1,239,426
HUNEDOARA 1,187,520 1,187,520 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 929,850 1,124,850 +195,000
PRAHOVA 988,281 974,134 −14,147
BUCUREȘTI 16,131,162 965,380 −15,165,782
TELEORMAN 864,000 875,680 +11,680
NEAMȚ 0 756,100 +756,100
TIMIȘ 592,822 592,822 0
BIHOR 0 507,900 +507,900
BRĂILA 377,965 377,965 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 285,940 370,390 +84,450
TULCEA 0 286,000 +286,000
ARGEȘ 257,000 257,000 0
IALOMIȚA 127,090 231,020 +103,930
ALBA 265,390 230,610 −34,780
MUREȘ 158,525 158,525 0
VASLUI 0 122,760 +122,760
BRAȘOV 0 89,195 +89,195
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 73,778 +73,778
OLT 0 50,400 +50,400
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
ILFOV 507,900 0 −507,900
BUZĂU 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0

Another 61.67 Mn. (12.0% 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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