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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 480

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 — 15.25 Mn. ARAD — 7.43 Mn. ARGEȘ — 8.07 Mn. BACĂU — 8.83 Mn. BIHOR — 17.28 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 14.94 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 14.53 Mn. BRĂILA — 6.94 Mn. BRAȘOV — 12.24 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 2.63 Bn. BUZĂU — 18.50 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 12.00 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 11.68 Mn. CLUJ — 167.77 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 69.17 Mn. COVASNA — 6.59 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 26.79 Mn. DOLJ — 6.99 Mn. GALAȚI — 8.13 Mn. GIURGIU — 5.03 Mn. GORJ — 13.46 Mn. HARGHITA — 11.46 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 26.45 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 12.46 Mn. IAȘI — 74.94 Mn. ILFOV — 21.28 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 14.02 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 12.11 Mn. MUREȘ — 20.11 Mn. NEAMȚ — 11.25 Mn. OLT — 14.10 Mn. PRAHOVA — 31.83 Mn. SĂLAJ — 6.72 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.84 Mn. SIBIU — 10.20 Mn. SUCEAVA — 23.68 Mn. TELEORMAN — 8.82 Mn. TIMIȘ — 23.29 Mn. TULCEA — 20.13 Mn. VÂLCEA — 13.59 Mn. VASLUI — 7.75 Mn. VRANCEA — 8.11 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 27,715,997 4,368,027 2,596,664,861 2,628,748,885 1,534 76.1%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 8,403,888 760,054 158,606,028 167,769,970 239 4.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 8,231,731 15,832 66,691,046 74,938,609 96 2.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 6,736,649 272,885 62,156,099 69,165,633 105 2.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 6,338,873 130,279 25,359,751 31,828,903 47 0.9%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 4,277,476 75,257 22,435,396 26,788,129 56 0.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,301,000 39,290 23,113,349 26,453,639 76 0.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 9,078,662 195,440 14,406,757 23,680,859 37 0.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 6,845,288 228,725 16,215,531 23,289,544 35 0.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 5,591,376 20,337 15,669,297 21,281,010 34 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,060,870 34,866 18,032,152 20,127,888 108 0.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 5,776,874 189,737 14,138,810 20,105,421 39 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,766,788 18,331 14,712,063 18,497,182 47 0.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 4,167,646 608,356 12,508,760 17,284,762 31 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,720,352 255,580 11,271,839 15,247,771 47 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 3,377,433 28,259 11,533,755 14,939,447 50 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 5,416,835 138,609 8,975,667 14,531,111 38 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,675,341 89,500 10,336,125 14,100,966 38 0.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 5,221,770 238,600 8,556,379 14,016,749 31 0.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 4,768,451 111,648 8,710,746 13,590,845 40 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,975,391 — 11,480,768 13,456,159 44 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,419,508 53,336 10,990,853 12,463,697 50 0.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 6,189,126 85,866 5,967,383 12,242,375 22 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,749,456 105,372 10,254,213 12,109,041 53 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,780,315 39,479 10,182,064 12,001,858 43 0.4%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,267,267 12,433 10,401,809 11,681,509 49 0.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,919,327 241,054 8,304,447 11,464,828 39 0.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,401,183 2,700 6,847,222 11,251,105 25 0.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 4,853,955 618,145 4,725,648 10,197,748 26 0.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 4,887,675 249,091 3,694,750 8,831,516 15 0.3%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,571,582 630 6,248,755 8,820,967 29 0.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 3,615,245 335,479 4,183,832 8,134,556 17 0.2%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,986,017 342,132 4,777,456 8,105,605 25 0.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 4,371,554 146,855 3,551,797 8,070,206 14 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 6,250,697 122,068 1,374,472 7,747,237 21 0.2%
ARAD West 410,058 4,244,221 87,147 3,099,691 7,431,059 18 0.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,209,606 133,040 2,644,908 6,987,554 12 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,378,815 13,209 3,546,887 6,938,911 26 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,033,969 54,422 3,630,703 6,719,094 32 0.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,707,325 4,644 4,876,053 6,588,022 33 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,314,503 36,000 2,678,088 5,028,591 19 0.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,317,453 9,983 1,513,927 3,841,363 12 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
BUCUREȘTI 2,596,664,861 2,579,822,371 −16,842,490
IAȘI 66,691,046 64,790,397 −1,900,649
CONSTANȚA 62,156,100 63,819,676 +1,663,576
CLUJ 158,606,030 62,779,104 −95,826,926
PRAHOVA 25,359,751 30,188,051 +4,828,300
HUNEDOARA 23,113,349 23,113,349 0
TULCEA 18,032,152 20,063,152 +2,031,000
BIHOR 12,508,760 17,746,760 +5,238,000
DÂMBOVIȚA 22,435,396 16,516,706 −5,918,690
TIMIȘ 16,215,530 16,215,530 0
SUCEAVA 14,406,757 14,406,757 0
MUREȘ 14,138,810 14,135,430 −3,380
BUZĂU 14,712,063 13,817,833 −894,230
ALBA 11,271,839 12,601,839 +1,330,000
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 11,533,755 11,580,222 +46,467
BRAȘOV 5,967,382 11,531,497 +5,564,115
ILFOV 15,669,297 11,515,130 −4,154,167
GORJ 11,480,768 11,480,768 0
IALOMIȚA 10,990,853 10,761,874 −228,979
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 10,401,809 10,476,808 +74,999
MEHEDINȚI 10,254,213 10,254,213 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 10,182,064 10,182,064 0
MARAMUREȘ 8,556,379 8,890,971 +334,592
OLT 10,336,125 8,738,933 −1,597,192
VÂLCEA 8,710,746 7,417,756 −1,292,990
TELEORMAN 6,248,755 7,341,205 +1,092,450
VRANCEA 4,777,456 7,221,314 +2,443,858
HARGHITA 8,304,447 7,151,134 −1,153,313
BOTOȘANI 8,975,667 7,006,767 −1,968,900
ARGEȘ 3,551,797 6,069,138 +2,517,341
NEAMȚ 6,847,223 5,517,223 −1,330,000
COVASNA 4,876,053 4,876,053 0
BACĂU 3,694,750 4,723,250 +1,028,500
SIBIU 4,725,648 4,715,208 −10,440
GALAȚI 4,183,832 3,953,181 −230,651
BRĂILA 3,546,887 3,212,887 −334,000
ARAD 3,099,691 3,099,691 0
GIURGIU 2,678,088 2,678,088 0
DOLJ 2,644,908 2,644,908 0
SĂLAJ 3,630,703 2,048,253 −1,582,450
SATU MARE 1,513,927 1,893,927 +380,000
VASLUI 1,374,472 1,388,292 +13,820

Another 106.68 Mn. (3.3% 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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