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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 483

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 — 2.42 Mn. ARAD — 1.98 Mn. ARGEȘ — 2.20 Mn. BACĂU — 4.79 Mn. BIHOR — 2.83 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 925,154 RON BOTOȘANI — 641,871 RON BRĂILA — 752,201 RON BRAȘOV — 5.80 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 187.20 Mn. BUZĂU — 2.03 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 960,320 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 957,327 RON CLUJ — 48.37 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 7.14 Mn. COVASNA — 1.25 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 2.01 Mn. DOLJ — 3.89 Mn. GALAȚI — 5.59 Mn. GIURGIU — 512,718 RON GORJ — 2.38 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.00 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 2.29 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 883,474 RON IAȘI — 8.15 Mn. ILFOV — 8.32 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.86 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.66 Mn. MUREȘ — 4.15 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.24 Mn. OLT — 855,154 RON PRAHOVA — 2.82 Mn. SĂLAJ — 759,919 RON SATU MARE — 2.42 Mn. SIBIU — 17.09 Mn. SUCEAVA — 5.23 Mn. TELEORMAN — 873,629 RON TIMIȘ — 11.01 Mn. TULCEA — 2.81 Mn. VÂLCEA — 3.49 Mn. VASLUI — 702,725 RON VRANCEA — 1.39 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 46,355,280 8,198,960 132,642,434 187,196,674 109 51.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 6,502,045 793,034 41,076,537 48,371,616 69 13.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,749,217 1,070,280 14,274,035 17,093,532 43 4.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 7,697,635 272,971 3,044,313 11,014,919 16 3.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 5,930,357 63,297 2,327,295 8,320,949 13 2.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 4,750,212 164,867 3,233,991 8,149,070 10 2.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 4,658,919 1,397,077 1,083,212 7,139,208 11 2.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,803,468 74,319 1,926,054 5,803,841 10 1.6%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,858,814 90,765 2,641,269 5,590,848 11 1.5%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,519,107 148,242 2,566,808 5,234,157 8 1.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 4,230,499 390,702 168,008 4,789,209 8 1.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,252,267 74,733 823,866 4,150,866 8 1.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,755,165 78,647 1,052,870 3,886,682 7 1.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,707,333 48,767 1,732,397 3,488,497 10 1.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 2,432,670 107,912 285,656 2,826,238 5 0.8%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,702,310 118,912 — 2,821,222 4 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,156,316 10,302 1,639,685 2,806,303 15 0.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,129,797 67,674 227,380 2,424,851 7 0.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,280,092 51,314 1,087,179 2,418,585 7 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 967,774 24,708 1,387,879 2,380,361 8 0.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,631,685 149,843 509,912 2,291,440 7 0.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,529,866 87,658 583,438 2,200,962 4 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,955,732 70,482 — 2,026,214 5 0.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,579,722 221,209 205,890 2,006,821 4 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,039,085 167,775 790,802 1,997,662 7 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 1,104,193 54,558 819,496 1,978,247 5 0.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,235,162 91,746 533,060 1,859,968 4 0.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 689,071 748 966,675 1,656,494 7 0.5%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 987,223 13,710 388,442 1,389,375 4 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 493,159 5,950 749,081 1,248,190 6 0.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,213,867 12,500 8,677 1,235,044 3 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 797,898 16,058 146,364 960,320 3 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 951,627 5,700 — 957,327 4 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 868,973 4,610 51,571 925,154 3 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 867,369 16,105 — 883,474 4 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 643,329 500 229,800 873,629 3 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 849,254 5,900 — 855,154 2 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 749,786 10,133 — 759,919 4 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 656,726 14,375 81,100 752,201 3 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 662,853 30,213 9,659 702,725 2 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 592,003 49,868 — 641,871 2 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 504,744 7,974 — 512,718 2 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 132,642,435 125,756,671 −6,885,764
CLUJ 41,076,537 40,873,347 −203,190
SIBIU 14,274,033 14,138,655 −135,378
TIMIȘ 3,044,313 3,152,605 +108,292
IAȘI 3,233,991 3,150,972 −83,019
DOLJ 1,052,869 2,930,713 +1,877,844
GALAȚI 2,641,269 2,641,269 0
SUCEAVA 2,566,808 2,566,808 0
ILFOV 2,327,295 2,491,382 +164,087
CONSTANȚA 1,083,212 1,953,322 +870,110
BRAȘOV 1,926,054 1,931,743 +5,689
VÂLCEA 1,732,397 1,732,397 0
TULCEA 1,639,685 1,639,685 0
GORJ 1,387,879 1,302,964 −84,915
BUZĂU 0 1,265,758 +1,265,758
MUREȘ 823,866 1,244,289 +420,423
SATU MARE 1,087,179 1,087,179 0
MEHEDINȚI 966,675 957,675 −9,000
ARAD 819,496 819,496 0
HARGHITA 790,802 790,802 0
COVASNA 749,081 749,081 0
MARAMUREȘ 533,060 533,060 0
HUNEDOARA 509,912 509,912 0
ARGEȘ 583,438 409,608 −173,830
VRANCEA 388,442 388,442 0
BIHOR 285,656 285,656 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 205,890 277,997 +72,107
TELEORMAN 229,800 229,800 0
ALBA 227,380 227,380 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 146,364 184,998 +38,634
BACĂU 168,008 168,008 0
PRAHOVA 0 104,000 +104,000
BRĂILA 81,100 81,100 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 51,571 51,571 0
VASLUI 9,659 9,659 0
NEAMȚ 8,677 8,677 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0

Another 2.65 Mn. (1.2% 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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