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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 485

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 — 1.41 Mn. ARAD — 910,173 RON ARGEȘ — 1.44 Mn. BACĂU — 693,351 RON BIHOR — 1.74 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 958,554 RON BOTOȘANI — 641,281 RON BRĂILA — 1.05 Mn. BRAȘOV — 5.52 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 187.20 Mn. BUZĂU — 6.52 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 755,823 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 394,770 RON CLUJ — 7.86 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 5.97 Mn. COVASNA — 268,590 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.09 Mn. DOLJ — 15.00 Mn. GALAȚI — 5.18 Mn. GIURGIU — 259,761 RON GORJ — 506,927 RON HARGHITA — 2.57 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 3.04 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 394,500 RON IAȘI — 4.98 Mn. ILFOV — 21.59 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 477,144 RON MEHEDINȚI — 316,914 RON MUREȘ — 1.85 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.85 Mn. OLT — 931,407 RON PRAHOVA — 2.80 Mn. SĂLAJ — 82,172 RON SATU MARE — 1.45 Mn. SIBIU — 3.21 Mn. SUCEAVA — 3.19 Mn. TELEORMAN — 135,134 RON TIMIȘ — 7.91 Mn. TULCEA — 334,630 RON VÂLCEA — 717,562 RON VASLUI — 1.78 Mn. VRANCEA — 2.61 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 28,954,167 3,648,891 154,593,369 187,196,427 109 60.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,394,486 47,286 19,143,374 21,585,146 35 7.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,093,956 74,501 13,832,299 15,000,756 25 4.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 2,471,788 17,589 5,419,986 7,909,363 12 2.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 3,762,075 435,523 3,666,354 7,863,952 11 2.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 4,736,626 18,570 1,760,589 6,515,785 17 2.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 3,329,552 19,312 2,616,930 5,965,794 9 1.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 2,754,140 206,818 2,556,600 5,517,558 10 1.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,053,457 47,844 4,075,109 5,176,410 11 1.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 2,597,169 19,205 2,362,840 4,979,214 6 1.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,715,185 145,506 1,350,422 3,211,113 8 1.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,540,204 33,316 1,618,632 3,192,152 5 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 874,117 810 2,168,775 3,043,702 9 1.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,470,289 56,669 1,276,238 2,803,196 4 0.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,925,181 124,984 563,975 2,614,140 8 0.9%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 659,489 894 1,912,653 2,573,036 9 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,684,546 78,404 88,329 1,851,279 4 0.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,402,565 292,280 151,200 1,846,045 4 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 290,084 2,471 1,484,977 1,777,532 5 0.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,567,442 173,865 3,143 1,744,450 3 0.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,365,095 22,100 60,816 1,448,011 4 0.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,263,644 83,199 95,191 1,442,034 3 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,253,784 5,850 152,257 1,411,891 4 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,062,491 23,869 — 1,086,360 2 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,010,353 8,775 28,800 1,047,928 4 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 938,140 20,414 — 958,554 3 0.3%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 830,642 5,990 94,775 931,407 3 0.3%
ARAD West 410,058 904,348 5,825 — 910,173 2 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 710,137 45,686 — 755,823 3 0.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 290,854 28,908 397,800 717,562 2 0.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 420,993 71,477 200,881 693,351 1 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 614,222 4,996 22,063 641,281 2 0.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 497,439 9,488 — 506,927 2 0.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 404,554 72,590 — 477,144 1 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 319,873 74,897 — 394,770 2 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 391,560 2,940 — 394,500 2 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 332,748 1,882 — 334,630 2 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 295,332 21,582 — 316,914 1 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 244,686 23,904 — 268,590 1 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 245,073 14,688 — 259,761 1 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 135,134 — — 135,134 0 0.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 81,315 857 — 82,172 0 0.0%

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 154,593,371 142,920,712 −11,672,659
ILFOV 19,143,373 19,143,373 0
CONSTANȚA 2,616,930 14,013,727 +11,396,797
DOLJ 13,832,299 13,832,299 0
TIMIȘ 5,419,986 4,592,196 −827,790
GALAȚI 4,075,109 4,075,109 0
CLUJ 3,666,354 3,666,354 0
HUNEDOARA 2,168,775 3,137,625 +968,850
HARGHITA 1,912,653 1,912,653 0
BUZĂU 1,760,589 1,760,589 0
SUCEAVA 1,618,632 1,618,632 0
BRAȘOV 2,556,599 1,587,749 −968,850
VASLUI 1,484,977 1,484,977 0
IALOMIȚA 0 1,373,600 +1,373,600
SIBIU 1,350,422 1,350,422 0
PRAHOVA 1,276,238 1,276,238 0
IAȘI 2,362,840 989,240 −1,373,600
VRANCEA 563,975 563,975 0
VÂLCEA 397,800 385,000 −12,800
BACĂU 200,881 200,881 0
ALBA 152,257 152,257 0
MUREȘ 151,200 151,200 0
ARGEȘ 95,191 95,191 0
OLT 94,775 94,775 0
NEAMȚ 88,329 88,329 0
SATU MARE 60,816 60,816 0
BOTOȘANI 22,063 34,863 +12,800
BRĂILA 28,800 28,800 0
BIHOR 3,143 3,143 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 1.10 Mn. (0.5% 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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