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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 500

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 — 8.00 Mn. ARAD — 8.23 Mn. ARGEȘ — 7.70 Mn. BACĂU — 10.99 Mn. BIHOR — 8.61 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 3.71 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 3.62 Mn. BRĂILA — 4.64 Mn. BRAȘOV — 34.73 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 430.93 Mn. BUZĂU — 10.12 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 5.29 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 5.95 Mn. CLUJ — 165.96 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 319.22 Mn. COVASNA — 5.17 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 6.89 Mn. DOLJ — 11.57 Mn. GALAȚI — 6.55 Mn. GIURGIU — 4.86 Mn. GORJ — 3.38 Mn. HARGHITA — 4.49 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 6.55 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 19.59 Mn. IAȘI — 16.55 Mn. ILFOV — 45.86 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 5.51 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.88 Mn. MUREȘ — 10.93 Mn. NEAMȚ — 7.17 Mn. OLT — 10.08 Mn. PRAHOVA — 10.32 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.27 Mn. SATU MARE — 4.05 Mn. SIBIU — 11.66 Mn. SUCEAVA — 12.79 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.71 Mn. TIMIȘ — 19.82 Mn. TULCEA — 7.58 Mn. VÂLCEA — 6.20 Mn. VASLUI — 5.28 Mn. VRANCEA — 5.93 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 53,930,941 14,296,248 362,705,417 430,932,606 251 33.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 12,745,273 1,243,169 305,233,225 319,221,667 486 24.8%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 18,330,386 1,595,784 146,033,631 165,959,801 237 12.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 11,317,158 1,168,831 33,377,873 45,863,862 74 3.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 16,193,468 1,001,264 17,536,897 34,731,629 62 2.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 12,492,451 1,763,997 5,565,615 19,822,063 29 1.5%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,011,208 133,385 15,449,766 19,594,359 79 1.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 12,611,268 729,433 3,211,106 16,551,807 21 1.3%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 12,607,353 182,099 — 12,789,452 20 1.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 8,567,688 1,311,896 1,776,437 11,656,021 29 0.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 7,372,747 514,813 3,677,464 11,565,024 19 0.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 6,898,366 398,809 3,690,765 10,987,940 19 0.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 9,854,332 1,012,721 59,132 10,926,185 21 0.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 8,373,347 925,659 1,017,296 10,316,302 15 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 9,380,027 410,893 330,340 10,121,260 26 0.8%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 8,014,803 58,166 2,002,573 10,075,542 27 0.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 6,842,405 1,514,227 251,890 8,608,522 15 0.7%
ARAD West 410,058 6,142,325 743,112 1,347,634 8,233,071 20 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 6,991,756 1,008,615 — 8,000,371 25 0.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 7,278,772 298,592 119,940 7,697,304 14 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 7,465,480 118,258 — 7,583,738 41 0.6%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 5,457,607 431,906 1,283,610 7,173,123 16 0.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 6,023,064 864,711 — 6,887,775 14 0.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 6,207,089 343,640 — 6,550,729 19 0.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 6,003,714 543,565 — 6,547,279 13 0.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 4,707,831 623,051 866,820 6,197,702 18 0.5%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 5,926,187 25,600 — 5,951,787 25 0.5%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,780,624 146,897 — 5,927,521 18 0.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,482,573 1,032,067 — 5,514,640 12 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 4,903,719 383,459 — 5,287,178 19 0.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 4,777,294 497,926 — 5,275,220 15 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 4,856,860 316,057 — 5,172,917 26 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 4,663,868 194,017 — 4,857,885 19 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 4,551,317 92,583 — 4,643,900 17 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 4,350,943 137,024 — 4,487,967 15 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 3,454,674 594,455 — 4,049,129 12 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,995,032 716,907 — 3,711,939 12 0.3%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,461,452 159,967 — 3,621,419 9 0.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 3,181,383 195,323 — 3,376,706 11 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,017,027 135,104 117,300 3,269,431 16 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,792,771 88,660 — 2,881,431 13 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,645,397 66,205 — 2,711,602 9 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
CONSTANȚA 305,233,225 467,078,459 +161,845,234
ILFOV 33,377,873 183,706,871 +150,328,998
CLUJ 146,033,631 147,911,765 +1,878,134
BUCUREȘTI 362,705,420 26,728,626 −335,976,794
BRAȘOV 17,536,897 17,536,897 0
TIMIȘ 5,565,613 5,565,613 0
DOLJ 3,677,464 4,656,756 +979,292
MEHEDINȚI 0 4,374,282 +4,374,282
BACĂU 3,690,765 3,690,765 0
IAȘI 3,211,106 3,142,756 −68,350
BRĂILA 0 2,332,980 +2,332,980
PRAHOVA 1,017,296 1,837,206 +819,910
SIBIU 1,776,437 1,776,437 0
ARAD 1,347,634 1,347,634 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 1,283,610 +1,283,610
VÂLCEA 866,820 873,540 +6,720
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 396,688 +396,688
BUZĂU 330,340 347,320 +16,980
BIHOR 251,890 251,890 0
ARGEȘ 119,940 156,866 +36,926
HARGHITA 0 124,286 +124,286
SĂLAJ 117,300 117,300 0
GALAȚI 0 107,630 +107,630
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 69,384 +69,384
MUREȘ 59,132 59,132 0
HUNEDOARA 0 25,871 +25,871
VRANCEA 0 16,980 +16,980
IALOMIȚA 15,449,766 0 −15,449,766
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
OLT 2,002,572 0 −2,002,572
ALBA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
NEAMȚ 1,283,610 0 −1,283,610
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0

Another 30.14 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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