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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 505

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 — 5.65 Mn. ARAD — 13.57 Mn. ARGEȘ — 7.99 Mn. BACĂU — 11.47 Mn. BIHOR — 9.84 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 5.09 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 4.39 Mn. BRĂILA — 5.72 Mn. BRAȘOV — 32.21 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 2.44 Bn. BUZĂU — 8.86 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 4.81 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.78 Mn. CLUJ — 217.86 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 87.31 Mn. COVASNA — 2.01 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.50 Mn. DOLJ — 408.18 Mn. GALAȚI — 16.24 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.49 Mn. GORJ — 189.41 Mn. HARGHITA — 3.08 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 21.19 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.77 Mn. IAȘI — 21.33 Mn. ILFOV — 20.81 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 5.67 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 4.13 Mn. MUREȘ — 43.24 Mn. NEAMȚ — 6.05 Mn. OLT — 3.55 Mn. PRAHOVA — 50.98 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.30 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.74 Mn. SIBIU — 195.14 Mn. SUCEAVA — 5.21 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.67 Mn. TIMIȘ — 71.42 Mn. TULCEA — 2.17 Mn. VÂLCEA — 39.21 Mn. VASLUI — 4.38 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.55 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 71,827,651 33,649,206 2,334,364,021 2,439,840,878 1,424 61.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 8,255,978 2,538,492 397,388,882 408,183,352 687 10.2%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 17,624,873 4,353,597 195,883,617 217,862,087 311 5.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 7,798,052 2,999,098 184,345,420 195,142,570 492 4.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,731,900 1,564,822 186,112,436 189,409,158 617 4.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 28,108,873 6,565,568 52,640,220 87,314,661 133 2.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 11,636,314 2,332,798 57,454,759 71,423,871 106 1.8%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 12,930,167 1,958,456 36,095,894 50,984,517 75 1.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,548,245 7,503,668 32,187,722 43,239,635 83 1.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,685,874 1,998,165 33,521,428 39,205,467 116 1.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 12,197,939 2,634,890 17,381,814 32,214,643 57 0.8%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 16,256,878 2,117,548 2,959,022 21,333,448 27 0.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,106,926 1,164,663 16,913,904 21,185,493 61 0.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 17,264,668 1,063,951 2,482,055 20,810,674 34 0.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 10,515,817 1,785,734 3,939,470 16,241,021 33 0.4%
ARAD West 410,058 3,431,728 744,735 9,390,992 13,567,455 33 0.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 6,437,686 1,822,428 3,205,741 11,465,855 19 0.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,799,002 2,331,914 1,707,884 9,838,800 18 0.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,559,098 366,186 1,938,838 8,864,122 23 0.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 6,464,611 885,527 636,133 7,986,271 14 0.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,404,439 701,807 939,899 6,046,145 14 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 5,553,809 166,986 — 5,720,795 21 0.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,953,802 424,103 289,500 5,667,405 13 0.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 5,456,204 197,095 — 5,653,299 17 0.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 4,868,833 635,707 — 5,504,540 12 0.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 4,935,131 272,094 — 5,207,225 8 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 4,478,625 614,300 — 5,092,925 17 0.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,633,040 1,155,604 21,788 4,810,432 17 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,032,852 361,989 — 4,394,841 11 0.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 3,426,005 420,032 534,829 4,380,866 12 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 3,983,449 144,421 — 4,127,870 18 0.1%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,747,845 794,457 199,069 3,741,371 11 0.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,529,166 23,788 — 3,552,954 11 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,412,419 136,192 — 3,548,611 10 0.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,618,333 464,917 — 3,083,250 11 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,507,998 260,701 — 2,768,699 11 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,384,765 119,455 168,472 2,672,692 9 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,457,338 36,697 — 2,494,035 10 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,143,042 28,964 — 2,172,006 12 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,848,663 163,393 — 2,012,056 10 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,721,315 60,882 — 1,782,197 7 0.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,017,801 73,838 207,030 1,298,669 6 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
CONSTANȚA 52,640,220 1,130,881,641 +1,078,241,421
BUCUREȘTI 2,334,364,026 1,089,191,039 −1,245,172,987
DOLJ 397,388,882 421,463,512 +24,074,630
SIBIU 184,345,421 161,350,178 −22,995,243
GORJ 186,112,437 133,478,828 −52,633,609
CLUJ 195,883,616 127,962,574 −67,921,042
TIMIȘ 57,454,759 61,589,324 +4,134,565
VÂLCEA 33,521,427 46,312,729 +12,791,302
MEHEDINȚI 0 42,378,212 +42,378,212
PRAHOVA 36,095,894 41,760,692 +5,664,798
BRAȘOV 17,381,814 25,378,897 +7,997,083
MUREȘ 32,187,722 24,723,662 −7,464,060
IAȘI 2,959,022 21,518,044 +18,559,022
HUNEDOARA 16,913,904 17,039,370 +125,466
BIHOR 1,707,884 12,078,003 +10,370,119
ARAD 9,390,992 9,676,229 +285,237
ALBA 0 9,610,998 +9,610,998
MARAMUREȘ 289,500 9,227,168 +8,937,668
GALAȚI 3,939,470 9,011,432 +5,071,962
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 7,963,177 +7,963,177
BACĂU 3,205,741 5,490,404 +2,284,663
BRĂILA 0 5,140,202 +5,140,202
BUZĂU 1,938,838 4,958,838 +3,020,000
SUCEAVA 0 4,951,868 +4,951,868
SATU MARE 199,069 4,197,100 +3,998,031
HARGHITA 0 4,186,565 +4,186,565
NEAMȚ 939,899 3,664,551 +2,724,652
OLT 0 3,042,680 +3,042,680
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 3,000,000 +3,000,000
VRANCEA 0 3,000,000 +3,000,000
ILFOV 2,482,055 2,493,878 +11,823
COVASNA 0 2,131,794 +2,131,794
SĂLAJ 207,030 2,049,247 +1,842,217
VASLUI 534,829 1,293,938 +759,109
BOTOȘANI 0 1,099,755 +1,099,755
ARGEȘ 636,133 723,264 +87,131
TULCEA 0 536,818 +536,818
TELEORMAN 168,472 168,472 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 148,515 +148,515
GIURGIU 0 100,212 +100,212
CĂLĂRAȘI 21,788 50,238 +28,450
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0

Another 117.89 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

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  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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