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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 506

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 — 4.08 Mn. ARAD — 5.02 Mn. ARGEȘ — 6.03 Mn. BACĂU — 4.90 Mn. BIHOR — 9.06 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 2.95 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 1.81 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.93 Mn. BRAȘOV — 12.47 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 430.85 Mn. BUZĂU — 4.34 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.80 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 743,044 RON CLUJ — 40.54 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 36.69 Mn. COVASNA — 2.15 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.19 Mn. DOLJ — 5.34 Mn. GALAȚI — 7.48 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.66 Mn. GORJ — 2.42 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.13 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 3.03 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 4.20 Mn. IAȘI — 11.45 Mn. ILFOV — 2.85 Bn. MARAMUREȘ — 4.64 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.73 Mn. MUREȘ — 4.42 Mn. NEAMȚ — 3.39 Mn. OLT — 2.19 Mn. PRAHOVA — 8.52 Mn. SĂLAJ — 2.75 Mn. SATU MARE — 4.64 Mn. SIBIU — 16.91 Mn. SUCEAVA — 5.56 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.38 Mn. TIMIȘ — 10.98 Mn. TULCEA — 2.03 Mn. VÂLCEA — 3.71 Mn. VASLUI — 1.92 Mn. VRANCEA — 6.93 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
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 11,982,178 360,348 2,836,492,186 2,848,834,712 4,599 80.5%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 69,872,634 9,452,436 351,524,953 430,850,023 251 12.2%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 11,892,883 1,374,798 27,268,018 40,535,699 58 1.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 10,868,667 3,511,049 22,315,274 36,694,990 56 1.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 6,100,063 414,547 10,396,193 16,910,803 43 0.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 9,901,101 1,749,641 822,391 12,473,133 22 0.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 8,884,608 1,377,974 1,183,371 11,445,953 15 0.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 8,648,480 557,724 1,774,402 10,980,606 16 0.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 6,188,421 1,109,689 1,762,728 9,060,838 16 0.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 8,119,089 399,785 — 8,518,874 12 0.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 6,860,049 246,917 377,710 7,484,676 15 0.2%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 6,852,424 74,726 — 6,927,150 21 0.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 5,743,843 282,851 — 6,026,694 11 0.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 5,401,924 157,206 — 5,559,130 9 0.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,481,731 706,484 147,851 5,336,066 9 0.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 5,059,310 129,922 — 5,189,232 11 0.2%
ARAD West 410,058 4,345,168 671,428 — 5,016,596 12 0.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 3,177,787 640,231 1,084,294 4,902,312 8 0.1%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 3,432,268 334,144 877,819 4,644,231 14 0.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 3,695,608 941,412 — 4,637,020 10 0.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 2,708,793 1,000,122 707,552 4,416,467 9 0.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,770,896 544,524 27,011 4,342,431 11 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,513,049 325,534 1,360,019 4,198,602 17 0.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,973,529 105,708 — 4,079,237 13 0.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,316,279 395,843 — 3,712,122 11 0.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,833,668 560,787 — 3,394,455 8 0.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,981,075 51,948 — 3,033,023 9 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,689,261 263,788 — 2,953,049 10 0.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,777,641 22,972 — 2,800,613 10 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,516,825 236,051 — 2,752,876 13 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,731,811 183 — 2,731,994 12 0.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,308,526 77,270 37,842 2,423,638 8 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,113,590 73,898 — 2,187,488 6 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,102,381 50,433 — 2,152,814 11 0.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,943,506 184,064 — 2,127,570 7 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,994,252 34,585 — 2,028,837 11 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,780,604 151,717 — 1,932,321 7 0.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,417,853 86,384 411,175 1,915,412 5 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,778,859 29,116 — 1,807,975 5 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,504,645 159,101 — 1,663,746 6 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,374,869 1,566 — 1,376,435 4 0.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 675,823 67,221 — 743,044 3 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
BRAȘOV 822,391 1,947,056,263 +1,946,233,872
BACĂU 1,084,294 699,576,783 +698,492,489
BUCUREȘTI 351,524,955 231,121,168 −120,403,787
ILFOV 2,836,492,186 219,318,439 −2,617,173,747
DOLJ 147,851 51,204,454 +51,056,603
CONSTANȚA 22,315,274 39,116,031 +16,800,757
CLUJ 27,268,019 23,989,307 −3,278,712
PRAHOVA 0 11,558,126 +11,558,126
SIBIU 10,396,193 9,510,252 −885,941
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 3,836,511 +3,836,511
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 3,121,560 +3,121,560
BIHOR 1,762,728 1,814,260 +51,532
TIMIȘ 1,774,402 1,774,402 0
MUREȘ 707,552 1,593,493 +885,941
IAȘI 1,183,371 1,358,871 +175,500
ARGEȘ 0 1,258,597 +1,258,597
VÂLCEA 0 1,232,310 +1,232,310
SATU MARE 877,819 877,819 0
SUCEAVA 0 466,093 +466,093
VASLUI 411,175 411,175 0
GALAȚI 377,710 364,900 −12,810
HUNEDOARA 0 184,057 +184,057
GORJ 37,842 126,460 +88,618
ALBA 0 77,827 +77,827
MEHEDINȚI 0 72,419 +72,419
BUZĂU 27,012 27,012 0
OLT 0 19,925 +19,925
VRANCEA 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 1,360,019 0 −1,360,019
NEAMȚ 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0

Another 7.50 Mn. (0.2% 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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