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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 507

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 — 9.18 Mn. ARAD — 13.31 Mn. ARGEȘ — 10.02 Mn. BACĂU — 14.40 Mn. BIHOR — 15.25 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 7.36 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 8.00 Mn. BRĂILA — 5.92 Mn. BRAȘOV — 31.74 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 1.43 Bn. BUZĂU — 10.65 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 5.69 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 5.09 Mn. CLUJ — 50.91 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 35.06 Mn. COVASNA — 7.82 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 7.39 Mn. DOLJ — 28.77 Mn. GALAȚI — 31.05 Mn. GIURGIU — 3.87 Mn. GORJ — 14.63 Mn. HARGHITA — 5.81 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 14.17 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 3.37 Mn. IAȘI — 44.27 Mn. ILFOV — 30.83 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 10.35 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 4.83 Mn. MUREȘ — 14.25 Mn. NEAMȚ — 12.58 Mn. OLT — 11.58 Mn. PRAHOVA — 23.69 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.89 Mn. SATU MARE — 8.67 Mn. SIBIU — 48.06 Mn. SUCEAVA — 14.02 Mn. TELEORMAN — 4.38 Mn. TIMIȘ — 36.66 Mn. TULCEA — 6.99 Mn. VÂLCEA — 7.91 Mn. VASLUI — 11.11 Mn. VRANCEA — 13.08 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 1,713,832 217,292,127 41,194,432 1,173,113,895 1,431,600,454 835 68.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 30,470,102 5,977,984 14,458,810 50,906,896 73 2.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 14,408,841 3,716,146 29,934,314 48,059,301 121 2.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 24,372,597 5,548,150 14,352,420 44,273,167 57 2.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 26,120,229 5,456,984 5,087,055 36,664,268 54 1.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 24,724,407 4,119,649 6,218,390 35,062,446 53 1.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 25,346,052 4,460,505 1,933,279 31,739,836 56 1.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 16,966,135 4,414,543 9,667,684 31,048,362 64 1.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 28,170,251 1,639,195 1,025,470 30,834,916 50 1.5%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 19,240,696 3,667,418 5,863,933 28,772,047 48 1.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 18,515,909 2,829,893 2,342,412 23,688,214 35 1.1%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 11,289,208 2,436,153 1,522,248 15,247,609 27 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 4,169,851 450,697 10,011,311 14,631,859 48 0.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 10,778,017 2,567,942 1,052,197 14,398,156 24 0.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 8,233,781 2,997,114 3,019,546 14,250,441 27 0.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 13,701,765 339,190 128,530 14,169,485 41 0.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 12,473,172 983,856 558,418 14,015,446 22 0.7%
ARAD West 410,058 9,602,094 3,707,820 — 13,309,914 32 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 8,321,447 186,560 4,576,440 13,084,447 40 0.6%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 10,099,116 1,081,111 1,399,758 12,579,985 28 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 10,393,266 408,131 774,560 11,575,957 31 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 5,780,800 468,766 4,862,028 11,111,594 31 0.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 7,667,227 2,981,983 — 10,649,210 27 0.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 6,506,368 3,844,224 — 10,350,592 23 0.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 8,835,846 1,182,477 — 10,018,323 18 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 7,476,583 1,699,424 — 9,176,007 28 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 6,965,666 1,700,474 — 8,666,140 26 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 6,844,636 1,053,034 103,720 8,001,390 21 0.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 6,173,351 900,363 832,706 7,906,420 23 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 7,662,136 156,400 — 7,818,536 39 0.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 6,127,347 769,059 494,590 7,390,996 16 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 5,902,588 1,403,814 55,680 7,362,082 25 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 3,033,476 136,726 3,823,020 6,993,222 38 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 5,116,049 510,755 292,563 5,919,367 22 0.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 4,704,095 1,102,733 — 5,806,828 20 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 5,543,728 150,369 — 5,694,097 21 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 4,886,334 205,668 — 5,092,002 21 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 4,751,425 77,521 — 4,828,946 21 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 4,085,037 294,306 — 4,379,343 14 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,725,758 168,893 — 3,894,651 19 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 3,569,420 301,376 — 3,870,796 15 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 3,214,307 159,044 — 3,373,351 14 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
BUCUREȘTI 1,173,113,887 879,607,910 −293,505,977
CONSTANȚA 6,218,390 144,298,259 +138,079,869
MEHEDINȚI 0 116,045,473 +116,045,473
SIBIU 29,934,314 25,984,312 −3,950,002
IAȘI 14,352,420 14,714,469 +362,049
CLUJ 14,458,809 13,302,570 −1,156,239
GORJ 10,011,309 8,765,113 −1,246,196
TIMIȘ 5,087,055 7,232,135 +2,145,080
MUREȘ 3,019,546 6,421,553 +3,402,007
DOLJ 5,863,933 5,938,889 +74,956
VRANCEA 4,576,440 5,894,545 +1,318,105
VASLUI 4,862,028 4,889,108 +27,080
BRAȘOV 1,933,279 4,351,856 +2,418,577
TULCEA 3,823,020 4,039,003 +215,983
BACĂU 1,052,197 3,919,490 +2,867,293
GALAȚI 9,667,684 2,942,660 −6,725,024
PRAHOVA 2,342,413 2,916,243 +573,830
NEAMȚ 1,399,758 1,917,388 +517,630
BIHOR 1,522,248 1,846,191 +323,943
VÂLCEA 832,706 1,583,596 +750,890
ILFOV 1,025,470 1,245,311 +219,841
ARGEȘ 0 1,045,317 +1,045,317
OLT 774,560 932,044 +157,484
BRĂILA 292,563 806,610 +514,047
BUZĂU 0 622,010 +622,010
SUCEAVA 558,418 589,390 +30,972
DÂMBOVIȚA 494,590 548,990 +54,400
HUNEDOARA 128,530 498,338 +369,808
ARAD 0 420,668 +420,668
IALOMIȚA 0 292,563 +292,563
COVASNA 0 238,846 +238,846
MARAMUREȘ 0 205,006 +205,006
GIURGIU 0 185,533 +185,533
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 167,680 +167,680
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 55,680 148,863 +93,183
SĂLAJ 0 139,440 +139,440
BOTOȘANI 103,720 103,720 0
SATU MARE 0 93,829 +93,829
ALBA 0 74,410 +74,410
HARGHITA 0 63,124 +63,124
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0

Another 32.47 Mn. (2.5% 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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