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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 51

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 — 3.07 Mn. ARAD — 7.08 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.41 Mn. BACĂU — 3.46 Mn. BIHOR — 14.94 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 7.81 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 1.73 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.96 Mn. BRAȘOV — 17.90 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 407.85 Mn. BUZĂU — 5.84 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 4.01 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.58 Mn. CLUJ — 49.06 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 19.78 Mn. COVASNA — 4.20 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 3.48 Mn. DOLJ — 82.50 Mn. GALAȚI — 5.34 Mn. GIURGIU — 4.30 Mn. GORJ — 5.39 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.62 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 4.27 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.46 Mn. IAȘI — 20.63 Mn. ILFOV — 37.50 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 42.01 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 5.14 Mn. MUREȘ — 76.39 Mn. NEAMȚ — 2.61 Mn. OLT — 5.62 Mn. PRAHOVA — 15.78 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.32 Mn. SATU MARE — 11.41 Mn. SIBIU — 12.38 Mn. SUCEAVA — 4.81 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.36 Mn. TIMIȘ — 13.72 Mn. TULCEA — 1.97 Mn. VÂLCEA — 28.51 Mn. VASLUI — 6.82 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.79 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 40,461,205 7,607,898 359,783,607 407,852,710 238 42.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 5,325,147 462,128 76,716,450 82,503,725 139 8.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 5,926,901 458,187 70,007,751 76,392,839 147 8.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 11,332,358 1,391,568 36,339,003 49,062,929 70 5.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 9,355,711 393,452 32,264,790 42,013,953 93 4.4%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 7,966,008 800,069 28,729,314 37,495,391 61 3.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 2,127,754 347,497 26,029,823 28,505,074 84 3.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 6,184,724 1,231,636 13,210,361 20,626,721 26 2.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 13,439,004 2,241,983 4,102,310 19,783,297 30 2.1%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 7,330,771 448,067 10,117,329 17,896,167 32 1.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 5,184,345 1,071,240 9,526,606 15,782,191 23 1.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 3,247,941 342,530 11,351,200 14,941,671 27 1.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 11,512,214 1,354,391 854,968 13,721,573 20 1.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 3,835,143 995,547 7,547,635 12,378,325 31 1.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 5,653,841 281,468 5,479,021 11,414,330 35 1.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 5,621,349 533,298 1,659,355 7,814,002 26 0.8%
ARAD West 410,058 6,285,158 556,404 235,651 7,077,213 17 0.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,212,174 158,750 4,452,324 6,823,248 19 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 4,208,153 157,902 1,475,579 5,841,634 15 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 4,418,267 39,813 1,164,928 5,623,008 15 0.6%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,973,403 740,255 2,676,207 5,389,865 18 0.6%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 4,829,720 514,296 — 5,344,016 11 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 5,034,646 110,015 — 5,144,661 23 0.5%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 4,392,688 419,669 — 4,812,357 7 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,442,482 89,958 2,771,000 4,303,440 17 0.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,805,862 162,661 300,450 4,268,973 12 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,283,515 53,451 1,859,159 4,196,125 21 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,833,325 180,123 — 4,013,448 14 0.4%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,471,006 113,307 205,800 3,790,113 11 0.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 3,381,943 98,405 — 3,480,348 7 0.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,986,435 471,018 — 3,457,453 6 0.4%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,735,291 529,394 144,000 3,408,685 6 0.4%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,405,536 660,999 — 3,066,535 9 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,263,760 692,375 — 2,956,135 11 0.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,562,545 56,646 — 2,619,191 9 0.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,015,463 160,729 435,039 2,611,231 6 0.3%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,346,697 11,819 — 2,358,516 8 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,913,970 51,092 — 1,965,062 11 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,510,345 168,358 47,519 1,726,222 4 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,160,211 199,128 216,656 1,575,995 7 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,302,053 161,141 — 1,463,194 6 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 927,333 222,238 175,169 1,324,740 6 0.1%

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
VÂLCEA 26,029,823 112,006,476 +85,976,653
MEHEDINȚI 0 99,421,979 +99,421,979
MUREȘ 70,007,751 84,867,648 +14,859,897
BUCUREȘTI 359,783,607 84,019,805 −275,763,802
DOLJ 76,716,450 76,832,650 +116,200
CLUJ 36,339,002 36,212,489 −126,513
MARAMUREȘ 32,264,790 32,287,279 +22,489
ILFOV 28,729,314 27,185,794 −1,543,520
GORJ 2,676,207 26,374,756 +23,698,549
NEAMȚ 435,039 23,586,586 +23,151,547
IAȘI 13,210,361 13,445,696 +235,335
BRAȘOV 10,117,331 12,988,041 +2,870,710
BIHOR 11,351,200 11,399,200 +48,000
PRAHOVA 9,526,606 9,556,356 +29,750
ARGEȘ 144,000 7,689,990 +7,545,990
SIBIU 7,547,635 7,138,552 −409,083
SATU MARE 5,479,021 5,492,964 +13,943
BUZĂU 1,475,579 5,470,962 +3,995,383
VASLUI 4,452,324 4,452,324 0
CONSTANȚA 4,102,310 4,102,310 0
GIURGIU 2,771,000 2,771,000 0
HUNEDOARA 300,450 1,993,910 +1,693,460
OLT 1,164,928 1,869,860 +704,932
COVASNA 1,859,159 1,859,159 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,659,355 1,666,911 +7,556
TIMIȘ 854,968 854,968 0
ARAD 235,651 235,651 0
ALBA 0 227,188 +227,188
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 216,656 216,656 0
VRANCEA 205,800 210,484 +4,684
SĂLAJ 175,169 187,205 +12,036
BOTOȘANI 47,519 47,519 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0

Another 13.21 Mn. (1.9% 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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