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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 515

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 — 389,909 RON ARAD — 1.81 Mn. ARGEȘ — 892,754 RON BACĂU — 813,361 RON BIHOR — 1.07 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 552,683 RON BOTOȘANI — 169,321 RON BRĂILA — 295,876 RON BRAȘOV — 3.08 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 83.65 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.03 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 253,147 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 275,891 RON CLUJ — 5.03 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 5.57 Mn. COVASNA — 489,061 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.07 Mn. DOLJ — 2.00 Mn. GALAȚI — 2.33 Mn. GIURGIU — 223,187 RON GORJ — 1.41 Mn. HARGHITA — 711,336 RON HUNEDOARA — 745,674 RON IALOMIȚA — 146,639 RON IAȘI — 2.18 Mn. ILFOV — 4.69 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.23 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.72 Mn. MUREȘ — 2.15 Mn. NEAMȚ — 400,954 RON OLT — 3.03 Mn. PRAHOVA — 4.99 Mn. SĂLAJ — 170,246 RON SATU MARE — 552,846 RON SIBIU — 1.01 Mn. SUCEAVA — 368,425 RON TELEORMAN — 267,049 RON TIMIȘ — 4.04 Mn. TULCEA — 274,411 RON VÂLCEA — 557,452 RON VASLUI — 682,088 RON VRANCEA — 1.22 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 15,959,564 2,208,952 65,478,777 83,647,293 49 58.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 4,347,635 749,225 476,544 5,573,404 8 3.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 2,657,220 508,407 1,863,516 5,029,143 7 3.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,672,252 245,800 3,070,552 4,988,604 7 3.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 1,678,462 46,441 2,962,896 4,687,799 8 3.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,820,285 222,171 — 4,042,456 6 2.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 2,464,715 267,305 348,437 3,080,457 5 2.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,999,530 28,156 — 3,027,686 8 2.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,043,830 282,936 — 2,326,766 5 1.6%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 1,945,693 159,692 79,180 2,184,565 3 1.5%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 2,136,446 13,386 — 2,149,832 4 1.5%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,580,668 421,677 — 2,002,345 3 1.4%
ARAD West 410,058 1,753,468 53,116 — 1,806,584 4 1.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,717,302 1,540 — 1,718,842 8 1.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 318,874 508,017 583,744 1,410,635 5 1.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,105,677 119,747 — 1,225,424 3 0.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,007,054 11,471 205,800 1,224,325 4 0.9%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 548,924 28,094 496,704 1,073,722 2 0.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,006,239 66,740 — 1,072,979 2 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 989,500 41,164 — 1,030,664 3 0.7%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 980,260 30,332 — 1,010,592 3 0.7%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 847,956 44,798 — 892,754 2 0.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 727,715 85,646 — 813,361 1 0.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 714,399 31,275 — 745,674 2 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 710,626 710 — 711,336 2 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 652,871 29,217 — 682,088 2 0.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 423,009 134,443 — 557,452 2 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 367,048 185,798 — 552,846 2 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 536,620 16,063 — 552,683 2 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 450,103 38,958 — 489,061 2 0.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 392,707 8,247 — 400,954 1 0.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 332,673 57,236 — 389,909 1 0.3%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 303,535 64,890 — 368,425 1 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 274,940 20,936 — 295,876 1 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 125,148 150,743 — 275,891 1 0.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 271,438 2,973 — 274,411 1 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 259,230 7,819 — 267,049 1 0.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 214,126 39,021 — 253,147 1 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 223,187 — — 223,187 1 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 166,466 3,780 — 170,246 1 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 110,679 58,642 — 169,321 0 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 143,020 3,619 — 146,639 1 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
BUCUREȘTI 65,478,777 57,727,739 −7,751,038
PRAHOVA 3,070,552 3,070,552 0
ILFOV 2,962,896 1,837,376 −1,125,520
CLUJ 1,863,515 1,737,002 −126,513
BRAȘOV 348,437 1,633,757 +1,285,320
GORJ 583,744 583,744 0
BIHOR 496,704 544,704 +48,000
CONSTANȚA 476,544 476,544 0
NEAMȚ 0 254,424 +254,424
VRANCEA 205,800 205,800 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 22,489 +22,489
SATU MARE 0 13,943 +13,943
SĂLAJ 0 12,036 +12,036
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 7,556 +7,556
TIMIȘ 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
IAȘI 79,180 0 −79,180
MUREȘ 0 0 0
DOLJ 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
SIBIU 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0

Another 7.44 Mn. (9.8% 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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