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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 551

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 — 5.38 Mn. ARAD — 14.57 Mn. ARGEȘ — 4.34 Mn. BACĂU — 3.39 Mn. BIHOR — 8.10 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 2.01 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 4.91 Mn. BRĂILA — 3.12 Mn. BRAȘOV — 11.63 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 160.24 Mn. BUZĂU — 6.18 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.84 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 3.86 Mn. CLUJ — 19.65 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 8.61 Mn. COVASNA — 3.69 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 4.52 Mn. DOLJ — 15.01 Mn. GALAȚI — 10.56 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.85 Mn. GORJ — 8.74 Mn. HARGHITA — 3.57 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 5.72 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 4.27 Mn. IAȘI — 15.35 Mn. ILFOV — 6.71 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 12.07 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.09 Mn. MUREȘ — 10.94 Mn. NEAMȚ — 3.77 Mn. OLT — 13.96 Mn. PRAHOVA — 11.81 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.48 Mn. SATU MARE — 4.94 Mn. SIBIU — 13.48 Mn. SUCEAVA — 5.57 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.70 Mn. TIMIȘ — 16.85 Mn. TULCEA — 1.92 Mn. VÂLCEA — 2.72 Mn. VASLUI — 5.44 Mn. VRANCEA — 4.09 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 55,140,163 17,873,399 87,229,811 160,243,373 94 35.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 13,128,840 3,162,454 3,357,675 19,648,969 28 4.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 11,539,934 3,795,716 1,515,970 16,851,620 25 3.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 9,762,699 2,377,336 3,213,441 15,353,476 20 3.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 13,824,089 762,626 428,251 15,014,966 25 3.3%
ARAD West 410,058 12,911,504 1,657,399 1,167 14,570,070 36 3.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,282,390 343,343 10,331,950 13,957,683 38 3.1%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 8,462,071 5,000,358 14,028 13,476,457 34 3.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,848,729 1,225,332 7,994,333 12,068,394 27 2.7%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 11,030,900 757,170 18,200 11,806,270 17 2.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 8,917,717 802,268 1,908,988 11,628,973 21 2.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 8,802,899 1,718,453 413,686 10,935,038 21 2.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 4,863,580 5,631,713 64,895 10,560,188 22 2.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 3,786,186 356,995 4,596,774 8,739,955 28 1.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 6,398,685 2,215,224 — 8,613,909 13 1.9%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,069,680 442,878 2,587,086 8,099,644 15 1.8%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 6,391,385 315,295 — 6,706,680 11 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 4,366,667 808,773 1,000,903 6,176,343 16 1.4%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 4,828,605 886,786 — 5,715,391 16 1.3%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 4,983,861 585,778 — 5,569,639 9 1.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 3,395,884 1,818,512 225,239 5,439,635 15 1.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 4,199,065 1,180,790 — 5,379,855 17 1.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 4,056,452 665,800 217,714 4,939,966 15 1.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,887,908 1,018,666 — 4,906,574 13 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,048,418 281,545 2,186,964 4,516,927 9 1.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 3,338,381 636,821 362,426 4,337,628 8 1.0%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,135,593 131,779 — 4,267,372 17 0.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,216,365 876,484 — 4,092,849 12 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 3,481,386 322,956 56,400 3,860,742 16 0.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 3,459,232 310,731 — 3,769,963 8 0.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 3,058,002 628,611 — 3,686,613 18 0.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,628,058 404,763 535,899 3,568,720 12 0.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,710,001 615,052 69,520 3,394,573 6 0.8%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,372,568 748,930 — 3,121,498 12 0.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,704,265 132,053 — 2,836,318 10 0.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,703,623 737,503 283,607 2,724,733 8 0.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,138,556 523,321 36,466 2,698,343 9 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,803,475 283,587 — 2,087,062 9 0.5%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,797,957 216,117 — 2,014,074 7 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,689,069 232,892 — 1,921,961 10 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,370,704 131,530 346,104 1,848,338 7 0.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,316,294 164,756 — 1,481,050 7 0.3%

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 87,229,811 49,894,062 −37,335,749
CLUJ 3,357,675 12,866,494 +9,508,819
MARAMUREȘ 7,994,333 8,065,757 +71,424
OLT 10,331,950 7,968,993 −2,362,957
CONSTANȚA 0 7,955,528 +7,955,528
GORJ 4,596,774 4,596,774 0
IAȘI 3,213,441 3,257,939 +44,498
BIHOR 2,587,086 3,138,100 +551,014
BRAȘOV 1,908,988 3,000,777 +1,091,789
TIMIȘ 1,515,970 1,385,729 −130,241
BUZĂU 1,000,903 1,015,756 +14,853
DOLJ 428,251 987,303 +559,052
ARGEȘ 362,426 922,130 +559,704
HARGHITA 535,899 686,696 +150,797
VÂLCEA 283,607 662,925 +379,318
PRAHOVA 18,200 567,664 +549,464
GALAȚI 64,895 565,813 +500,918
MUREȘ 413,686 517,260 +103,574
GIURGIU 346,104 346,104 0
NEAMȚ 0 291,744 +291,744
TELEORMAN 36,466 266,177 +229,711
ALBA 0 255,769 +255,769
VASLUI 225,239 225,239 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 221,611 +221,611
SATU MARE 217,714 217,714 0
SIBIU 14,028 184,153 +170,125
BOTOȘANI 0 109,627 +109,627
ARAD 1,167 106,859 +105,692
TULCEA 0 89,557 +89,557
BACĂU 69,520 72,320 +2,800
SĂLAJ 0 67,095 +67,095
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 56,400 56,400 0
ILFOV 0 34,676 +34,676
COVASNA 0 13,066 +13,066
MEHEDINȚI 0 1,656 +1,656
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 2,186,964 0 −2,186,964
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0

Another 18.38 Mn. (14.2% 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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