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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 555

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 — 30.97 Mn. ARAD — 70.81 Mn. ARGEȘ — 37.80 Mn. BACĂU — 34.07 Mn. BIHOR — 95.14 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 21.79 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 21.21 Mn. BRĂILA — 25.75 Mn. BRAȘOV — 86.39 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 370.49 Mn. BUZĂU — 39.41 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 37.34 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 31.54 Mn. CLUJ — 103.40 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 175.36 Mn. COVASNA — 19.51 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 41.14 Mn. DOLJ — 94.69 Mn. GALAȚI — 37.82 Mn. GIURGIU — 21.66 Mn. GORJ — 29.68 Mn. HARGHITA — 38.99 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 45.61 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 10.87 Mn. IAȘI — 124.79 Mn. ILFOV — 140.25 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 43.63 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 16.85 Mn. MUREȘ — 28.95 Mn. NEAMȚ — 24.92 Mn. OLT — 29.12 Mn. PRAHOVA — 43.89 Mn. SĂLAJ — 14.25 Mn. SATU MARE — 25.11 Mn. SIBIU — 56.00 Mn. SUCEAVA — 34.49 Mn. TELEORMAN — 42.79 Mn. TIMIȘ — 86.37 Mn. TULCEA — 33.51 Mn. VÂLCEA — 45.43 Mn. VASLUI — 21.52 Mn. VRANCEA — 56.62 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 1,713,832 162,412,992 18,576,037 189,497,628 370,486,657 216 15.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 19,609,450 3,048,483 152,706,639 175,364,572 267 7.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 20,108,795 1,854,162 118,288,751 140,251,708 226 5.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 41,889,992 3,753,453 79,141,661 124,785,106 160 5.2%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 31,760,136 6,466,771 65,173,878 103,400,785 147 4.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 21,698,162 992,293 72,449,428 95,139,883 170 4.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 22,762,997 2,205,157 69,719,508 94,687,662 159 4.0%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 41,519,527 2,522,925 42,347,961 86,390,413 153 3.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 32,758,754 6,688,160 46,926,088 86,373,002 128 3.6%
ARAD West 410,058 18,040,686 6,142,950 46,624,368 70,808,004 173 3.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 18,460,736 1,257,526 36,898,030 56,616,292 171 2.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 16,120,497 3,820,891 36,058,954 56,000,342 141 2.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 16,501,094 1,972,554 27,140,408 45,614,056 131 1.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 18,214,746 1,179,066 26,036,654 45,430,466 134 1.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 13,671,042 1,672,161 28,545,874 43,889,077 64 1.8%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 12,267,624 3,241,548 28,121,333 43,630,505 97 1.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 14,449,624 190,409 28,153,463 42,793,496 139 1.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 15,356,177 1,142,356 24,642,461 41,140,994 86 1.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 12,333,890 1,013,086 26,063,520 39,410,496 100 1.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 16,172,791 2,933,907 19,878,523 38,985,221 133 1.6%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 16,002,748 2,497,863 19,321,589 37,822,200 78 1.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 9,148,665 2,245,488 26,410,513 37,804,666 67 1.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 12,235,365 883,352 24,217,374 37,336,091 135 1.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 18,819,904 1,525,287 14,148,465 34,493,656 53 1.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 13,581,683 2,415,134 18,072,185 34,069,002 58 1.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 11,459,681 1,009,076 21,042,545 33,511,302 180 1.4%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 12,703,399 1,888,903 16,950,108 31,542,410 131 1.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 19,212,952 1,728,760 10,029,863 30,971,575 95 1.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 14,251,339 3,011,844 12,415,109 29,678,292 97 1.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 16,593,497 1,046,777 11,480,797 29,121,071 78 1.2%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 15,312,257 3,498,566 10,135,200 28,946,023 56 1.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 8,822,992 472,085 16,459,906 25,754,983 95 1.1%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 14,404,394 1,689,605 9,013,003 25,107,002 76 1.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 15,103,213 1,662,631 8,151,834 24,917,678 56 1.0%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 12,052,443 1,312,846 8,424,663 21,789,952 73 0.9%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 15,223,824 728,963 5,708,104 21,660,891 84 0.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 9,642,758 2,125,517 9,753,014 21,521,289 59 0.9%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 6,801,463 2,295,984 12,113,408 21,210,855 55 0.9%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 7,894,495 1,337,161 10,280,378 19,512,034 98 0.8%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 16,630,235 221,063 12 16,851,310 74 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 8,578,128 1,107,917 4,561,869 14,247,914 68 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 6,074,015 648,318 4,145,703 10,868,036 44 0.5%

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 189,497,627 158,947,488 −30,550,139
CONSTANȚA 152,706,639 156,208,931 +3,502,292
ILFOV 118,288,751 111,586,793 −6,701,958
IAȘI 79,141,661 73,340,493 −5,801,168
BIHOR 72,449,428 72,434,079 −15,349
DOLJ 69,719,508 69,541,193 −178,315
CLUJ 65,173,878 57,368,591 −7,805,287
ARAD 46,624,368 42,296,143 −4,328,225
BRAȘOV 42,347,962 40,890,317 −1,457,645
TIMIȘ 46,926,088 40,277,620 −6,648,468
SIBIU 36,058,953 37,102,503 +1,043,550
VRANCEA 36,898,030 35,703,096 −1,194,934
PRAHOVA 28,545,874 29,864,814 +1,318,940
HUNEDOARA 27,140,408 26,383,058 −757,350
BUZĂU 26,063,520 26,287,741 +224,221
MARAMUREȘ 28,121,333 25,916,885 −2,204,448
TELEORMAN 28,153,463 25,606,246 −2,547,217
ARGEȘ 26,410,513 25,485,410 −925,103
VÂLCEA 26,036,654 22,951,918 −3,084,736
CĂLĂRAȘI 24,217,374 21,687,207 −2,530,167
TULCEA 21,042,545 21,518,735 +476,190
BACĂU 18,072,185 20,098,100 +2,025,915
GALAȚI 19,321,589 19,124,726 −196,863
HARGHITA 19,878,523 18,266,964 −1,611,559
DÂMBOVIȚA 24,642,461 18,032,061 −6,610,400
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 16,950,108 17,193,568 +243,460
BRĂILA 16,459,906 16,976,414 +516,508
MUREȘ 10,135,200 16,078,003 +5,942,803
BOTOȘANI 12,113,408 12,881,020 +767,612
SUCEAVA 14,148,465 11,936,589 −2,211,876
VASLUI 9,753,014 11,380,831 +1,627,817
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 8,424,663 10,510,802 +2,086,139
COVASNA 10,280,378 10,019,436 −260,942
GORJ 12,415,109 9,854,851 −2,560,258
ALBA 10,029,863 8,329,879 −1,699,984
SATU MARE 9,013,003 7,879,934 −1,133,069
OLT 11,480,797 7,257,996 −4,222,801
GIURGIU 5,708,104 6,380,407 +672,303
NEAMȚ 8,151,834 6,028,546 −2,123,288
IALOMIȚA 4,145,703 5,384,940 +1,239,237
SĂLAJ 4,561,869 5,336,367 +774,498
MEHEDINȚI 12 468,045 +468,033

Another 76.43 Mn. (5.3% 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

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