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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 60

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 — 438.48 Mn. ARAD — 48.90 Mn. ARGEȘ — 395.44 Mn. BACĂU — 881.86 Mn. BIHOR — 32.75 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 426.25 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 275.78 Mn. BRĂILA — 176.36 Mn. BRAȘOV — 344.57 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 1.20 Bn. BUZĂU — 58.48 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 204.44 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 111.15 Mn. CLUJ — 500.41 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 747.67 Mn. COVASNA — 92.30 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 234.69 Mn. DOLJ — 378.93 Mn. GALAȚI — 266.09 Mn. GIURGIU — 18.20 Mn. GORJ — 810.71 Mn. HARGHITA — 21.19 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 293.44 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 231.83 Mn. IAȘI — 76.85 Mn. ILFOV — 63.03 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 43.91 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 41.00 Mn. MUREȘ — 180.68 Mn. NEAMȚ — 282.72 Mn. OLT — 225.83 Mn. PRAHOVA — 555.02 Mn. SĂLAJ — 113.73 Mn. SATU MARE — 173.53 Mn. SIBIU — 97.83 Mn. SUCEAVA — 346.15 Mn. TELEORMAN — 16.26 Mn. TIMIȘ — 113.03 Mn. TULCEA — 178.41 Mn. VÂLCEA — 321.76 Mn. VASLUI — 486.48 Mn. VRANCEA — 269.21 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 1,713,832 143,729,297 36,074,321 1,019,948,358 1,199,751,976 700 10.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 22,549,664 2,761,509 856,549,937 881,861,110 1,494 7.5%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 8,016,784 8,578,162 794,117,832 810,712,778 2,641 6.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 42,163,607 6,858,470 698,650,739 747,672,816 1,139 6.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 16,498,265 1,621,068 536,904,012 555,023,345 812 4.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 40,530,864 7,370,006 452,504,619 500,405,489 713 4.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 6,052,813 1,463,276 478,963,129 486,479,218 1,339 4.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 12,650,454 2,145,292 423,684,856 438,480,602 1,350 3.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 12,455,863 3,021,950 410,768,818 426,246,631 1,430 3.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 15,526,769 1,130,410 378,780,786 395,437,965 704 3.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 18,131,911 2,620,605 358,173,803 378,926,319 637 3.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 24,368,389 1,612,508 320,169,998 346,150,895 534 2.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 20,868,136 5,737,015 317,964,314 344,569,465 610 2.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 8,002,362 1,772,048 311,988,761 321,763,171 952 2.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 16,977,078 1,686,570 274,772,092 293,435,740 841 2.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 13,134,390 1,262,285 268,323,388 282,720,063 636 2.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 6,350,698 1,259,062 268,171,636 275,781,396 713 2.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 12,657,379 644,991 255,905,271 269,207,641 815 2.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 14,732,830 4,302,644 247,052,444 266,087,918 547 2.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 19,213,109 1,898,456 213,582,141 234,693,706 493 2.0%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,127,610 759,055 226,941,934 231,828,599 937 2.0%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 10,326,237 502,759 215,000,180 225,829,176 607 1.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 6,353,558 278,193 197,804,994 204,436,745 737 1.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 23,221,522 3,166,901 154,289,224 180,677,647 348 1.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 5,159,738 971,860 172,277,802 178,409,400 959 1.5%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 6,402,171 1,130,835 168,824,550 176,357,556 654 1.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 17,094,365 1,146,547 155,289,599 173,530,511 526 1.5%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 8,651,253 808,297 104,268,568 113,728,118 541 1.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 32,442,135 7,910,980 72,674,169 113,027,284 168 1.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 5,616,042 378,069 105,153,978 111,148,089 463 0.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 15,954,842 5,082,272 76,793,119 97,830,233 247 0.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 11,540,626 396,420 80,360,653 92,297,699 462 0.8%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 27,132,271 3,408,522 46,311,386 76,852,179 98 0.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 25,586,751 4,879,778 32,567,340 63,033,869 102 0.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 14,650,251 955,671 42,878,625 58,484,547 149 0.5%
ARAD West 410,058 22,375,398 3,548,798 22,976,951 48,901,147 119 0.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 18,503,147 8,357,118 17,047,334 43,907,599 97 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 5,858,933 101,551 35,043,003 41,003,487 181 0.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 25,946,509 4,001,387 2,801,826 32,749,722 59 0.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 18,481,611 1,766,702 938,936 21,187,249 72 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 7,190,057 697,263 10,315,586 18,202,906 70 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 8,072,804 301,513 7,888,750 16,263,067 53 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
BACĂU 856,549,937 857,189,772 +639,835
CONSTANȚA 698,650,739 771,478,190 +72,827,451
DOLJ 358,173,803 565,838,978 +207,665,175
PRAHOVA 536,904,012 541,050,321 +4,146,309
GORJ 794,117,828 529,069,099 −265,048,729
TULCEA 172,277,803 495,662,938 +323,385,135
VASLUI 478,963,129 482,060,605 +3,097,476
BRAȘOV 317,964,314 458,939,611 +140,975,297
ALBA 423,684,856 425,787,367 +2,102,511
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 410,768,818 411,615,871 +847,053
BUCUREȘTI 1,019,948,360 390,620,051 −629,328,309
ARGEȘ 378,780,786 379,631,255 +850,469
CLUJ 452,504,618 333,660,822 −118,843,796
VÂLCEA 311,988,760 312,194,260 +205,500
SUCEAVA 320,169,998 311,938,369 −8,231,629
HUNEDOARA 274,772,092 273,442,393 −1,329,699
BOTOȘANI 268,171,636 269,164,480 +992,844
NEAMȚ 268,323,388 267,837,802 −485,586
VRANCEA 255,905,271 256,236,210 +330,939
GALAȚI 247,052,444 249,237,112 +2,184,668
IALOMIȚA 226,941,934 226,941,934 0
OLT 215,000,180 215,142,141 +141,961
DÂMBOVIȚA 213,582,141 212,758,695 −823,446
CĂLĂRAȘI 197,804,994 198,333,956 +528,962
BRĂILA 168,824,550 169,883,102 +1,058,552
SATU MARE 155,289,599 156,127,513 +837,914
MUREȘ 154,289,224 155,294,019 +1,004,795
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 105,153,978 105,829,978 +676,000
SĂLAJ 104,268,568 105,011,579 +743,011
COVASNA 80,360,653 80,360,653 0
TIMIȘ 72,674,169 75,246,867 +2,572,698
SIBIU 76,793,119 75,180,422 −1,612,697
IAȘI 46,311,386 50,264,392 +3,953,006
BUZĂU 42,878,625 39,059,558 −3,819,067
MEHEDINȚI 35,043,003 37,627,561 +2,584,558
ILFOV 32,567,342 23,319,666 −9,247,676
ARAD 22,976,951 23,105,431 +128,480
MARAMUREȘ 17,047,334 21,396,555 +4,349,221
GIURGIU 10,315,586 11,076,995 +761,409
TELEORMAN 7,888,750 7,888,750 0
BIHOR 2,801,826 4,548,737 +1,746,911
HARGHITA 938,936 938,936 0

Another 257.43 Mn. (2.4% 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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