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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 63

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 — 8.03 Mn. ARAD — 7.43 Mn. ARGEȘ — 5.97 Mn. BACĂU — 7.68 Mn. BIHOR — 8.15 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 3.21 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 3.50 Mn. BRĂILA — 5.51 Mn. BRAȘOV — 14.75 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 572.28 Mn. BUZĂU — 7.10 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 4.91 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 6.00 Mn. CLUJ — 58.56 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 95.79 Mn. COVASNA — 8.01 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.81 Mn. DOLJ — 8.31 Mn. GALAȚI — 32.07 Mn. GIURGIU — 3.72 Mn. GORJ — 5.51 Mn. HARGHITA — 3.86 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 5.88 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.59 Mn. IAȘI — 21.55 Mn. ILFOV — 74.46 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 7.57 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.84 Mn. MUREȘ — 10.08 Mn. NEAMȚ — 5.40 Mn. OLT — 3.85 Mn. PRAHOVA — 5.24 Mn. SĂLAJ — 2.87 Mn. SATU MARE — 5.72 Mn. SIBIU — 9.85 Mn. SUCEAVA — 10.93 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.99 Mn. TIMIȘ — 20.14 Mn. TULCEA — 5.39 Mn. VÂLCEA — 8.46 Mn. VASLUI — 5.20 Mn. VRANCEA — 10.18 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 65,077,808 18,263,037 488,937,100 572,277,945 334 52.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 10,680,404 2,557,794 82,548,258 95,786,456 146 8.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 7,867,206 1,148,933 65,440,643 74,456,782 120 6.8%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 13,575,765 3,052,543 41,930,056 58,558,364 83 5.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 8,710,856 19,151,655 4,207,139 32,069,650 66 2.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 13,609,116 1,615,364 6,328,276 21,552,756 28 2.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 12,307,100 4,015,949 3,815,717 20,138,766 30 1.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 10,017,533 889,410 3,840,037 14,746,980 26 1.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 8,163,234 402,922 2,367,599 10,933,755 17 1.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 8,920,802 556,800 702,663 10,180,265 31 0.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 8,247,657 1,218,526 608,966 10,075,149 19 0.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 7,281,828 1,054,273 1,517,952 9,854,053 25 0.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 4,951,052 321,066 3,187,041 8,459,159 25 0.8%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 6,630,131 489,168 1,189,304 8,308,603 14 0.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,940,086 945,679 1,259,810 8,145,575 15 0.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 6,294,845 406,013 1,332,840 8,033,698 25 0.7%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,207,628 462,899 5,342,000 8,012,527 40 0.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 6,363,289 487,179 829,141 7,679,609 13 0.7%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 6,468,940 978,942 119,748 7,567,630 17 0.7%
ARAD West 410,058 6,444,425 696,820 285,164 7,426,409 18 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,532,069 571,756 — 7,103,825 18 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 4,606,178 380,687 1,008,830 5,995,695 25 0.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 4,973,716 996,419 — 5,970,135 11 0.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 4,331,799 366,804 1,185,732 5,884,335 17 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 5,260,996 550,202 — 5,811,198 12 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 4,428,185 893,277 401,333 5,722,795 17 0.5%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 3,179,403 530,419 1,803,711 5,513,533 18 0.5%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,318,356 260,484 2,928,818 5,507,658 20 0.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,415,690 245,183 742,448 5,403,321 12 0.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 5,080,907 304,259 — 5,385,166 29 0.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 4,994,736 240,661 — 5,235,397 8 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 4,513,871 623,517 60,003 5,197,391 14 0.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 4,769,896 137,491 — 4,907,387 18 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,394,259 461,197 — 3,855,456 13 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,414,070 431,493 — 3,845,563 10 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 3,453,063 266,038 — 3,719,101 14 0.3%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,132,200 367,910 — 3,500,110 9 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,424,334 553,667 233,750 3,211,751 11 0.3%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,895,223 54,176 40,625 2,990,024 10 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,806,764 59,684 — 2,866,448 14 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,005,659 67,641 521,070 2,594,370 10 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,839,154 2,480 — 1,841,634 8 0.2%

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 488,937,125 247,597,193 −241,339,932
CONSTANȚA 82,548,258 142,104,526 +59,556,268
ILFOV 65,440,643 51,348,107 −14,092,536
CLUJ 41,930,056 45,314,946 +3,384,890
TIMIȘ 3,815,717 38,648,980 +34,833,263
GALAȚI 4,207,139 23,617,071 +19,409,932
TELEORMAN 40,625 14,763,509 +14,722,884
ALBA 1,332,840 13,074,706 +11,741,866
BRAȘOV 3,840,037 9,238,338 +5,398,301
IAȘI 6,328,276 5,819,085 −509,191
OLT 0 5,396,000 +5,396,000
COVASNA 5,342,000 5,342,000 0
BIHOR 1,259,810 3,943,810 +2,684,000
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 3,635,188 +3,635,188
BRĂILA 2,928,818 3,289,082 +360,264
VÂLCEA 3,187,041 3,187,041 0
IALOMIȚA 521,070 3,162,343 +2,641,273
SUCEAVA 2,367,599 2,367,599 0
ARGEȘ 0 2,105,925 +2,105,925
HUNEDOARA 1,185,732 2,035,732 +850,000
GORJ 1,803,711 1,803,711 0
BACĂU 829,141 1,410,679 +581,538
SIBIU 1,517,952 1,318,885 −199,067
DOLJ 1,189,304 1,255,439 +66,135
MARAMUREȘ 119,748 1,079,953 +960,205
TULCEA 0 1,056,250 +1,056,250
VRANCEA 702,663 1,023,707 +321,044
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 1,008,830 1,008,830 0
NEAMȚ 742,448 742,448 0
PRAHOVA 0 711,716 +711,716
MUREȘ 608,966 629,202 +20,236
VASLUI 60,003 522,954 +462,951
ARAD 285,164 285,164 0
GIURGIU 0 275,825 +275,825
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 233,750 233,750 0
SATU MARE 401,333 211,733 −189,600
MEHEDINȚI 0 25,000 +25,000
BOTOȘANI 0 24,984 +24,984
BUZĂU 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 85.10 Mn. (11.7% 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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