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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 635

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 — 4.14 Mn. ARAD — 2.49 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.21 Mn. BACĂU — 5.62 Mn. BIHOR — 3.88 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.55 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 2.11 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.14 Mn. BRAȘOV — 8.50 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 22.79 Mn. BUZĂU — 4.49 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.25 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.42 Mn. CLUJ — 6.78 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 6.80 Mn. COVASNA — 833,269 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 3.31 Mn. DOLJ — 6.29 Mn. GALAȚI — 5.14 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.78 Mn. GORJ — 2.76 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.30 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 3.00 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.21 Mn. IAȘI — 10.59 Mn. ILFOV — 4.65 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 5.56 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.18 Mn. MUREȘ — 3.83 Mn. NEAMȚ — 3.35 Mn. OLT — 2.43 Mn. PRAHOVA — 3.67 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.40 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.94 Mn. SIBIU — 6.21 Mn. SUCEAVA — 6.02 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.19 Mn. TIMIȘ — 9.91 Mn. TULCEA — 2.61 Mn. VÂLCEA — 2.77 Mn. VASLUI — 4.22 Mn. VRANCEA — 2.65 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 13,724,583 1,880,133 7,189,616 22,794,332 13 12.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 9,390,078 846,123 357,692 10,593,893 14 5.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 7,297,869 1,432,020 1,179,235 9,909,124 15 5.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 5,549,040 171,954 2,777,536 8,498,530 15 4.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 5,914,725 568,046 314,100 6,796,871 10 3.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 4,231,628 635,523 1,916,698 6,783,849 10 3.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 5,418,802 316,196 554,904 6,289,902 11 3.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 5,645,227 298,186 266,950 6,210,363 16 3.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 5,686,295 333,504 — 6,019,799 9 3.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 5,511,101 109,041 — 5,620,142 10 3.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,789,536 646,271 119,748 5,555,555 12 3.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 4,490,361 652,380 — 5,142,741 11 2.8%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 3,264,039 1,020,429 367,200 4,651,668 8 2.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 4,317,743 173,019 — 4,490,762 11 2.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 3,647,840 515,049 60,003 4,222,892 12 2.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,579,422 224,266 332,100 4,135,788 13 2.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 3,520,697 227,047 189,600 3,937,344 12 2.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 3,497,996 384,924 — 3,882,920 7 2.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,783,462 45,449 — 3,828,911 7 2.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 3,591,756 82,193 — 3,673,949 5 2.0%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 3,347,134 5,105 — 3,352,239 8 1.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 3,198,973 106,393 — 3,305,366 7 1.8%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,377,983 829,099 — 3,207,082 6 1.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,933,333 66,011 — 2,999,344 9 1.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,542,224 240,912 — 2,783,136 11 1.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 2,626,065 145,219 — 2,771,284 8 1.5%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,477,124 155,061 126,530 2,758,715 9 1.5%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,547,106 107,864 — 2,654,970 8 1.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,604,688 1,261 — 2,605,949 14 1.4%
ARAD West 410,058 2,277,180 210,909 — 2,488,089 6 1.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,266,130 161,621 — 2,427,751 7 1.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,044,857 253,550 — 2,298,407 8 1.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,238,871 13,409 — 2,252,280 8 1.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,125,387 28,900 40,625 2,194,912 7 1.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,827,154 280,421 — 2,107,575 5 1.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,386,056 164,767 — 1,550,823 5 0.9%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,093,809 324,782 — 1,418,591 6 0.8%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,376,446 25,142 — 1,401,588 7 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,183,351 25,213 — 1,208,564 5 0.7%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,179,247 1,843 — 1,181,090 5 0.7%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,130,455 10,381 — 1,140,836 4 0.6%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 652,564 180,705 — 833,269 4 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 7,189,616 7,184,905 −4,711
BRAȘOV 2,777,536 2,834,536 +57,000
CLUJ 1,916,698 1,916,698 0
TIMIȘ 1,179,235 1,179,235 0
DOLJ 554,904 554,904 0
ALBA 332,100 332,100 0
CONSTANȚA 314,100 314,100 0
GIURGIU 0 275,825 +275,825
SIBIU 266,950 266,950 0
IAȘI 357,692 257,860 −99,832
GORJ 126,530 126,530 0
MARAMUREȘ 119,748 119,748 0
VASLUI 60,003 60,003 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
ILFOV 367,200 0 −367,200
BUZĂU 0 0 0
SATU MARE 189,600 0 −189,600
BIHOR 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
NEAMȚ 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 40,625 0 −40,625
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0

Another 369,143 RON (2.3% 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

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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