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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 64

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 — 12.84 Mn. ARAD — 22.94 Mn. ARGEȘ — 37.37 Mn. BACĂU — 24.22 Mn. BIHOR — 12.04 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 12.80 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 22.45 Mn. BRĂILA — 9.44 Mn. BRAȘOV — 52.25 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 3.20 Bn. BUZĂU — 9.89 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 6.01 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 8.28 Mn. CLUJ — 75.25 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 60.88 Mn. COVASNA — 10.30 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 8.26 Mn. DOLJ — 64.88 Mn. GALAȚI — 28.40 Mn. GIURGIU — 7.28 Mn. GORJ — 12.61 Mn. HARGHITA — 9.46 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 9.80 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 6.56 Mn. IAȘI — 33.06 Mn. ILFOV — 25.05 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 20.64 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 4.54 Mn. MUREȘ — 14.33 Mn. NEAMȚ — 28.91 Mn. OLT — 9.88 Mn. PRAHOVA — 43.51 Mn. SĂLAJ — 8.46 Mn. SATU MARE — 23.25 Mn. SIBIU — 68.30 Mn. SUCEAVA — 40.82 Mn. TELEORMAN — 5.94 Mn. TIMIȘ — 42.55 Mn. TULCEA — 7.56 Mn. VÂLCEA — 7.23 Mn. VASLUI — 16.49 Mn. VRANCEA — 12.53 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 1,713,832 144,164,255 40,149,531 3,015,829,095 3,200,142,881 1,867 77.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 22,235,278 4,981,222 48,035,872 75,252,372 107 1.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 17,548,304 6,653,473 44,102,446 68,304,223 172 1.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 14,281,023 2,661,914 47,934,478 64,877,415 109 1.6%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 26,249,045 7,107,622 27,519,156 60,875,823 93 1.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 20,283,404 4,613,967 27,353,308 52,250,679 93 1.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 11,018,605 3,346,430 29,146,541 43,511,576 64 1.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 27,413,363 5,381,244 9,760,103 42,554,710 63 1.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 8,624,104 1,634,689 30,556,662 40,815,455 63 1.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 11,555,851 3,968,675 21,848,354 37,372,880 67 0.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 16,238,674 3,896,407 12,926,356 33,061,437 42 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 11,508,743 2,732,244 14,673,811 28,914,798 65 0.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 14,192,705 5,716,069 8,486,600 28,395,374 58 0.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 13,097,196 1,703,772 10,250,374 25,051,342 40 0.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 15,313,771 5,902,994 2,999,854 24,216,619 41 0.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 8,174,731 2,908,217 12,170,698 23,253,646 70 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 13,133,019 1,958,369 7,850,898 22,942,286 56 0.6%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 7,755,676 1,563,033 13,136,191 22,454,900 58 0.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,639,535 1,636,689 14,367,765 20,643,989 46 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 6,794,270 3,022,359 6,670,432 16,487,061 45 0.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 9,639,168 2,037,649 2,657,566 14,334,383 28 0.4%
ALBA Centre 324,901 9,816,597 3,018,716 — 12,835,313 40 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 4,163,587 2,223,117 6,412,619 12,799,323 43 0.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 7,872,412 1,563,640 3,176,941 12,612,993 41 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 11,630,512 898,306 — 12,528,818 38 0.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 6,681,362 2,266,978 3,096,360 12,044,700 22 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 7,195,667 1,010,070 2,092,910 10,298,647 52 0.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 8,475,303 1,411,055 — 9,886,358 25 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 8,299,298 675,234 908,738 9,883,270 27 0.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 7,726,677 1,916,441 159,000 9,802,118 28 0.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 5,730,568 3,724,892 — 9,455,460 32 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 6,630,176 2,225,976 585,247 9,441,399 35 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,380,754 1,329,366 3,747,749 8,457,869 40 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 4,624,836 873,552 2,780,242 8,278,630 34 0.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 5,575,304 1,550,504 1,138,000 8,263,808 17 0.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 6,202,780 1,303,829 57,766 7,564,375 41 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 6,199,399 800,627 281,358 7,281,384 28 0.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 6,252,629 976,980 — 7,229,609 21 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,483,269 1,558,911 519,673 6,561,853 27 0.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 5,496,403 517,545 — 6,013,948 22 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 4,894,215 588,253 460,926 5,943,394 19 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 3,577,757 285,611 672,269 4,535,637 20 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
BUCUREȘTI 3,015,829,095 2,723,191,228 −292,637,867
SIBIU 44,102,446 41,709,049 −2,393,397
CLUJ 48,035,872 35,900,686 −12,135,186
DOLJ 47,934,478 34,655,678 −13,278,800
PRAHOVA 29,146,541 27,377,513 −1,769,028
CONSTANȚA 27,519,156 27,329,497 −189,659
ARGEȘ 21,848,354 21,848,786 +432
BRAȘOV 27,353,308 19,446,698 −7,906,610
SUCEAVA 30,556,658 18,964,547 −11,592,111
TIMIȘ 9,760,103 18,253,452 +8,493,349
BOTOȘANI 13,136,191 12,804,359 −331,832
IAȘI 12,926,356 12,568,775 −357,581
SATU MARE 12,170,698 12,170,698 0
NEAMȚ 14,673,811 11,460,889 −3,212,922
ILFOV 10,250,374 9,755,554 −494,820
MARAMUREȘ 14,367,765 9,419,022 −4,948,743
GALAȚI 8,486,600 7,554,299 −932,301
ARAD 7,850,898 7,141,098 −709,800
VASLUI 6,670,432 6,670,432 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 6,412,619 6,412,619 0
BIHOR 3,096,360 3,096,360 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 2,780,242 2,780,242 0
SĂLAJ 3,747,749 2,724,560 −1,023,189
MUREȘ 2,657,566 2,691,528 +33,962
BACĂU 2,999,854 2,681,374 −318,480
COVASNA 2,092,910 2,092,910 0
GORJ 3,176,941 1,784,264 −1,392,677
DÂMBOVIȚA 1,138,000 1,138,000 0
OLT 908,738 908,738 0
MEHEDINȚI 672,269 672,269 0
BRĂILA 585,247 585,679 +432
IALOMIȚA 519,673 519,673 0
TELEORMAN 460,926 460,926 0
GIURGIU 281,358 281,358 0
HUNEDOARA 159,000 177,877 +18,877
VÂLCEA 0 82,440 +82,440
TULCEA 57,766 57,766 0
BUZĂU 0 22,550 +22,550
ALBA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0

Another 346.97 Mn. (10.1% 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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  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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