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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 642

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 — 4.97 Mn. ARAD — 9.77 Mn. ARGEȘ — 9.43 Mn. BACĂU — 12.34 Mn. BIHOR — 7.49 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 3.02 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 4.31 Mn. BRĂILA — 4.91 Mn. BRAȘOV — 15.42 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 2.69 Bn. BUZĂU — 5.67 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 3.34 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 3.72 Mn. CLUJ — 49.34 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 30.14 Mn. COVASNA — 2.39 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 4.43 Mn. DOLJ — 44.71 Mn. GALAȚI — 12.62 Mn. GIURGIU — 3.03 Mn. GORJ — 6.08 Mn. HARGHITA — 5.04 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 5.43 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 3.90 Mn. IAȘI — 13.97 Mn. ILFOV — 16.08 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 4.48 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.99 Mn. MUREȘ — 8.73 Mn. NEAMȚ — 8.31 Mn. OLT — 3.63 Mn. PRAHOVA — 25.62 Mn. SĂLAJ — 2.38 Mn. SATU MARE — 6.27 Mn. SIBIU — 45.16 Mn. SUCEAVA — 7.10 Mn. TELEORMAN — 3.82 Mn. TIMIȘ — 30.18 Mn. TULCEA — 3.64 Mn. VÂLCEA — 5.15 Mn. VASLUI — 5.48 Mn. VRANCEA — 7.11 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 1,713,832 102,899,667 23,703,280 2,566,192,946 2,692,795,893 1,571 85.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 16,834,877 2,517,521 29,989,033 49,341,431 70 1.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 9,326,603 4,463,854 31,373,641 45,164,098 114 1.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 9,364,196 1,176,923 34,168,888 44,710,007 75 1.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 23,371,477 4,624,920 2,180,533 30,176,930 45 1.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 16,644,889 5,281,341 8,217,255 30,143,485 46 1.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 6,859,118 1,356,053 17,403,002 25,618,173 37 0.8%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 10,087,759 925,874 5,071,279 16,084,912 26 0.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 11,795,113 2,619,989 1,005,060 15,420,162 27 0.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 9,382,296 2,991,841 1,594,648 13,968,785 18 0.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 7,210,254 3,678,741 1,730,794 12,619,789 26 0.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 10,307,430 1,905,110 124,500 12,337,040 21 0.4%
ARAD West 410,058 8,235,374 1,536,558 — 9,771,932 24 0.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 6,260,044 2,285,835 880,658 9,426,537 17 0.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 5,890,835 1,548,315 1,287,637 8,726,787 17 0.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 6,451,610 1,167,315 695,794 8,314,719 19 0.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 4,252,884 1,674,179 1,564,450 7,491,513 13 0.2%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 6,494,191 614,737 — 7,108,928 22 0.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 6,177,627 881,093 44,176 7,102,896 11 0.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 5,008,825 1,265,133 — 6,273,958 19 0.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 4,620,108 645,385 815,408 6,080,901 20 0.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 4,704,920 963,972 — 5,668,892 14 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,477,977 1,614,433 1,391,887 5,484,297 15 0.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,827,421 1,442,014 159,000 5,428,435 16 0.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 4,385,883 759,457 — 5,145,340 15 0.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 2,593,952 2,442,653 — 5,036,605 17 0.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,795,280 1,171,096 — 4,966,376 15 0.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,555,121 1,358,920 — 4,914,041 18 0.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,430,154 1,398,752 653,167 4,482,073 10 0.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 3,562,000 870,435 — 4,432,435 9 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,733,468 580,858 — 4,314,326 11 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 3,341,388 555,965 — 3,897,353 16 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 3,473,264 345,755 — 3,819,019 12 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 3,523,949 199,625 — 3,723,574 16 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 3,195,385 382,477 57,766 3,635,628 20 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,482,485 147,363 — 3,629,848 10 0.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,003,638 336,217 — 3,339,855 12 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,554,887 479,470 — 3,034,357 12 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,462,005 1,549,588 7,288 3,018,881 10 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,176,193 218,342 — 2,394,535 12 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,655,522 728,185 — 2,383,707 11 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,750,188 237,339 — 1,987,527 9 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 2,566,192,948 2,308,998,842 −257,194,106
SIBIU 31,373,641 31,011,599 −362,042
CLUJ 29,989,033 24,847,291 −5,141,742
DOLJ 34,168,888 21,065,045 −13,103,843
PRAHOVA 17,403,002 17,329,258 −73,744
TIMIȘ 2,180,533 11,553,882 +9,373,349
CONSTANȚA 8,217,255 8,710,737 +493,482
ILFOV 5,071,279 4,576,471 −494,808
BIHOR 1,564,450 1,564,450 0
VASLUI 1,391,887 1,391,887 0
MUREȘ 1,287,637 1,287,637 0
IAȘI 1,594,648 1,237,067 −357,581
BRAȘOV 1,005,060 1,225,290 +220,230
GALAȚI 1,730,794 1,176,465 −554,329
ARGEȘ 880,658 881,090 +432
MARAMUREȘ 653,167 747,763 +94,596
NEAMȚ 695,794 636,994 −58,800
HUNEDOARA 159,000 177,877 +18,877
GORJ 815,408 161,780 −653,628
BACĂU 124,500 124,500 0
VÂLCEA 0 82,440 +82,440
TULCEA 57,766 57,766 0
SUCEAVA 44,172 44,604 +432
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 7,288 7,288 0
BUZĂU 0 1,161 +1,161
BRĂILA 0 432 +432
ARAD 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0

Another 267.71 Mn. (9.9% 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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