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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 65

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 — 2.35 Mn. ARAD — 11.97 Mn. ARGEȘ — 36.48 Mn. BACĂU — 13.52 Mn. BIHOR — 25.49 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.58 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 4.04 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.40 Mn. BRAȘOV — 23.58 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 182.05 Mn. BUZĂU — 160.08 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.91 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 10.59 Mn. CLUJ — 218.13 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 274.37 Mn. COVASNA — 1.27 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 16.80 Mn. DOLJ — 1.34 Bn. GALAȚI — 18.33 Mn. GIURGIU — 8.60 Mn. GORJ — 27.46 Mn. HARGHITA — 52.08 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 84.11 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 18.21 Mn. IAȘI — 11.66 Mn. ILFOV — 3.18 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 5.01 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 22.03 Mn. MUREȘ — 253.63 Mn. NEAMȚ — 4.97 Mn. OLT — 1.47 Mn. PRAHOVA — 2.58 Bn. SĂLAJ — 1.27 Mn. SATU MARE — 2.04 Mn. SIBIU — 4.67 Mn. SUCEAVA — 6.60 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.32 Mn. TIMIȘ — 46.41 Mn. TULCEA — 4.57 Mn. VÂLCEA — 216.95 Mn. VASLUI — 14.27 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.59 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
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,117,614 1,999,655 2,579,606,769 2,583,724,038 3,780 45.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 709,662 2,130,195 1,335,377,016 1,338,216,873 2,251 23.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 2,948,045 5,381,958 266,037,014 274,367,017 418 4.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 947,956 1,460,769 251,221,278 253,630,003 488 4.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 1,324,389 2,517,878 214,287,300 218,129,567 311 3.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 774,160 1,172,551 215,006,445 216,953,156 642 3.8%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 8,250,372 10,814,839 162,989,727 182,054,938 106 3.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 549,114 1,708,872 157,817,226 160,075,212 407 2.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 704,970 574,997 82,831,389 84,111,356 241 1.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,439,514 2,496,175 48,146,854 52,082,543 178 0.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 2,095,047 5,939,722 38,379,307 46,414,076 69 0.8%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,996,893 5,132,895 29,353,062 36,482,850 65 0.6%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,455,280 1,315,572 24,690,741 27,461,593 89 0.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,529,080 626,498 23,330,796 25,486,374 46 0.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 916,305 1,439,243 21,222,614 23,578,162 42 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 915,253 45,500 21,066,574 22,027,327 97 0.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 627,466 8,795,458 8,909,200 18,332,124 38 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 222,111 932,777 17,057,313 18,212,201 74 0.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 409,262 1,868,567 14,525,328 16,803,157 35 0.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,780,179 5,328,117 7,165,640 14,273,936 39 0.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,661,442 2,241,472 8,612,565 13,515,479 23 0.2%
ARAD West 410,058 2,393,257 1,934,447 7,641,825 11,969,529 29 0.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 2,164,324 5,855,181 3,642,397 11,661,902 15 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 97,395 1,253,543 9,239,880 10,590,818 44 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 311,616 52,258 8,235,930 8,599,804 33 0.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,417,551 2,999,613 1,182,830 6,599,994 10 0.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,327,333 1,646,984 2,040,103 5,014,420 11 0.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,887,815 1,897,864 1,182,497 4,968,176 11 0.1%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 224,612 3,407,102 1,042,072 4,673,786 12 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 674,565 1,563,706 2,330,926 4,569,197 25 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,365,246 671,357 — 4,036,603 10 0.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 1,128,735 1,812,350 237,600 3,178,685 5 0.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,283,393 136,968 492,078 2,912,439 11 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,003,345 870,633 530,088 2,404,066 9 0.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 501,013 1,850,846 — 2,351,859 7 0.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 456,984 1,582,722 — 2,039,706 6 0.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 501,975 1,088,397 — 1,590,372 5 0.0%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 697,081 878,341 — 1,575,422 5 0.0%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 765,857 704,690 — 1,470,547 4 0.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 986,101 333,209 — 1,319,310 4 0.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 371,928 897,860 — 1,269,788 6 0.0%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 821,959 444,575 — 1,266,534 6 0.0%

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
PRAHOVA 2,579,606,769 2,599,735,483 +20,128,714
DOLJ 1,335,377,016 1,271,654,938 −63,722,078
CONSTANȚA 266,037,014 294,983,022 +28,946,008
MUREȘ 251,221,278 263,125,624 +11,904,346
VÂLCEA 215,006,445 217,966,206 +2,959,761
CLUJ 214,287,301 78,219,584 −136,067,717
HUNEDOARA 82,831,389 78,100,239 −4,731,150
HARGHITA 48,146,854 62,202,864 +14,056,010
BUCUREȘTI 162,989,727 62,189,373 −100,800,354
TIMIȘ 38,379,307 60,185,506 +21,806,199
BRAȘOV 21,222,614 32,671,685 +11,449,071
ARGEȘ 29,353,062 29,928,058 +574,996
GORJ 24,690,741 24,682,741 −8,000
BIHOR 23,330,796 23,369,520 +38,724
MEHEDINȚI 21,066,574 20,973,381 −93,193
NEAMȚ 1,182,497 17,215,647 +16,033,150
GALAȚI 8,909,200 14,396,541 +5,487,341
OLT 0 14,009,252 +14,009,252
BUZĂU 157,817,226 13,376,269 −144,440,957
DÂMBOVIȚA 14,525,328 12,328,354 −2,196,974
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 9,239,880 11,419,980 +2,180,100
ARAD 7,641,825 10,397,285 +2,755,460
SIBIU 1,042,072 10,385,401 +9,343,329
BACĂU 8,612,565 8,721,505 +108,940
ALBA 0 7,478,509 +7,478,509
VASLUI 7,165,640 7,165,640 0
GIURGIU 8,235,930 6,436,372 −1,799,558
BRĂILA 530,088 6,168,484 +5,638,396
COVASNA 0 4,791,386 +4,791,386
TULCEA 2,330,926 4,627,724 +2,296,798
CĂLĂRAȘI 492,078 3,206,477 +2,714,399
IALOMIȚA 17,057,313 2,714,399 −14,342,914
ILFOV 237,600 2,034,600 +1,797,000
SUCEAVA 1,182,830 1,182,830 0
IAȘI 3,642,397 900,014 −2,742,383
MARAMUREȘ 2,040,103 124,632 −1,915,471
SĂLAJ 0 13,142 +13,142
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0

Another 286.35 Mn. (5.1% 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/lots

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