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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 651

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 — 708,380 RON ARAD — 9.34 Mn. ARGEȘ — 31.43 Mn. BACĂU — 1.83 Mn. BIHOR — 5.22 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 148,801 RON BOTOȘANI — 1.08 Mn. BRĂILA — 624,085 RON BRAȘOV — 763,791 RON BUCUREȘTI — 24.49 Mn. BUZĂU — 644,819 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.82 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 9.53 Mn. CLUJ — 975,338 RON CONSTANȚA — 3.95 Mn. COVASNA — 186,590 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 14.23 Mn. DOLJ — 3.05 Mn. GALAȚI — 2.76 Mn. GIURGIU — 6.03 Mn. GORJ — 24.28 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.86 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 7.67 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 186,633 RON IAȘI — 4.39 Mn. ILFOV — 629,751 RON MARAMUREȘ — 3.39 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 466,749 RON MUREȘ — 19.24 Mn. NEAMȚ — 3.98 Mn. OLT — 537,539 RON PRAHOVA — 8.57 Mn. SĂLAJ — 839,933 RON SATU MARE — 546,056 RON SIBIU — 945,137 RON SUCEAVA — 2.40 Mn. TELEORMAN — 355,848 RON TIMIȘ — 39.25 Mn. TULCEA — 283,516 RON VÂLCEA — 696,063 RON VASLUI — 2.61 Mn. VRANCEA — 594,453 RON
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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
TIMIȘ West 672,972 669,235 198,206 38,379,307 39,246,748 58 16.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,131,381 944,953 29,353,062 31,429,396 56 12.9%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 1,408,182 2,676,394 20,410,317 24,494,893 14 10.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 225,754 214,557 23,836,514 24,276,825 79 10.0%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 237,533 137,904 18,869,223 19,244,660 37 7.9%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 71,759 150,393 14,009,252 14,231,404 30 5.8%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 49,297 240,675 9,239,880 9,529,852 40 3.9%
ARAD West 410,058 976,525 725,524 7,641,825 9,343,874 23 3.8%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,708,964 463,170 6,401,956 8,574,090 13 3.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 464,117 45,310 7,164,750 7,674,177 22 3.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 154,451 10,517 5,865,912 6,030,880 23 2.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,080,989 481,675 3,660,777 5,223,441 9 2.1%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 346,129 2,723,467 1,318,596 4,388,192 6 1.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,399,715 1,555,022 1,024,163 3,978,900 9 1.6%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 1,470,654 2,475,079 — 3,945,733 6 1.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 448,851 1,005,279 1,935,598 3,389,728 8 1.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 512,525 635,911 1,899,880 3,048,316 5 1.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 612,951 557,695 1,692,043 2,862,689 10 1.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 408,745 2,349,027 — 2,757,772 6 1.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,601,791 1,011,311 — 2,613,102 7 1.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,458,931 938,860 — 2,397,791 4 1.0%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 975,632 851,233 — 1,826,865 3 0.8%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,773,767 44,671 — 1,818,438 7 0.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,047,821 29,498 — 1,077,319 3 0.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 397,972 481,355 96,011 975,338 1 0.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 3,039 942,098 — 945,137 2 0.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 735,863 104,070 — 839,933 4 0.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 395,200 368,591 — 763,791 1 0.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 342,360 366,020 — 708,380 2 0.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 144,352 551,711 — 696,063 2 0.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 347,264 297,555 — 644,819 2 0.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 197,692 194,459 237,600 629,751 1 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 5,662 618,423 — 624,085 2 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 303,862 290,591 — 594,453 2 0.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 249,658 296,398 — 546,056 2 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 399,393 138,146 — 537,539 1 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 464,877 1,872 — 466,749 2 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 295,703 60,145 — 355,848 1 0.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 54,987 228,529 — 283,516 2 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 109,974 76,659 — 186,633 1 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 13,424 173,166 — 186,590 1 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 41,207 107,594 — 148,801 1 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
TIMIȘ 38,379,307 38,611,150 +231,843
GORJ 23,836,514 23,828,514 −8,000
ARGEȘ 29,353,062 21,003,507 −8,349,555
MUREȘ 18,869,223 18,869,223 0
OLT 0 14,009,252 +14,009,252
CONSTANȚA 0 11,567,842 +11,567,842
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 9,239,880 9,239,880 0
HARGHITA 1,692,043 8,856,793 +7,164,750
ARAD 7,641,825 7,641,825 0
BUCUREȘTI 20,410,317 7,355,332 −13,054,985
PRAHOVA 6,401,956 6,639,556 +237,600
GIURGIU 5,865,912 5,865,912 0
BIHOR 3,660,777 3,699,501 +38,724
VÂLCEA 0 2,959,761 +2,959,761
DOLJ 1,899,880 1,899,880 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 14,009,252 1,326,596 −12,682,656
SIBIU 0 118,000 +118,000
BACĂU 0 108,940 +108,940
MARAMUREȘ 1,935,598 20,127 −1,915,471
CLUJ 96,012 17,759 −78,253
SĂLAJ 0 13,142 +13,142
HUNEDOARA 7,164,750 0 −7,164,750
IAȘI 1,318,596 0 −1,318,596
NEAMȚ 1,024,163 0 −1,024,163
GALAȚI 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
BRAȘOV 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
ILFOV 237,600 0 −237,600
BRĂILA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0

Another 9.38 Mn. (4.9% 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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