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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 653

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 — 894,684 RON ARAD — 1.55 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.48 Mn. BACĂU — 9.03 Mn. BIHOR — 19.80 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 410,031 RON BOTOȘANI — 1.30 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.09 Mn. BRAȘOV — 7.21 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 30.07 Mn. BUZĂU — 987,360 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 407,290 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 958,691 RON CLUJ — 1.50 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 19.39 Mn. COVASNA — 476,724 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 1.80 Mn. DOLJ — 1.03 Mn. GALAȚI — 7.56 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.46 Mn. GORJ — 1.61 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.86 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 835,489 RON IALOMIȚA — 686,977 RON IAȘI — 5.03 Mn. ILFOV — 1.32 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 725,742 RON MEHEDINȚI — 1.61 Mn. MUREȘ — 7.21 Mn. NEAMȚ — 547,271 RON OLT — 267,062 RON PRAHOVA — 7.61 Mn. SĂLAJ — 257,590 RON SATU MARE — 1.12 Mn. SIBIU — 2.76 Mn. SUCEAVA — 3.02 Mn. TELEORMAN — 711,123 RON TIMIȘ — 4.27 Mn. TULCEA — 3.47 Mn. VÂLCEA — 904,503 RON VASLUI — 10.85 Mn. VRANCEA — 493,563 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
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 2,809,429 2,544,568 24,718,858 30,072,855 18 17.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 10,000 123,606 19,670,019 19,803,625 35 11.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 51,498 2,430,725 16,904,516 19,386,739 30 11.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 87,043 3,601,714 7,165,640 10,854,397 30 6.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 28,285 972,996 8,028,970 9,030,251 15 5.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 82,894 1,498,398 6,024,703 7,605,995 11 4.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 11,999 2,852,594 4,699,630 7,564,223 16 4.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 174,845 682,515 6,355,017 7,212,377 13 4.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 199,716 1,264,287 5,741,761 7,205,764 14 4.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 116,478 2,587,105 2,323,801 5,027,384 6 3.0%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 219,404 4,053,894 — 4,273,298 6 2.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 146,602 3,334,367 — 3,480,969 6 2.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 52,330 1,086,528 2,330,926 3,469,784 19 2.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 449,501 1,392,460 1,182,830 3,024,791 5 1.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 — 1,709,519 1,153,311 2,862,830 10 1.7%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,024 1,717,107 1,042,072 2,761,203 7 1.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 46,364 40,110 2,370,018 2,456,492 9 1.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 125,404 1,154,111 516,076 1,795,591 4 1.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 61,000 8,185 1,544,771 1,613,956 7 1.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 129,966 626,108 854,227 1,610,301 5 1.0%
ARAD West 410,058 386,980 1,164,860 — 1,551,840 4 0.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 260,234 933,862 302,568 1,496,664 2 0.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 43,411 1,279,813 — 1,323,224 2 0.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 772,638 528,163 — 1,300,801 3 0.8%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 5,314 1,113,616 — 1,118,930 3 0.7%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 512,524 46,957 530,088 1,089,569 4 0.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 76,000 956,118 — 1,032,118 2 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 19,636 967,724 — 987,360 3 0.6%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 4,718 953,973 — 958,691 4 0.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 396,964 507,539 — 904,503 3 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 6,556 888,128 — 894,684 3 0.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 45,000 64,668 725,821 835,489 2 0.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 143,039 478,198 104,505 725,742 2 0.4%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 473,611 237,512 — 711,123 2 0.4%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 3,598 683,379 — 686,977 3 0.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 191,276 197,661 158,334 547,271 1 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,516 490,047 — 493,563 1 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 4,800 471,924 — 476,724 2 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 75,573 334,458 — 410,031 1 0.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 344,354 62,936 — 407,290 1 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 17,496 249,566 — 267,062 1 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 59,900 197,690 — 257,590 1 0.2%

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 24,718,858 21,842,478 −2,876,380
BIHOR 19,670,019 19,670,019 0
CONSTANȚA 16,904,516 16,904,516 0
BACĂU 8,028,970 8,028,970 0
VASLUI 7,165,640 7,165,640 0
PRAHOVA 6,024,703 6,024,703 0
MUREȘ 5,741,761 5,741,761 0
BRAȘOV 6,355,017 5,666,511 −688,506
GALAȚI 4,699,630 4,699,630 0
TULCEA 2,330,926 2,330,926 0
MEHEDINȚI 1,544,771 1,544,771 0
SUCEAVA 1,182,830 1,182,830 0
HARGHITA 1,153,311 985,693 −167,618
IAȘI 2,323,801 900,014 −1,423,787
GORJ 854,227 854,227 0
HUNEDOARA 725,821 725,821 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 516,076 516,076 0
BRĂILA 530,088 307,036 −223,052
CLUJ 302,568 302,568 0
GIURGIU 2,370,018 273,460 −2,096,558
NEAMȚ 158,334 158,334 0
MARAMUREȘ 104,505 104,505 0
TIMIȘ 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
SIBIU 1,042,072 0 −1,042,072
ARAD 0 0 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
DOLJ 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 8.52 Mn. (7.4% 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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