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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.

Figures cover: 2018–2026, all years · CPV 655

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 — 364 RON ARAD — No data ARGEȘ — No data BACĂU — 212,000 RON BIHOR — No data BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — No data BOTOȘANI — No data BRĂILA — No data BRAȘOV — 14.87 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 82.26 Mn. BUZĂU — No data CĂLĂRAȘI — No data CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 9,072 RON CLUJ — 213.89 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 79,624 RON COVASNA — No data DÂMBOVIȚA — 279,600 RON DOLJ — 163.87 Mn. GALAȚI — No data GIURGIU — No data GORJ — No data HARGHITA — 353,231 RON HUNEDOARA — No data IALOMIȚA — No data IAȘI — 223,286 RON ILFOV — No data MARAMUREȘ — 7,754 RON MEHEDINȚI — No data MUREȘ — 226.61 Mn. NEAMȚ — No data OLT — No data PRAHOVA — 13.10 Mn. SĂLAJ — No data SATU MARE — No data SIBIU — No data SUCEAVA — No data TELEORMAN — No data TIMIȘ — No data TULCEA — No data VÂLCEA — No data VASLUI — 4,600 RON VRANCEA — 101 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

Every county
County Region Population Direct purchases Offline purchases Tenders Total Lei per person Share
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 — 120 226,610,294 226,610,414 436 31.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 — 95 213,888,721 213,888,816 305 29.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 — — 163,868,168 163,868,168 276 22.9%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 327,411 2,290 81,933,340 82,263,041 48 11.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 2,934 — 14,867,597 14,870,531 26 2.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 — — 13,101,561 13,101,561 19 1.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 353,231 — — 353,231 1 0.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 — 279,600 — 279,600 1 0.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 56,440 166,846 — 223,286 0 0.0%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 212,000 — — 212,000 0 0.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 33,744 45,880 — 79,624 0 0.0%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 9,072 — — 9,072 0 0.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 7,754 — — 7,754 0 0.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 4,600 — — 4,600 0 0.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 — 364 — 364 0 0.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 101 — — 101 0 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.

Where it is spent and where it is performed: tenders
County Spent by the county's authorities Performed in the county Difference
MUREȘ 226,610,294 238,514,640 +11,904,346
DOLJ 163,868,168 100,146,090 −63,722,078
CLUJ 213,888,721 77,899,257 −135,989,464
PRAHOVA 13,101,561 32,781,150 +19,679,589
BRAȘOV 14,867,597 27,005,174 +12,137,577
CONSTANȚA 0 17,378,166 +17,378,166
BUCUREȘTI 81,933,340 11,691,097 −70,242,243
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 10,485,682 +10,485,682
ALBA 0 7,478,509 +7,478,509
HARGHITA 0 7,058,878 +7,058,878
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 2,180,100 +2,180,100
IAȘI 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0

Another 106.94 Mn. (15.0% 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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