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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 703

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 — 1.12 Mn. ARAD — 542,912 RON ARGEȘ — 329,133 RON BACĂU — 1.77 Mn. BIHOR — 350,003 RON BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 125,152 RON BOTOȘANI — 340,688 RON BRĂILA — 30,789 RON BRAȘOV — 2.24 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 58.01 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.30 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 542,179 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 87,463 RON CLUJ — 3.23 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 1.73 Mn. COVASNA — 660,435 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 351,735 RON DOLJ — 626,832 RON GALAȚI — 575,117 RON GIURGIU — 39,270 RON GORJ — 327,729 RON HARGHITA — 651,656 RON HUNEDOARA — 1.47 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 207,468 RON IAȘI — 2.61 Mn. ILFOV — 161,202 RON MARAMUREȘ — 696,967 RON MEHEDINȚI — 288,785 RON MUREȘ — 502,028 RON NEAMȚ — 322,091 RON OLT — 986,842 RON PRAHOVA — 579,512 RON SĂLAJ — 583,159 RON SATU MARE — 1.60 Mn. SIBIU — 5.47 Mn. SUCEAVA — 1.93 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.10 Mn. TIMIȘ — 2.86 Mn. TULCEA — 1.58 Mn. VÂLCEA — 78,672 RON VASLUI — 1.50 Mn. VRANCEA — 569,017 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 6,057,992 6,092,899 45,859,495 58,010,386 34 57.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 313,842 5,151,551 — 5,465,393 14 5.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 1,543,460 1,493,579 193,000 3,230,039 5 3.2%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 414,853 2,333,769 112,000 2,860,622 4 2.8%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 819,261 1,787,687 — 2,606,948 3 2.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 861,302 1,376,727 — 2,238,029 4 2.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 469,382 1,631,684 — 2,101,066 7 2.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,467,345 457,863 — 1,925,208 3 1.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 576,231 1,190,963 — 1,767,194 3 1.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 904,287 824,443 — 1,728,730 3 1.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 418,493 1,186,312 — 1,604,805 5 1.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,539,594 37,208 — 1,576,802 8 1.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 66,345 1,432,363 — 1,498,708 4 1.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 214,788 1,252,405 — 1,467,193 4 1.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 878,939 422,053 — 1,300,992 3 1.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 587,224 533,677 — 1,120,901 3 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 336,225 101,573 549,044 986,842 3 1.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 287,309 409,658 — 696,967 2 0.7%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 604,703 55,732 — 660,435 3 0.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 197,482 454,174 — 651,656 2 0.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 152,690 297,742 176,400 626,832 1 0.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 100,079 483,080 — 583,159 3 0.6%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 12,487 567,025 — 579,512 1 0.6%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 212,432 362,685 — 575,117 1 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 65,892 503,125 — 569,017 2 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 248,552 294,360 — 542,912 1 0.5%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 243,164 299,015 — 542,179 2 0.5%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 469,143 32,885 — 502,028 1 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 212,723 139,012 — 351,735 1 0.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 40,654 309,349 — 350,003 1 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 216,050 124,638 — 340,688 1 0.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 52,383 276,750 — 329,133 1 0.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 100,405 227,324 — 327,729 1 0.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 77,144 76,827 168,120 322,091 1 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 85,725 203,060 — 288,785 1 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 10,767 196,701 — 207,468 1 0.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 119,706 41,496 — 161,202 0 0.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 72,808 52,344 — 125,152 0 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,500 85,963 — 87,463 0 0.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 — 78,672 — 78,672 0 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 30,248 9,022 — 39,270 0 0.0%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,517 28,272 — 30,789 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.

County Spent by the county's authorities Performed in the county Difference
BUCUREȘTI 45,859,495 33,537,142 −12,322,353
BRAȘOV 0 2,586,710 +2,586,710
OLT 549,044 549,044 0
CLUJ 193,000 193,000 0
BACĂU 0 192,400 +192,400
DOLJ 176,400 176,400 0
NEAMȚ 168,120 168,120 0
GIURGIU 0 126,000 +126,000
SIBIU 0 0 0
TIMIȘ 112,000 0 −112,000
IAȘI 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
CONSTANȚA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0

Another 9.53 Mn. (20.2% 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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