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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 714

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 — 16.25 Mn. ARAD — 20.19 Mn. ARGEȘ — 18.08 Mn. BACĂU — 19.46 Mn. BIHOR — 26.10 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 14.93 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 10.02 Mn. BRĂILA — 4.14 Mn. BRAȘOV — 30.59 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 22.44 Mn. BUZĂU — 18.24 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 10.77 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 11.56 Mn. CLUJ — 20.46 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 27.42 Mn. COVASNA — 8.55 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 16.47 Mn. DOLJ — 19.21 Mn. GALAȚI — 18.21 Mn. GIURGIU — 9.90 Mn. GORJ — 13.06 Mn. HARGHITA — 13.98 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 17.32 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 8.78 Mn. IAȘI — 29.75 Mn. ILFOV — 19.95 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 24.56 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 9.05 Mn. MUREȘ — 18.47 Mn. NEAMȚ — 11.17 Mn. OLT — 18.24 Mn. PRAHOVA — 28.17 Mn. SĂLAJ — 13.37 Mn. SATU MARE — 13.73 Mn. SIBIU — 26.68 Mn. SUCEAVA — 26.54 Mn. TELEORMAN — 11.24 Mn. TIMIȘ — 28.76 Mn. TULCEA — 8.70 Mn. VÂLCEA — 12.69 Mn. VASLUI — 9.25 Mn. VRANCEA — 13.04 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
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 11,914,842 282,794 18,397,311 30,594,947 54 4.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 12,393,226 138,120 17,221,870 29,753,216 38 4.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 15,762,684 318,531 12,678,603 28,759,818 43 4.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 18,823,201 538,669 8,805,582 28,167,452 41 3.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 10,356,619 805,841 16,260,360 27,422,820 42 3.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 13,077,144 1,288,685 12,310,249 26,676,078 67 3.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 18,766,011 132,621 7,642,546 26,541,178 41 3.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 19,436,199 1,340,409 5,326,600 26,103,208 47 3.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 12,494,942 284,867 11,779,900 24,559,709 54 3.4%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 15,543,508 1,620,958 5,271,403 22,435,869 13 3.1%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 13,749,333 1,062,261 5,650,798 20,462,392 29 2.8%
ARAD West 410,058 11,577,104 394,213 8,218,806 20,190,123 49 2.8%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 15,135,599 588,762 4,225,850 19,950,211 32 2.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 14,535,424 424,102 4,496,070 19,455,596 33 2.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 11,146,832 236,126 7,830,900 19,213,858 32 2.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 9,682,963 271,742 8,510,425 18,465,130 36 2.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 9,957,307 266,491 8,016,926 18,240,724 49 2.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 12,133,081 207,247 5,896,803 18,237,131 46 2.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 8,289,573 1,018,817 8,903,451 18,211,841 37 2.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 12,331,191 489,177 5,259,007 18,079,375 32 2.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 8,738,891 442,363 8,135,807 17,317,061 50 2.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 12,952,069 450,945 3,062,400 16,465,414 35 2.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 9,164,306 668,499 6,415,259 16,248,064 50 2.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 8,624,811 401,505 5,901,665 14,927,981 50 2.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 8,285,946 1,023,505 4,670,299 13,979,750 48 1.9%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 8,865,830 138,186 4,727,000 13,731,016 42 1.9%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 7,867,776 79,519 5,422,123 13,369,418 64 1.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 7,854,568 119,914 5,084,390 13,058,872 43 1.8%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 10,870,692 317,638 1,856,528 13,044,858 40 1.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 6,789,984 898,123 5,004,649 12,692,756 38 1.8%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 6,336,635 253,580 4,971,397 11,561,612 48 1.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 9,466,828 224 1,774,145 11,241,197 36 1.6%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 8,196,294 241,916 2,732,500 11,170,710 25 1.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 6,744,539 178,115 3,846,299 10,768,953 39 1.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 5,608,669 20,095 4,394,833 10,023,597 26 1.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 6,938,873 — 2,961,320 9,900,193 38 1.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 7,037,159 275,886 1,938,299 9,251,344 25 1.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 4,851,283 — 4,194,726 9,046,009 40 1.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 6,451,775 44,224 2,282,995 8,778,994 35 1.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 3,626,416 37,586 5,038,080 8,702,082 47 1.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 5,414,332 230,142 2,905,819 8,550,293 43 1.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,217,630 39,554 879,050 4,136,234 15 0.6%

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
IAȘI 17,221,870 16,469,873 −751,997
BRAȘOV 18,397,311 15,561,738 −2,835,573
CONSTANȚA 16,260,359 15,342,386 −917,973
TIMIȘ 12,678,603 12,515,176 −163,427
SIBIU 12,310,249 12,310,249 0
MARAMUREȘ 11,779,900 11,264,900 −515,000
HUNEDOARA 8,135,807 9,387,807 +1,252,000
GALAȚI 8,903,451 8,694,451 −209,000
SUCEAVA 7,642,546 8,649,353 +1,006,807
OLT 8,016,926 8,524,122 +507,196
ARAD 8,218,806 8,175,699 −43,107
MUREȘ 8,510,425 8,067,382 −443,043
DOLJ 7,830,900 7,830,900 0
PRAHOVA 8,805,582 7,079,582 −1,726,000
ALBA 6,415,259 5,974,431 −440,828
BIHOR 5,326,600 5,916,600 +590,000
CLUJ 5,650,798 5,894,798 +244,000
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 5,901,665 5,637,665 −264,000
SĂLAJ 5,422,123 5,422,123 0
BUZĂU 5,896,803 5,367,830 −528,973
SATU MARE 4,727,000 5,210,997 +483,997
ARGEȘ 5,259,007 5,080,507 −178,500
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 4,971,397 4,971,397 0
BUCUREȘTI 5,271,403 4,847,403 −424,000
BOTOȘANI 4,394,833 4,837,876 +443,043
ILFOV 4,225,850 4,772,599 +546,749
BACĂU 4,496,070 4,751,970 +255,900
HARGHITA 4,670,299 4,617,299 −53,000
TULCEA 5,038,080 4,595,330 −442,750
VÂLCEA 5,004,649 4,495,649 −509,000
GORJ 5,084,390 4,488,000 −596,390
MEHEDINȚI 4,194,726 4,194,726 0
IALOMIȚA 2,282,995 3,962,995 +1,680,000
DÂMBOVIȚA 3,062,400 3,221,400 +159,000
CĂLĂRAȘI 3,846,299 3,106,800 −739,499
NEAMȚ 2,732,500 2,952,328 +219,828
COVASNA 2,905,819 2,905,819 0
GIURGIU 2,961,320 2,634,320 −327,000
VASLUI 1,938,299 1,990,799 +52,500
TELEORMAN 1,774,145 1,774,145 0
VRANCEA 1,856,528 1,506,528 −350,000
BRĂILA 879,050 745,050 −134,000

Another 5.15 Mn. (1.9% 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

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  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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