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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 715

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 — 33.98 Mn. ARAD — 38.83 Mn. ARGEȘ — 49.37 Mn. BACĂU — 51.59 Mn. BIHOR — 100.82 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 37.30 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 33.81 Mn. BRĂILA — 22.56 Mn. BRAȘOV — 54.15 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 1.85 Bn. BUZĂU — 46.82 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 25.28 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 58.33 Mn. CLUJ — 357.85 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 222.16 Mn. COVASNA — 17.20 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 42.31 Mn. DOLJ — 133.80 Mn. GALAȚI — 69.34 Mn. GIURGIU — 28.41 Mn. GORJ — 26.50 Mn. HARGHITA — 35.45 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 42.66 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 18.71 Mn. IAȘI — 68.39 Mn. ILFOV — 63.33 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 53.61 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 24.37 Mn. MUREȘ — 59.61 Mn. NEAMȚ — 33.40 Mn. OLT — 43.75 Mn. PRAHOVA — 52.21 Mn. SĂLAJ — 29.40 Mn. SATU MARE — 60.36 Mn. SIBIU — 75.19 Mn. SUCEAVA — 107.25 Mn. TELEORMAN — 22.48 Mn. TIMIȘ — 85.81 Mn. TULCEA — 35.69 Mn. VÂLCEA — 41.81 Mn. VASLUI — 26.10 Mn. VRANCEA — 36.26 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
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 93,951,520 26,238,868 1,729,883,423 1,850,073,811 1,080 42.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 53,703,089 2,340,789 301,804,217 357,848,095 510 8.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 34,887,260 9,869,297 177,403,637 222,160,194 338 5.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 25,195,735 2,080,047 106,528,914 133,804,696 225 3.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 51,148,632 1,314,661 54,782,366 107,245,659 165 2.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 58,095,675 8,573,754 34,150,487 100,819,916 180 2.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 43,222,709 2,796,717 39,788,442 85,807,868 128 2.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 26,211,713 8,566,056 40,413,619 75,191,388 190 1.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 24,744,845 1,359,166 43,238,824 69,342,835 143 1.6%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 48,625,835 2,297,905 17,468,500 68,392,240 87 1.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 36,342,981 1,406,675 25,580,514 63,330,170 102 1.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 22,950,269 2,303,122 35,111,098 60,364,489 183 1.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 40,773,362 7,730,769 11,105,122 59,609,253 115 1.4%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 25,225,945 161,278 32,947,021 58,334,244 243 1.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 28,468,880 2,570,921 23,107,537 54,147,338 96 1.3%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 35,280,470 1,780,448 16,546,632 53,607,550 119 1.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 35,968,252 1,303,455 14,938,217 52,209,924 76 1.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 37,217,039 3,270,039 11,098,075 51,585,153 87 1.2%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 39,899,240 1,458,835 8,014,365 49,372,440 88 1.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 32,415,923 3,258,395 11,149,503 46,823,821 119 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 39,884,728 232,931 3,629,228 43,746,887 118 1.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 32,872,831 2,164,141 7,623,618 42,660,590 122 1.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 32,762,062 3,884,150 5,659,063 42,305,275 89 1.0%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 25,447,746 4,395,020 11,967,135 41,809,901 124 1.0%
ARAD West 410,058 29,622,878 2,474,919 6,730,162 38,827,959 95 0.9%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 23,274,518 3,791,859 10,230,515 37,296,892 125 0.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 26,014,919 1,982,304 8,266,070 36,263,293 110 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 20,691,072 347,350 14,656,071 35,694,493 192 0.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 24,093,047 4,428,164 6,930,996 35,452,207 121 0.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 25,225,092 3,219,097 5,534,795 33,978,984 105 0.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 27,574,245 274,385 5,965,979 33,814,609 87 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 30,233,510 2,492,179 677,600 33,403,289 75 0.8%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 20,180,828 1,445,929 7,774,031 29,400,788 140 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 19,484,370 1,696,200 7,228,673 28,409,243 110 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 25,106,046 1,012,715 377,700 26,496,461 86 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 19,637,972 1,857,466 4,607,811 26,103,249 72 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 21,315,858 816,104 3,148,877 25,280,839 91 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 18,937,367 533,995 4,896,354 24,367,716 108 0.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 14,043,454 2,420,406 6,092,205 22,556,065 84 0.5%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 19,997,410 214,200 2,267,001 22,478,611 73 0.5%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 14,969,911 1,357,336 2,379,601 18,706,848 76 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 13,414,402 1,306,228 2,474,955 17,195,585 86 0.4%

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 1,729,883,422 1,612,389,839 −117,493,583
CLUJ 301,804,217 285,150,857 −16,653,360
CONSTANȚA 177,403,637 181,779,477 +4,375,840
DOLJ 106,528,915 106,216,949 −311,966
SUCEAVA 54,782,366 55,206,228 +423,862
BIHOR 34,150,487 49,057,849 +14,907,362
TIMIȘ 39,788,442 45,170,816 +5,382,374
SATU MARE 35,111,098 34,997,242 −113,856
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 32,947,021 33,538,564 +591,543
MUREȘ 11,105,123 32,696,520 +21,591,397
BRAȘOV 23,107,537 29,367,102 +6,259,565
ILFOV 25,580,514 29,322,195 +3,741,681
GALAȚI 43,238,824 26,902,751 −16,336,073
TULCEA 14,656,071 24,360,002 +9,703,931
BRĂILA 6,092,205 17,105,048 +11,012,843
MARAMUREȘ 16,546,632 16,587,232 +40,600
PRAHOVA 14,938,217 16,470,788 +1,532,571
SIBIU 40,413,619 14,352,157 −26,061,462
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 10,230,515 13,714,888 +3,484,373
IAȘI 17,468,500 13,660,600 −3,807,900
ARGEȘ 8,014,365 13,106,832 +5,092,467
BUZĂU 11,149,503 12,533,379 +1,383,876
VÂLCEA 11,967,135 11,785,676 −181,459
BACĂU 11,098,075 9,884,225 −1,213,850
SĂLAJ 7,774,032 9,352,129 +1,578,097
COVASNA 2,474,955 8,806,535 +6,331,580
HARGHITA 6,930,996 8,627,391 +1,696,395
VRANCEA 8,266,070 8,563,394 +297,324
ALBA 5,534,795 8,520,277 +2,985,482
HUNEDOARA 7,623,618 7,926,348 +302,730
ARAD 6,730,162 7,168,888 +438,726
GIURGIU 7,228,673 7,139,873 −88,800
VASLUI 4,607,811 7,007,511 +2,399,700
DÂMBOVIȚA 5,659,063 6,705,378 +1,046,315
BOTOȘANI 5,965,979 6,022,479 +56,500
MEHEDINȚI 4,896,354 5,101,354 +205,000
OLT 3,629,228 3,638,404 +9,176
TELEORMAN 2,267,001 3,407,766 +1,140,765
CĂLĂRAȘI 3,148,877 3,099,814 −49,063
IALOMIȚA 2,379,601 1,327,814 −1,051,787
NEAMȚ 677,600 1,306,020 +628,420
GORJ 377,700 1,070,577 +692,877

Another 74.03 Mn. (2.6% 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/lots

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