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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 716

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 — 8.16 Mn. ARAD — 8.58 Mn. ARGEȘ — 10.40 Mn. BACĂU — 10.71 Mn. BIHOR — 15.25 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 12.81 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 8.66 Mn. BRĂILA — 3.41 Mn. BRAȘOV — 14.41 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 495.68 Mn. BUZĂU — 8.88 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 8.49 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 3.89 Mn. CLUJ — 28.59 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 31.41 Mn. COVASNA — 3.93 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 9.27 Mn. DOLJ — 20.12 Mn. GALAȚI — 12.22 Mn. GIURGIU — 6.09 Mn. GORJ — 11.64 Mn. HARGHITA — 6.36 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 9.75 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 4.75 Mn. IAȘI — 16.59 Mn. ILFOV — 26.42 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 6.78 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 6.26 Mn. MUREȘ — 8.81 Mn. NEAMȚ — 6.95 Mn. OLT — 8.94 Mn. PRAHOVA — 18.22 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.02 Mn. SATU MARE — 7.61 Mn. SIBIU — 24.10 Mn. SUCEAVA — 8.50 Mn. TELEORMAN — 5.61 Mn. TIMIȘ — 19.77 Mn. TULCEA — 6.20 Mn. VÂLCEA — 7.00 Mn. VASLUI — 5.90 Mn. VRANCEA — 5.72 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 81,055,867 28,812,803 385,810,054 495,678,724 289 52.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 22,213,377 6,848,845 2,345,144 31,407,366 48 3.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 21,936,517 4,017,171 2,634,591 28,588,279 41 3.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 21,860,253 2,530,440 2,032,271 26,422,964 43 2.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 10,396,049 3,890,745 9,810,110 24,096,904 61 2.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 12,324,989 2,387,100 5,405,471 20,117,560 34 2.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 16,250,240 2,300,813 1,219,400 19,770,453 29 2.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 15,418,057 2,084,670 721,067 18,223,794 27 1.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 13,920,330 2,012,661 656,074 16,589,065 21 1.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 9,940,298 3,541,454 1,768,330 15,250,082 27 1.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 11,836,937 1,850,509 723,834 14,411,280 26 1.5%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 3,952,133 1,235,929 7,621,020 12,809,082 43 1.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 9,515,092 1,908,685 793,153 12,216,930 25 1.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 6,482,328 1,993,329 3,167,821 11,643,478 38 1.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 9,117,354 1,595,123 — 10,712,477 18 1.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 9,111,736 1,199,981 85,000 10,396,717 19 1.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 6,981,975 1,525,919 1,245,633 9,753,527 28 1.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 8,530,244 739,735 — 9,269,979 19 1.0%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 8,805,337 132,996 — 8,938,333 24 1.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 8,219,479 656,880 — 8,876,359 23 0.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 5,987,329 2,467,258 354,060 8,808,647 17 0.9%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 8,044,046 620,307 — 8,664,353 22 0.9%
ARAD West 410,058 7,074,945 1,296,185 207,761 8,578,891 21 0.9%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 8,135,728 354,639 6,818 8,497,185 13 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 8,151,488 334,540 — 8,486,028 31 0.9%
ALBA Centre 324,901 7,472,768 682,776 — 8,155,544 25 0.9%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 6,004,253 1,604,830 — 7,609,083 23 0.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 5,311,347 1,693,008 — 7,004,355 21 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 5,888,794 797,167 260,305 6,946,266 16 0.7%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,885,879 1,402,845 495,800 6,784,524 15 0.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 5,669,927 691,479 — 6,361,406 22 0.7%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 4,930,097 221,148 1,105,360 6,256,605 28 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 5,247,069 278,054 675,449 6,200,572 33 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 5,886,509 206,098 — 6,092,607 24 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 5,150,510 749,342 — 5,899,852 16 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,369,937 350,835 — 5,720,772 17 0.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 4,854,417 368,097 386,775 5,609,289 18 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,189,924 560,372 — 4,750,296 19 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 3,768,020 160,173 — 3,928,193 20 0.4%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 3,586,324 303,540 — 3,889,864 16 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,038,057 370,190 — 3,408,247 13 0.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,744,387 271,123 — 3,015,510 14 0.3%

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 385,810,058 205,892,346 −179,917,712
CONSTANȚA 2,345,144 9,286,137 +6,940,993
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 7,621,020 8,394,507 +773,487
SIBIU 9,810,110 7,939,765 −1,870,345
DOLJ 5,405,471 6,171,085 +765,614
CLUJ 2,634,591 3,291,669 +657,078
MEHEDINȚI 1,105,360 2,222,808 +1,117,448
TIMIȘ 1,219,400 2,006,052 +786,652
BIHOR 1,768,330 1,815,330 +47,000
HUNEDOARA 1,245,633 1,668,684 +423,051
VÂLCEA 0 1,667,257 +1,667,257
BRAȘOV 723,834 1,348,634 +624,800
MUREȘ 354,060 1,346,425 +992,365
TELEORMAN 386,775 879,775 +493,000
ARGEȘ 85,000 794,435 +709,435
PRAHOVA 721,067 762,719 +41,652
TULCEA 675,449 675,449 0
IAȘI 656,074 659,726 +3,652
ILFOV 2,032,271 645,481 −1,386,790
GALAȚI 793,153 506,561 −286,592
MARAMUREȘ 495,800 503,741 +7,941
ALBA 0 451,083 +451,083
BRĂILA 0 450,023 +450,023
GORJ 3,167,820 439,502 −2,728,318
NEAMȚ 260,305 388,504 +128,199
ARAD 207,761 226,561 +18,800
IALOMIȚA 0 122,748 +122,748
SUCEAVA 6,818 49,782 +42,964
BACĂU 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 168.92 Mn. (39.3% 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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