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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 723

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 — 6.19 Mn. ARAD — 10.99 Mn. ARGEȘ — 5.66 Mn. BACĂU — 8.23 Mn. BIHOR — 8.81 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 4.12 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 3.68 Mn. BRĂILA — 3.30 Mn. BRAȘOV — 24.87 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 369.27 Mn. BUZĂU — 9.73 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 4.16 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.75 Mn. CLUJ — 108.09 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 18.96 Mn. COVASNA — 2.41 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.40 Mn. DOLJ — 47.97 Mn. GALAȚI — 5.32 Mn. GIURGIU — 3.52 Mn. GORJ — 5.32 Mn. HARGHITA — 4.14 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 2.32 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 3.21 Mn. IAȘI — 440.78 Mn. ILFOV — 18.98 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 4.63 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 3.92 Mn. MUREȘ — 13.07 Mn. NEAMȚ — 4.88 Mn. OLT — 5.47 Mn. PRAHOVA — 17.29 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.92 Mn. SATU MARE — 8.68 Mn. SIBIU — 12.90 Mn. SUCEAVA — 7.75 Mn. TELEORMAN — 4.20 Mn. TIMIȘ — 28.90 Mn. TULCEA — 1.23 Mn. VÂLCEA — 4.03 Mn. VASLUI — 4.84 Mn. VRANCEA — 7.58 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
IAȘI North-East 781,948 18,410,602 1,185,911 421,182,428 440,778,941 564 35.0%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 80,688,059 8,771,270 279,808,033 369,267,362 215 29.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 20,601,385 2,555,511 84,937,808 108,094,704 154 8.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,396,748 169,772 43,404,164 47,970,684 81 3.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 17,796,546 619,434 10,482,797 28,898,777 43 2.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 9,653,974 723,697 14,495,951 24,873,622 44 2.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 17,159,034 274,906 1,550,610 18,984,550 31 1.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 12,828,648 1,289,799 4,840,913 18,959,360 29 1.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 5,564,369 172,845 11,552,420 17,289,634 25 1.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 12,922,336 145,820 — 13,068,156 25 1.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 6,371,064 111,956 6,420,835 12,903,855 33 1.0%
ARAD West 410,058 9,280,260 459,874 1,250,354 10,990,488 27 0.9%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,706,175 422,172 2,606,261 9,734,608 25 0.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 6,882,968 335,207 1,591,872 8,810,047 16 0.7%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 8,371,486 313,065 — 8,684,551 26 0.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 7,490,743 736,835 — 8,227,578 14 0.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 7,680,972 68,761 — 7,749,733 12 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 6,128,847 33,912 1,414,888 7,577,647 23 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 5,921,214 46,006 220,200 6,187,420 19 0.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 4,931,010 184,036 546,000 5,661,046 10 0.5%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 4,565,887 20,370 880,828 5,467,085 15 0.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 5,014,708 32,371 350,000 5,397,079 11 0.4%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 4,505,228 819,255 — 5,324,483 11 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 4,990,623 54,980 273,908 5,319,511 17 0.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,644,820 234,833 — 4,879,653 11 0.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 4,746,508 97,079 — 4,843,587 13 0.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,044,799 303,448 280,590 4,628,837 10 0.4%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 3,751,973 3,120 443,000 4,198,093 14 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 4,139,791 19,501 — 4,159,292 15 0.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,666,836 472,941 — 4,139,777 14 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 3,693,455 422,525 — 4,115,980 14 0.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,509,653 98,152 423,043 4,030,848 12 0.3%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 3,821,019 103,094 — 3,924,113 17 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,078,486 28,145 812,709 3,919,340 19 0.3%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,658,742 23,693 — 3,682,435 10 0.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 3,519,797 1,800 — 3,521,597 14 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,070,142 226,792 — 3,296,934 12 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 3,192,928 13,313 — 3,206,241 13 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,002,655 70,349 336,262 2,409,266 12 0.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,295,105 20,248 — 2,315,353 7 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,744,696 8,201 — 1,752,897 7 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,227,769 3,525 — 1,231,294 7 0.1%

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 421,182,430 320,593,709 −100,588,721
BUCUREȘTI 279,808,033 256,261,869 −23,546,164
CLUJ 84,937,808 85,492,396 +554,588
DOLJ 43,404,164 16,156,710 −27,247,454
PRAHOVA 11,552,420 11,618,436 +66,016
TIMIȘ 10,482,797 11,257,146 +774,349
SIBIU 6,420,835 6,071,699 −349,136
CONSTANȚA 4,840,913 5,063,731 +222,818
BRAȘOV 14,495,951 4,740,479 −9,755,472
ARGEȘ 546,000 3,317,890 +2,771,890
ARAD 1,250,354 3,111,944 +1,861,590
VRANCEA 1,414,888 2,756,888 +1,342,000
BUZĂU 2,606,261 2,606,261 0
BIHOR 1,591,872 1,666,206 +74,334
HUNEDOARA 0 1,638,437 +1,638,437
ILFOV 1,550,608 1,431,627 −118,981
VÂLCEA 423,043 1,231,442 +808,399
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 996,831 +996,831
SĂLAJ 812,709 812,709 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 350,000 790,828 +440,828
OLT 880,828 515,200 −365,628
ALBA 220,200 497,811 +277,611
COVASNA 336,262 336,262 0
GORJ 273,908 292,232 +18,324
MARAMUREȘ 280,590 280,590 0
NEAMȚ 0 228,316 +228,316
IALOMIȚA 0 187,434 +187,434
MEHEDINȚI 0 168,732 +168,732
MUREȘ 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 443,000 0 −443,000
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0

Another 149.98 Mn. (16.8% 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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