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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 724

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 — 5.13 Mn. ARAD — 7.58 Mn. ARGEȘ — 8.69 Mn. BACĂU — 10.31 Mn. BIHOR — 7.42 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 4.67 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 6.44 Mn. BRĂILA — 3.21 Mn. BRAȘOV — 13.01 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 146.95 Mn. BUZĂU — 5.56 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 4.63 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 2.47 Mn. CLUJ — 22.94 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 17.84 Mn. COVASNA — 3.18 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 4.41 Mn. DOLJ — 7.86 Mn. GALAȚI — 5.80 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.69 Mn. GORJ — 3.83 Mn. HARGHITA — 5.63 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 5.08 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.40 Mn. IAȘI — 12.50 Mn. ILFOV — 14.26 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 3.48 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 4.34 Mn. MUREȘ — 6.98 Mn. NEAMȚ — 8.55 Mn. OLT — 3.88 Mn. PRAHOVA — 8.78 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.55 Mn. SATU MARE — 6.28 Mn. SIBIU — 10.48 Mn. SUCEAVA — 6.64 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.56 Mn. TIMIȘ — 18.26 Mn. TULCEA — 3.03 Mn. VÂLCEA — 3.82 Mn. VASLUI — 3.04 Mn. VRANCEA — 5.19 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 81,391,412 12,493,125 53,063,897 146,948,434 86 33.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 19,166,954 3,344,009 432,276 22,943,239 33 5.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 14,846,698 1,352,072 2,056,650 18,255,420 27 4.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 13,471,760 2,670,779 1,693,813 17,836,352 27 4.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 13,302,356 759,743 200,824 14,262,923 23 3.3%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 9,980,332 974,628 2,053,390 13,008,350 23 3.0%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 10,499,976 1,640,694 362,980 12,503,650 16 2.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 5,215,789 1,196,499 4,066,843 10,479,131 26 2.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 8,766,578 1,162,014 381,701 10,310,293 17 2.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 8,192,269 557,225 33,063 8,782,557 13 2.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 6,452,385 444,357 1,798,203 8,694,945 15 2.0%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 6,759,432 719,202 1,072,943 8,551,577 19 2.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 7,173,644 662,131 28,510 7,864,285 13 1.8%
ARAD West 410,058 6,668,618 911,647 — 7,580,265 18 1.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,201,283 2,218,375 — 7,419,658 13 1.7%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 6,424,924 514,006 42,005 6,980,935 13 1.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 6,430,320 211,732 — 6,642,052 10 1.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 3,286,729 170,024 2,986,321 6,443,074 17 1.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 5,941,399 338,617 — 6,280,016 19 1.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 4,746,577 751,653 304,800 5,803,030 12 1.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,827,088 1,218,805 582,700 5,628,593 19 1.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 4,760,950 800,321 — 5,561,271 14 1.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,060,187 134,323 — 5,194,510 16 1.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 4,384,989 685,144 61,036 5,131,169 16 1.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 4,364,489 712,175 — 5,076,664 15 1.2%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 3,977,415 691,353 — 4,668,768 16 1.1%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 4,127,826 216,692 282,566 4,627,084 17 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 4,083,199 322,738 — 4,405,937 9 1.0%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 4,267,673 69,831 — 4,337,504 19 1.0%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,839,240 44,675 — 3,883,915 10 0.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 3,313,456 246,385 265,178 3,825,019 12 0.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,475,863 342,025 — 3,817,888 11 0.9%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,116,586 250,750 1,185,800 3,553,136 17 0.8%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 3,084,770 397,867 — 3,482,637 8 0.8%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,707,210 498,233 — 3,205,443 12 0.7%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,812,447 281,243 87,810 3,181,500 16 0.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,610,533 431,619 — 3,042,152 8 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,927,437 70,625 34,264 3,032,326 16 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,484,552 203,939 — 2,688,491 10 0.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,500,051 58,220 — 2,558,271 8 0.6%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 2,416,408 52,048 — 2,468,456 10 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,121,831 281,924 — 2,403,755 10 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
BUCUREȘTI 53,063,898 46,851,063 −6,212,835
SIBIU 4,066,843 4,066,843 0
BOTOȘANI 2,986,321 2,986,321 0
TIMIȘ 2,056,650 2,717,490 +660,840
BRAȘOV 2,053,390 2,269,150 +215,760
ARGEȘ 1,798,203 1,798,203 0
CONSTANȚA 1,693,813 1,693,813 0
SĂLAJ 1,185,800 1,185,800 0
NEAMȚ 1,072,943 1,072,943 0
IAȘI 362,980 744,681 +381,701
HARGHITA 582,700 582,700 0
CLUJ 432,276 448,206 +15,930
GALAȚI 304,800 304,800 0
GORJ 265,166 213,759 −51,407
ILFOV 200,824 200,824 0
COVASNA 87,810 87,810 0
ALBA 61,036 61,036 0
DOLJ 28,510 56,909 +28,399
MUREȘ 42,005 42,005 0
TULCEA 34,264 34,264 0
PRAHOVA 33,063 33,063 0
BRĂILA 0 7,623 +7,623
BACĂU 381,701 0 −381,701
ARAD 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 282,566 0 −282,566
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0

Another 5.62 Mn. (7.7% 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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