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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 725

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 — 4.18 Mn. ARAD — 4.40 Mn. ARGEȘ — 3.41 Mn. BACĂU — 5.47 Mn. BIHOR — 7.65 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 2.85 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 1.32 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.32 Mn. BRAȘOV — 8.60 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 465.33 Mn. BUZĂU — 7.65 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.31 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 4.03 Mn. CLUJ — 13.53 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 19.38 Mn. COVASNA — 1.71 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 4.26 Mn. DOLJ — 5.55 Mn. GALAȚI — 5.36 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.01 Mn. GORJ — 4.78 Mn. HARGHITA — 12.49 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 10.81 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.32 Mn. IAȘI — 8.86 Mn. ILFOV — 23.23 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 4.42 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 993,137 RON MUREȘ — 21.68 Mn. NEAMȚ — 5.74 Mn. OLT — 2.86 Mn. PRAHOVA — 5.94 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.77 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.52 Mn. SIBIU — 66.55 Mn. SUCEAVA — 11.39 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.17 Mn. TIMIȘ — 11.67 Mn. TULCEA — 1.28 Mn. VÂLCEA — 8.07 Mn. VASLUI — 3.85 Mn. VRANCEA — 2.08 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 61,902,302 8,903,000 394,525,142 465,330,444 272 59.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 3,103,410 1,992,433 61,454,109 66,549,952 168 8.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 7,214,684 469,170 15,544,942 23,228,796 38 3.0%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 6,553,566 888,512 14,238,731 21,680,809 42 2.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 9,027,738 1,819,096 8,528,633 19,375,467 30 2.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 9,933,997 1,283,468 2,308,090 13,525,555 19 1.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 12,142,985 351,862 — 12,494,847 43 1.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 9,497,860 648,464 1,521,921 11,668,245 17 1.5%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,406,272 224,957 9,755,504 11,386,733 18 1.5%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,866,590 526,604 7,412,007 10,805,201 31 1.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 4,509,885 450,975 3,894,550 8,855,410 11 1.1%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 5,229,055 1,143,085 2,222,908 8,595,048 15 1.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,512,716 946,750 5,612,934 8,072,400 24 1.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,927,869 1,593,206 133,880 7,654,955 14 1.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,780,652 288,641 584,900 7,654,193 19 1.0%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 3,877,756 840,012 1,225,805 5,943,573 9 0.8%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 5,302,665 441,331 — 5,743,996 13 0.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,082,426 243,203 1,227,340 5,552,969 9 0.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,145,734 487,428 2,835,740 5,468,902 9 0.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 3,381,348 231,289 1,742,580 5,355,217 11 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,667,301 199,086 1,910,180 4,776,567 16 0.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,130,489 138,643 2,147,000 4,416,132 10 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 3,376,416 321,653 702,308 4,400,377 11 0.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,470,119 96,194 2,696,250 4,262,563 9 0.5%
ALBA Centre 324,901 4,004,759 176,581 — 4,181,340 13 0.5%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 3,089,729 49,250 890,720 4,029,699 17 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,283,436 482,561 2,081,343 3,847,340 11 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 3,231,769 287,603 — 3,519,372 11 0.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,287,692 205,240 921,380 3,414,312 6 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,819,292 74,796 970,881 2,864,969 8 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 831,648 790,861 1,228,440 2,850,949 10 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,590,613 465,832 259,208 2,315,653 9 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,276,026 38,141 — 2,314,167 8 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,965,735 38,725 72,000 2,076,460 6 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,525,140 243,898 — 1,769,038 8 0.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,600,241 114,491 — 1,714,732 9 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 759,185 42,957 519,560 1,321,702 5 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,211,556 108,327 — 1,319,883 3 0.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,236,902 46,758 — 1,283,660 7 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,093,944 75,184 — 1,169,128 4 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 648,358 357,483 — 1,005,841 4 0.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 962,099 31,038 — 993,137 4 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
BUCUREȘTI 394,525,147 390,966,677 −3,558,470
SIBIU 61,454,109 61,332,351 −121,758
MUREȘ 14,238,731 14,360,489 +121,758
SUCEAVA 9,755,504 9,755,504 0
CONSTANȚA 8,528,632 8,528,632 0
ILFOV 15,544,942 8,428,540 −7,116,402
HUNEDOARA 7,412,007 8,267,007 +855,000
VÂLCEA 5,612,934 6,648,409 +1,035,475
IAȘI 3,894,550 3,894,550 0
BACĂU 2,835,740 2,835,740 0
BRAȘOV 2,222,908 2,672,908 +450,000
CLUJ 2,308,090 2,308,090 0
MARAMUREȘ 2,147,000 2,147,000 0
VASLUI 2,081,343 2,081,343 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 2,696,250 1,841,250 −855,000
GALAȚI 1,742,580 1,742,580 0
TIMIȘ 1,521,921 1,521,921 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,228,440 1,228,440 0
DOLJ 1,227,340 1,227,340 0
PRAHOVA 1,225,805 1,225,805 0
ARGEȘ 921,380 1,134,360 +212,980
OLT 970,881 970,881 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 890,720 890,720 0
BUZĂU 584,900 584,900 0
ARAD 702,308 570,308 −132,000
VRANCEA 72,000 522,000 +450,000
GORJ 1,910,180 424,705 −1,485,475
BRĂILA 259,208 259,208 0
BIHOR 133,880 133,880 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
NEAMȚ 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 519,560 0 −519,560
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0

Another 10.66 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

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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