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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 726

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 — 12.13 Mn. ARAD — 15.86 Mn. ARGEȘ — 17.83 Mn. BACĂU — 12.66 Mn. BIHOR — 25.61 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 3.66 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 4.71 Mn. BRĂILA — 4.33 Mn. BRAȘOV — 33.02 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 259.42 Mn. BUZĂU — 7.61 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 8.60 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 9.14 Mn. CLUJ — 38.58 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 24.17 Mn. COVASNA — 7.05 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 7.50 Mn. DOLJ — 8.00 Mn. GALAȚI — 6.46 Mn. GIURGIU — 4.93 Mn. GORJ — 6.67 Mn. HARGHITA — 5.47 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 14.35 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 4.38 Mn. IAȘI — 17.38 Mn. ILFOV — 20.91 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 6.76 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 3.22 Mn. MUREȘ — 15.26 Mn. NEAMȚ — 6.08 Mn. OLT — 16.94 Mn. PRAHOVA — 31.90 Mn. SĂLAJ — 10.00 Mn. SATU MARE — 13.83 Mn. SIBIU — 12.03 Mn. SUCEAVA — 8.49 Mn. TELEORMAN — 5.15 Mn. TIMIȘ — 18.89 Mn. TULCEA — 5.41 Mn. VÂLCEA — 14.63 Mn. VASLUI — 5.78 Mn. VRANCEA — 5.90 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 86,895,744 9,670,947 162,851,786 259,418,477 151 34.1%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 27,739,210 1,771,348 9,066,559 38,577,117 55 5.1%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 23,802,334 1,089,736 8,125,970 33,018,040 58 4.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 23,352,834 729,540 7,818,392 31,900,766 47 4.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 10,688,642 335,875 14,585,896 25,610,413 46 3.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 15,415,716 2,104,319 6,648,766 24,168,801 37 3.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 17,196,051 237,066 3,480,812 20,913,929 34 2.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 17,829,374 1,057,043 — 18,886,417 28 2.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 16,906,799 682,312 240,000 17,829,111 32 2.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 14,311,211 693,348 2,377,137 17,381,696 22 2.3%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 16,585,698 350,782 — 16,936,480 46 2.2%
ARAD West 410,058 13,574,310 511,266 1,770,143 15,855,719 39 2.1%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 14,212,781 1,042,729 — 15,255,510 29 2.0%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 13,397,775 1,236,144 — 14,633,919 43 1.9%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 13,460,448 423,715 461,760 14,345,923 41 1.9%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 13,291,472 541,386 — 13,832,858 42 1.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 10,930,744 898,770 825,600 12,655,114 21 1.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 11,403,074 723,406 — 12,126,480 37 1.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 9,345,930 1,700,992 981,609 12,028,531 30 1.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 9,758,744 244,547 — 10,003,291 48 1.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 8,917,180 218,306 — 9,135,486 38 1.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 8,566,595 35,741 — 8,602,336 31 1.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 8,057,537 172,451 263,050 8,493,038 13 1.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 7,794,771 202,430 — 7,997,201 13 1.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,632,189 978,483 — 7,610,672 19 1.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 7,102,182 400,546 — 7,502,728 16 1.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 6,716,439 331,029 — 7,047,468 35 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 6,044,135 568,111 150,400 6,762,646 15 0.9%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 6,348,710 213,816 106,100 6,668,626 22 0.9%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 6,054,647 404,963 — 6,459,610 13 0.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 5,984,789 92,958 — 6,077,747 14 0.8%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,670,326 233,242 — 5,903,568 18 0.8%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 4,055,119 408,367 1,319,584 5,783,070 16 0.8%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 4,924,081 549,447 — 5,473,528 19 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 5,257,253 15,586 137,580 5,410,419 29 0.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 4,892,368 260,652 — 5,153,020 17 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 4,795,724 132,576 — 4,928,300 19 0.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,569,102 66,934 70,200 4,706,236 12 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,257,144 123,478 — 4,380,622 18 0.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 4,120,943 205,254 — 4,326,197 16 0.6%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,989,845 1,140,210 533,850 3,663,905 12 0.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,810,650 140,430 265,080 3,216,160 14 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 162,851,786 146,003,412 −16,848,374
BIHOR 14,585,896 14,582,896 −3,000
CLUJ 9,066,559 9,066,559 0
PRAHOVA 7,818,392 7,818,392 0
BRAȘOV 8,125,970 7,773,012 −352,958
CONSTANȚA 6,648,766 6,648,766 0
ILFOV 3,480,812 2,564,409 −916,403
IAȘI 2,377,137 2,190,657 −186,480
ARAD 1,770,143 1,603,983 −166,160
VASLUI 1,319,584 1,319,584 0
SIBIU 981,609 981,609 0
BACĂU 825,600 825,600 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 533,850 533,850 0
HUNEDOARA 461,760 461,760 0
SUCEAVA 263,050 263,050 0
ARGEȘ 240,000 240,000 0
MEHEDINȚI 265,080 215,040 −50,040
IALOMIȚA 0 186,480 +186,480
MARAMUREȘ 150,400 150,400 0
TULCEA 137,580 137,580 0
BOTOȘANI 70,200 70,200 0
TIMIȘ 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
DOLJ 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
GORJ 106,100 0 −106,100
GALAȚI 0 0 0
NEAMȚ 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0

Another 18.44 Mn. (8.3% 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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