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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 73

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 — 3.77 Mn. ARAD — 4.30 Mn. ARGEȘ — 4.52 Mn. BACĂU — 11.00 Mn. BIHOR — 4.86 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 2.51 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 4.12 Mn. BRĂILA — 3.62 Mn. BRAȘOV — 9.39 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 146.39 Mn. BUZĂU — 6.83 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 3.48 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 5.19 Mn. CLUJ — 13.66 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 7.83 Mn. COVASNA — 3.19 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 3.91 Mn. DOLJ — 8.10 Mn. GALAȚI — 3.90 Mn. GIURGIU — 3.31 Mn. GORJ — 2.79 Mn. HARGHITA — 6.11 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 5.60 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.94 Mn. IAȘI — 10.75 Mn. ILFOV — 18.78 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 7.07 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 3.37 Mn. MUREȘ — 4.97 Mn. NEAMȚ — 8.24 Mn. OLT — 4.23 Mn. PRAHOVA — 6.98 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.09 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.29 Mn. SIBIU — 6.36 Mn. SUCEAVA — 3.60 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.79 Mn. TIMIȘ — 9.60 Mn. TULCEA — 2.06 Mn. VÂLCEA — 5.21 Mn. VASLUI — 3.41 Mn. VRANCEA — 7.64 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 20,938,422 5,692,786 119,757,088 146,388,296 85 38.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 10,879,629 753,531 7,145,918 18,779,078 30 4.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 6,973,745 648,602 6,039,726 13,662,073 19 3.6%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 5,619,101 102,101 5,276,950 10,998,152 19 2.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 8,268,818 146,846 2,338,929 10,754,593 14 2.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 7,936,245 847,088 811,790 9,595,123 14 2.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 4,939,347 208,538 4,239,300 9,387,185 17 2.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 5,028,628 214,982 2,998,082 8,241,692 19 2.2%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 6,203,246 9,262 1,892,030 8,104,538 14 2.1%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 6,252,276 1,006,068 574,470 7,832,814 12 2.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,711,238 237,797 1,690,963 7,639,998 23 2.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 5,879,858 179,922 1,008,409 7,068,189 16 1.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 6,258,157 507,153 210,000 6,975,310 10 1.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 5,804,543 41,885 981,700 6,828,128 17 1.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,584,312 530,539 3,250,120 6,364,971 16 1.7%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 5,530,396 580,071 — 6,110,467 21 1.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,855,780 — 2,740,235 5,596,015 16 1.5%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,299,880 75,553 1,835,415 5,210,848 15 1.4%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 4,782,784 24,748 386,999 5,194,531 22 1.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,655,618 750,956 563,700 4,970,274 10 1.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 4,645,413 130,255 82,000 4,857,668 9 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 4,173,053 93,013 255,000 4,521,066 8 1.2%
ARAD West 410,058 3,459,810 171,282 664,325 4,295,417 10 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 4,216,752 14,870 — 4,231,622 11 1.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,113,323 3,400 — 4,116,723 11 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 3,885,890 20,883 — 3,906,773 8 1.0%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,846,267 1,048,886 — 3,895,153 8 1.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,579,104 61,899 129,500 3,770,503 12 1.0%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,585,321 34,060 — 3,619,381 13 1.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 3,426,187 46,800 131,285 3,604,272 6 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 3,003,895 1,284 477,000 3,482,179 13 0.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,623,075 191,267 600,550 3,414,892 9 0.9%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,982,897 14,824 370,000 3,367,721 15 0.9%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,866,647 84,034 360,000 3,310,681 13 0.9%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,782,556 288,591 222,964 3,294,111 10 0.9%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,344,094 194,551 646,800 3,185,445 16 0.8%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,322,300 850 765,685 3,088,835 15 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,483,820 6,500 450,000 2,940,320 12 0.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,669,981 742 121,050 2,791,773 9 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,648,819 — 140,737 2,789,556 9 0.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,380,584 48,760 80,500 2,509,844 8 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,055,858 1,988 — 2,057,846 11 0.5%

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 119,757,088 84,641,555 −35,115,533
CONSTANȚA 574,470 6,577,121 +6,002,651
CLUJ 6,039,726 5,414,626 −625,100
BACĂU 5,276,950 4,827,761 −449,189
SIBIU 3,250,120 3,624,384 +374,264
ILFOV 7,145,918 3,343,027 −3,802,891
NEAMȚ 2,998,082 2,998,082 0
HUNEDOARA 2,740,235 2,740,235 0
IAȘI 2,338,929 2,256,929 −82,000
PRAHOVA 210,000 2,231,802 +2,021,802
HARGHITA 0 1,919,500 +1,919,500
TULCEA 0 1,917,000 +1,917,000
VÂLCEA 1,835,415 1,835,415 0
VRANCEA 1,690,963 1,690,963 0
MARAMUREȘ 1,008,409 1,467,409 +459,000
DOLJ 1,892,030 1,366,030 −526,000
VASLUI 600,550 1,280,000 +679,450
TIMIȘ 811,790 1,101,273 +289,483
BRAȘOV 4,239,300 1,027,900 −3,211,400
BUZĂU 981,700 981,700 0
ARGEȘ 255,000 815,395 +560,395
SĂLAJ 765,685 765,685 0
ARAD 664,325 664,325 0
COVASNA 646,800 646,800 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 600,000 +600,000
MUREȘ 563,700 563,700 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 477,000 477,000 0
IALOMIȚA 450,000 450,000 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 386,999 386,999 0
MEHEDINȚI 370,000 370,000 0
GIURGIU 360,000 360,000 0
SATU MARE 222,964 222,964 0
GORJ 140,737 140,737 0
SUCEAVA 131,285 131,285 0
ALBA 129,500 129,500 0
TELEORMAN 121,050 121,050 0
BIHOR 82,000 82,000 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 80,500 80,500 0
OLT 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0

Another 28.99 Mn. (17.1% 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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