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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 75

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 — 2.94 Mn. ARAD — 9.27 Mn. ARGEȘ — 5.29 Mn. BACĂU — 3.99 Mn. BIHOR — 6.94 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.83 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 2.24 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.19 Mn. BRAȘOV — 12.91 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 158.95 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.53 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.57 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 3.41 Mn. CLUJ — 8.48 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 117.40 Mn. COVASNA — 1.32 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 2.97 Mn. DOLJ — 2.80 Mn. GALAȚI — 3.45 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.49 Mn. GORJ — 2.70 Mn. HARGHITA — 4.69 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 4.12 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 809,172 RON IAȘI — 6.65 Mn. ILFOV — 5.72 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 2.78 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.83 Mn. MUREȘ — 3.77 Mn. NEAMȚ — 4.53 Mn. OLT — 2.30 Mn. PRAHOVA — 4.51 Mn. SĂLAJ — 806,183 RON SATU MARE — 1.48 Mn. SIBIU — 3.71 Mn. SUCEAVA — 9.17 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.52 Mn. TIMIȘ — 8.65 Mn. TULCEA — 957,635 RON VÂLCEA — 2.37 Mn. VASLUI — 1.21 Mn. VRANCEA — 4.95 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 37,477,464 9,894,239 111,573,588 158,945,291 93 36.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 6,864,801 2,123,353 108,407,117 117,395,271 179 27.2%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 5,132,174 977,719 6,797,195 12,907,088 23 3.0%
ARAD West 410,058 6,248,903 794,272 2,222,738 9,265,913 23 2.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 4,282,661 1,558,962 3,324,400 9,166,023 14 2.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,707,028 399,973 4,545,346 8,652,347 13 2.0%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 6,331,160 2,044,017 102,480 8,477,657 12 2.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,201,338 1,288,318 450,684 6,940,340 12 1.6%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 3,644,465 226,640 2,783,100 6,654,205 9 1.5%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 5,261,233 457,103 — 5,718,336 9 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 3,149,835 979,552 1,157,322 5,286,709 9 1.2%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,183,356 65,924 3,699,800 4,949,080 15 1.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,440,634 1,251,362 — 4,691,996 16 1.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,949,289 880,211 701,300 4,530,800 10 1.1%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 4,361,939 146,520 — 4,508,459 7 1.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,373,705 458,973 289,818 4,122,496 12 1.0%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,593,810 744,927 650,000 3,988,737 7 0.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,340,060 429,711 — 3,769,771 7 0.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,828,562 654,534 231,421 3,714,517 9 0.9%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 3,309,851 140,227 — 3,450,078 7 0.8%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 3,375,459 35,371 — 3,410,830 14 0.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,797,988 171,883 — 2,969,871 6 0.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,706,871 235,380 — 2,942,251 9 0.7%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,551,017 249,533 — 2,800,550 5 0.7%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,004,843 647,738 132,292 2,784,873 6 0.7%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,975,815 52,297 672,000 2,700,112 9 0.6%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,499,621 21,774 — 2,521,395 8 0.6%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,191,265 71,111 1,229,672 2,492,048 10 0.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,775,456 598,294 — 2,373,750 7 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,662,296 161,133 476,528 2,299,957 6 0.5%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,150,241 92,010 — 2,242,251 6 0.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,791,286 40,631 — 1,831,917 8 0.4%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,534,850 293,265 — 1,828,115 6 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,543,026 24,573 — 1,567,599 6 0.4%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,226,564 307,386 — 1,533,950 4 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,183,932 294,318 — 1,478,250 4 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,225,742 92,617 — 1,318,359 7 0.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,019,436 187,063 — 1,206,499 3 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 950,141 236,459 — 1,186,600 4 0.3%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 931,439 26,196 — 957,635 5 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 787,027 22,145 — 809,172 3 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 745,358 60,825 — 806,183 4 0.2%

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
CONSTANȚA 108,407,117 101,844,895 −6,562,222
BUCUREȘTI 111,573,588 78,953,779 −32,619,809
BRAȘOV 6,797,195 6,794,792 −2,403
VRANCEA 3,699,800 3,699,800 0
IAȘI 2,783,100 3,434,000 +650,900
SUCEAVA 3,324,400 3,324,400 0
TIMIȘ 4,545,346 3,259,306 −1,286,040
ARAD 2,222,738 2,222,738 0
ILFOV 0 1,933,170 +1,933,170
GIURGIU 1,229,672 1,229,672 0
ARGEȘ 1,157,322 1,157,322 0
BACĂU 650,000 650,000 0
OLT 476,528 476,528 0
BIHOR 450,684 450,684 0
HUNEDOARA 289,818 289,818 0
SIBIU 231,421 233,824 +2,403
MARAMUREȘ 132,292 132,292 0
CLUJ 102,480 102,480 0
BOTOȘANI 0 50,400 +50,400
HARGHITA 0 0 0
NEAMȚ 701,300 0 −701,300
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
DOLJ 0 0 0
GORJ 672,000 0 −672,000
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 39.21 Mn. (15.7% 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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