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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 771

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 — 19,499 RON ARAD — 19.19 Mn. ARGEȘ — 880,215 RON BACĂU — 650,385 RON BIHOR — 904,426 RON BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.22 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 261,728 RON BRĂILA — 1.12 Mn. BRAȘOV — 2.17 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 23.57 Mn. BUZĂU — 427,942 RON CĂLĂRAȘI — 6.20 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 210,083 RON CLUJ — 277,110 RON CONSTANȚA — 2.21 Mn. COVASNA — 2.28 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 142,910 RON DOLJ — 4.59 Mn. GALAȚI — 2.27 Mn. GIURGIU — 104,585 RON GORJ — 83,261 RON HARGHITA — 1.03 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 622,285 RON IALOMIȚA — 210,296 RON IAȘI — 8.82 Mn. ILFOV — 890,408 RON MARAMUREȘ — 735,224 RON MEHEDINȚI — No data MUREȘ — 854,370 RON NEAMȚ — 162,918 RON OLT — 99,277 RON PRAHOVA — 303,728 RON SĂLAJ — 95,100 RON SATU MARE — 965,329 RON SIBIU — 789,949 RON SUCEAVA — 1.67 Mn. TELEORMAN — 6.58 Mn. TIMIȘ — 3.46 Mn. TULCEA — 327,579 RON VÂLCEA — 1.15 Mn. VASLUI — 265,641 RON VRANCEA — 553,562 RON
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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 3,871,995 1,407,739 18,285,325 23,565,059 14 24.0%
ARAD West 410,058 369,386 85,174 18,736,291 19,190,851 47 19.5%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 1,494,186 375,041 6,951,591 8,820,818 11 9.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 706,429 18,680 5,854,525 6,579,634 21 6.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,474,915 30,292 4,694,679 6,199,886 22 6.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 469,542 278,411 3,841,940 4,589,893 8 4.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 2,331,158 150,560 978,568 3,460,286 5 3.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,227,101 56,450 — 2,283,551 11 2.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,229,328 39,844 — 2,269,172 5 2.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 1,808,079 398,147 — 2,206,226 3 2.2%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 1,732,396 437,673 — 2,170,069 4 2.2%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,511,231 158,354 — 1,669,585 3 1.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 993,645 224,009 — 1,217,654 4 1.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,153,000 1,394 — 1,154,394 3 1.2%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 481,376 385,105 254,509 1,120,990 4 1.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 589,048 438,515 — 1,027,563 4 1.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 932,427 32,902 — 965,329 3 1.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 746,768 157,658 — 904,426 2 0.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 498,998 391,410 — 890,408 1 0.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 803,346 41,869 35,000 880,215 2 0.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 635,098 219,272 — 854,370 2 0.9%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 463,655 326,294 — 789,949 2 0.8%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 359,474 375,750 — 735,224 2 0.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 473,258 177,127 — 650,385 1 0.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 239,725 — 382,560 622,285 2 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 507,929 45,633 — 553,562 2 0.6%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 398,759 29,183 — 427,942 1 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 187,572 140,007 — 327,579 2 0.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 250,302 53,426 — 303,728 0 0.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 179,699 97,411 — 277,110 0 0.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 223,005 42,636 — 265,641 1 0.3%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 242,278 19,450 — 261,728 1 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 132,232 78,064 — 210,296 1 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 210,083 — — 210,083 1 0.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 93,866 69,052 — 162,918 0 0.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 115,340 27,570 — 142,910 0 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 104,585 — — 104,585 0 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 99,277 — — 99,277 0 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 83,620 11,480 — 95,100 0 0.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 83,261 — — 83,261 0 0.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 14,849 4,650 — 19,499 0 0.0%

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
ARAD 18,736,291 20,106,072 +1,369,781
DOLJ 3,841,941 8,536,620 +4,694,679
IAȘI 6,951,591 6,675,791 −275,800
SUCEAVA 0 6,207,847 +6,207,847
TELEORMAN 5,854,525 5,854,525 0
TIMIȘ 978,568 3,246,669 +2,268,101
CONSTANȚA 0 2,849,910 +2,849,910
GALAȚI 0 1,137,721 +1,137,721
BUZĂU 0 976,317 +976,317
OLT 0 848,405 +848,405
BRĂILA 254,509 741,719 +487,210
NEAMȚ 0 570,970 +570,970
CĂLĂRAȘI 4,694,679 526,035 −4,168,644
BIHOR 0 395,143 +395,143
HUNEDOARA 382,560 382,560 0
BRAȘOV 0 272,790 +272,790
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 244,500 +244,500
BUCUREȘTI 18,285,325 214,500 −18,070,825
MUREȘ 0 161,895 +161,895
ARGEȘ 35,000 35,000 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
SIBIU 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
CLUJ 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0

Another 30,000 RON (0.0% 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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