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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 773

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 — 14.47 Mn. ARAD — 95.97 Mn. ARGEȘ — 6.18 Mn. BACĂU — 18.40 Mn. BIHOR — 81.33 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 5.91 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 10.95 Mn. BRĂILA — 5.06 Mn. BRAȘOV — 90.24 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 5.56 Bn. BUZĂU — 6.27 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 14.14 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 9.88 Mn. CLUJ — 47.29 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 41.81 Mn. COVASNA — 4.77 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 7.47 Mn. DOLJ — 22.01 Mn. GALAȚI — 17.52 Mn. GIURGIU — 11.87 Mn. GORJ — 10.22 Mn. HARGHITA — 12.44 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 16.14 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 4.39 Mn. IAȘI — 9.03 Mn. ILFOV — 64.54 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 6.44 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 35.73 Mn. MUREȘ — 14.60 Mn. NEAMȚ — 16.48 Mn. OLT — 32.10 Mn. PRAHOVA — 23.24 Mn. SĂLAJ — 4.74 Mn. SATU MARE — 62.31 Mn. SIBIU — 24.54 Mn. SUCEAVA — 33.92 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.92 Mn. TIMIȘ — 254.47 Mn. TULCEA — 10.54 Mn. VÂLCEA — 5.49 Mn. VASLUI — 2.99 Mn. VRANCEA — 10.19 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 39,379,575 31,127,178 5,487,482,187 5,557,988,940 3,243 82.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 32,602,054 2,131,582 219,740,874 254,474,510 378 3.8%
ARAD West 410,058 16,306,520 1,560,931 78,100,456 95,967,907 234 1.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 14,861,400 778,657 74,597,956 90,238,013 160 1.3%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 18,298,846 2,441,536 60,594,395 81,334,777 146 1.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 38,243,887 2,780,294 23,517,746 64,541,927 104 1.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 8,476,038 545,770 53,287,412 62,309,220 189 0.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 21,943,343 2,296,431 23,045,589 47,285,363 67 0.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 26,530,187 4,129,468 11,152,326 41,811,981 64 0.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 3,390,650 52,045 32,288,261 35,730,956 158 0.5%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 16,678,413 689,511 16,556,003 33,923,927 52 0.5%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 7,269,605 275,294 24,553,015 32,097,914 86 0.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 14,469,430 2,536,012 7,533,762 24,539,204 62 0.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 12,250,956 344,011 10,648,939 23,243,906 34 0.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,275,862 165,385 17,566,923 22,008,170 37 0.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 2,193,665 912,562 15,291,194 18,397,421 31 0.3%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 7,930,647 884,362 8,703,253 17,518,262 36 0.3%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 3,327,010 414,736 12,734,048 16,475,794 37 0.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 15,396,362 745,680 — 16,142,042 46 0.2%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 10,927,931 593,231 3,080,568 14,601,730 28 0.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 7,560,243 1,098,287 5,808,269 14,466,799 45 0.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 11,082,471 578,505 2,480,813 14,141,789 51 0.2%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 7,952,663 704,099 3,782,107 12,438,869 43 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 11,620,217 249,768 — 11,869,985 46 0.2%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,075,848 36,804 6,840,099 10,952,751 28 0.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 8,937,585 215,030 1,382,805 10,535,420 57 0.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 9,629,761 590,551 — 10,220,312 33 0.2%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 9,652,731 533,055 — 10,185,786 31 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 9,822,816 57,682 — 9,880,498 41 0.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 8,699,333 212,857 113,491 9,025,681 12 0.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 7,250,918 217,228 — 7,468,146 16 0.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,494,997 1,947,774 — 6,442,771 14 0.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,039,649 227,605 — 6,267,254 16 0.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 5,610,314 565,163 — 6,175,477 11 0.1%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 4,210,628 76,687 1,623,576 5,910,891 20 0.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 3,760,208 138,398 1,592,642 5,491,248 16 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 4,547,386 508,693 — 5,056,079 19 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 4,469,263 303,889 — 4,773,152 24 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 4,417,838 189,392 133,300 4,740,530 23 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,347,977 41,702 — 4,389,679 18 0.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,051,527 942,900 — 2,994,427 8 0.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,921,728 — — 2,921,728 9 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
BUCUREȘTI 5,487,482,187 5,466,681,690 −20,800,497
TIMIȘ 219,740,874 221,811,050 +2,070,176
ARAD 78,100,456 78,227,656 +127,200
BRAȘOV 74,597,956 72,260,661 −2,337,295
BIHOR 60,594,395 60,831,410 +237,015
SATU MARE 53,287,412 53,633,671 +346,259
MEHEDINȚI 32,288,261 32,288,261 0
OLT 24,553,015 24,553,015 0
CLUJ 23,045,589 24,023,244 +977,655
ILFOV 23,517,746 21,720,462 −1,797,284
DOLJ 17,566,923 20,863,727 +3,296,804
BACĂU 15,291,194 17,869,631 +2,578,437
SUCEAVA 16,556,003 16,667,066 +111,063
NEAMȚ 12,734,048 12,734,048 0
CONSTANȚA 11,152,326 12,712,013 +1,559,687
PRAHOVA 10,648,939 10,698,899 +49,960
SIBIU 7,533,762 9,709,806 +2,176,044
GALAȚI 8,703,253 9,057,870 +354,617
BOTOȘANI 6,840,099 6,840,099 0
ALBA 5,808,269 5,808,269 0
MUREȘ 3,080,568 3,389,556 +308,988
HARGHITA 3,782,107 2,950,877 −831,230
CĂLĂRAȘI 2,480,813 2,480,813 0
VÂLCEA 1,592,642 2,344,740 +752,098
TULCEA 1,382,805 2,332,741 +949,936
ARGEȘ 0 2,045,871 +2,045,871
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,623,576 1,623,576 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 294,649 +294,649
IAȘI 113,491 265,175 +151,684
SĂLAJ 133,300 173,259 +39,959
BUZĂU 0 29,960 +29,960
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0

Another 7.31 Mn. (0.1% 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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