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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 791

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 — 2.99 Mn. ARAD — 9.69 Mn. ARGEȘ — 5.70 Mn. BACĂU — 6.09 Mn. BIHOR — 5.73 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 2.45 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 3.14 Mn. BRĂILA — 8.02 Mn. BRAȘOV — 8.78 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 123.91 Mn. BUZĂU — 2.88 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 7.91 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 2.26 Mn. CLUJ — 17.36 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 16.10 Mn. COVASNA — 1.42 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.06 Mn. DOLJ — 4.84 Mn. GALAȚI — 6.21 Mn. GIURGIU — 3.84 Mn. GORJ — 3.57 Mn. HARGHITA — 1.93 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 3.96 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 2.38 Mn. IAȘI — 11.66 Mn. ILFOV — 19.35 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 3.20 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.74 Mn. MUREȘ — 4.82 Mn. NEAMȚ — 5.85 Mn. OLT — 3.40 Mn. PRAHOVA — 11.92 Mn. SĂLAJ — 2.06 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.92 Mn. SIBIU — 4.72 Mn. SUCEAVA — 4.93 Mn. TELEORMAN — 3.99 Mn. TIMIȘ — 12.74 Mn. TULCEA — 3.95 Mn. VÂLCEA — 3.95 Mn. VASLUI — 2.79 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.68 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 64,339,713 21,510,911 38,063,700 123,914,324 72 33.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 15,841,082 3,026,104 484,770 19,351,956 31 5.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 13,938,205 3,412,228 10,000 17,360,433 25 4.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 10,666,857 5,251,608 180,000 16,098,465 25 4.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 8,134,465 4,075,331 532,000 12,741,796 19 3.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 9,656,020 2,259,376 — 11,915,396 17 3.3%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 9,180,616 2,339,504 138,000 11,658,120 15 3.2%
ARAD West 410,058 7,132,123 2,537,064 22,400 9,691,587 24 2.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 7,028,334 1,623,179 130,152 8,781,665 16 2.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 6,365,845 1,650,721 — 8,016,566 30 2.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 7,498,530 408,805 — 7,907,335 29 2.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 4,503,266 1,704,577 — 6,207,843 13 1.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 4,141,812 1,945,157 — 6,086,969 10 1.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,288,425 1,565,521 — 5,853,946 13 1.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 4,916,878 795,360 17,600 5,729,838 10 1.6%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 4,244,246 1,433,328 26,750 5,704,324 10 1.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 3,610,602 1,448,248 — 5,058,850 11 1.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 3,844,435 1,081,981 — 4,926,416 8 1.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 4,497,535 342,621 — 4,840,156 8 1.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,019,681 1,795,990 — 4,815,671 9 1.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,397,405 2,324,950 — 4,722,355 12 1.3%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 3,780,501 209,305 — 3,989,806 13 1.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 2,756,037 1,083,695 124,300 3,964,032 11 1.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 3,218,673 422,643 310,000 3,951,316 21 1.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 2,450,685 1,307,232 187,762 3,945,679 12 1.1%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 2,727,372 1,189,731 — 3,917,103 12 1.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,258,171 1,019,114 558,690 3,835,975 15 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,315,878 1,367,074 — 3,682,952 11 1.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 2,817,667 152,961 603,640 3,574,268 12 1.0%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 3,187,194 213,095 — 3,400,289 9 0.9%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,979,674 1,224,018 — 3,203,692 7 0.9%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 2,136,967 1,000,636 — 3,137,603 8 0.9%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,021,391 969,155 — 2,990,546 9 0.8%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 2,287,786 588,602 — 2,876,388 7 0.8%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,785,846 1,006,141 — 2,791,987 8 0.8%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,962,840 775,211 — 2,738,051 12 0.8%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,455,800 990,272 — 2,446,072 8 0.7%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 2,055,523 321,679 — 2,377,202 10 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 2,132,330 130,084 — 2,262,414 9 0.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,135,478 922,893 — 2,058,371 10 0.6%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,539,195 394,615 — 1,933,810 7 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 1,027,330 395,590 — 1,422,920 7 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 38,063,702 27,544,485 −10,519,217
GORJ 603,640 603,640 0
GIURGIU 558,690 591,673 +32,983
TIMIȘ 532,000 532,000 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 515,831 +515,831
TELEORMAN 0 484,770 +484,770
TULCEA 310,000 463,000 +153,000
VÂLCEA 187,762 187,762 0
BUZĂU 0 177,521 +177,521
BRAȘOV 130,152 130,152 0
NEAMȚ 0 129,600 +129,600
VRANCEA 0 120,672 +120,672
BRĂILA 0 107,520 +107,520
HUNEDOARA 124,300 98,500 −25,800
IALOMIȚA 0 89,046 +89,046
IAȘI 138,000 63,000 −75,000
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 61,000 +61,000
ARGEȘ 26,750 58,750 +32,000
ARAD 22,400 22,400 0
BIHOR 17,600 17,600 0
CLUJ 10,000 10,000 0
ILFOV 484,770 0 −484,770
CONSTANȚA 180,000 0 −180,000
PRAHOVA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
DOLJ 0 0 0
MUREȘ 0 0 0
SIBIU 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0

Another 9.38 Mn. (22.7% 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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