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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 794

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 — 97.41 Mn. ARAD — 140.05 Mn. ARGEȘ — 119.32 Mn. BACĂU — 136.11 Mn. BIHOR — 202.45 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 96.06 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 106.35 Mn. BRĂILA — 71.95 Mn. BRAȘOV — 110.02 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 984.06 Mn. BUZĂU — 99.24 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 113.31 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 102.56 Mn. CLUJ — 218.11 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 192.91 Mn. COVASNA — 40.68 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 129.22 Mn. DOLJ — 142.54 Mn. GALAȚI — 104.31 Mn. GIURGIU — 79.72 Mn. GORJ — 89.25 Mn. HARGHITA — 81.91 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 93.87 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 66.31 Mn. IAȘI — 214.01 Mn. ILFOV — 170.17 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 125.49 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 62.60 Mn. MUREȘ — 167.81 Mn. NEAMȚ — 121.24 Mn. OLT — 152.56 Mn. PRAHOVA — 135.89 Mn. SĂLAJ — 65.04 Mn. SATU MARE — 93.58 Mn. SIBIU — 129.37 Mn. SUCEAVA — 186.06 Mn. TELEORMAN — 97.66 Mn. TIMIȘ — 198.91 Mn. TULCEA — 81.69 Mn. VÂLCEA — 89.43 Mn. VASLUI — 85.50 Mn. VRANCEA — 93.56 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 1,713,832 266,118,289 50,892,202 667,045,409 984,055,900 574 16.7%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 152,345,720 5,748,590 60,015,424 218,109,734 311 3.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 202,272,689 4,608,384 7,131,538 214,012,611 274 3.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 190,894,469 6,774,696 4,776,780 202,445,945 362 3.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 188,102,254 6,225,521 4,586,938 198,914,713 296 3.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 132,529,895 13,605,282 46,773,230 192,908,407 294 3.3%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 179,398,897 2,632,727 4,032,682 186,064,306 287 3.2%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 162,996,934 4,007,963 3,166,408 170,171,305 275 2.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 147,590,583 7,798,602 12,420,402 167,809,587 323 2.9%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 148,357,640 1,088,674 3,114,625 152,560,939 410 2.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 131,024,673 2,800,562 8,715,260 142,540,495 240 2.4%
ARAD West 410,058 128,016,568 2,755,215 9,283,010 140,054,793 342 2.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 124,157,794 4,138,373 7,818,082 136,114,249 231 2.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 126,646,568 2,071,511 7,170,833 135,888,912 199 2.3%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 93,247,826 8,671,449 27,454,179 129,373,454 326 2.2%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 113,539,823 3,295,637 12,380,257 129,215,717 272 2.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 121,020,986 3,115,853 1,349,990 125,486,829 278 2.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 107,336,223 2,052,023 11,847,270 121,235,516 273 2.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 117,826,078 1,319,696 178,350 119,324,124 212 2.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 108,980,282 2,344,514 1,981,260 113,306,056 409 1.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 104,165,478 2,605,701 3,251,477 110,022,656 195 1.9%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 100,918,801 1,175,990 4,260,059 106,354,850 275 1.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 93,078,668 1,835,891 9,393,801 104,308,360 214 1.8%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 99,983,093 1,062,058 1,511,514 102,556,665 427 1.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 92,205,946 1,259,034 5,775,357 99,240,337 252 1.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 96,541,897 709,530 406,919 97,658,346 317 1.7%
ALBA Centre 324,901 85,497,819 3,062,815 8,845,765 97,406,399 300 1.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 89,839,640 4,246,543 1,973,917 96,060,100 322 1.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 87,004,936 2,364,055 4,501,533 93,870,524 269 1.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 78,425,904 1,951,894 13,200,131 93,577,929 284 1.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 87,508,190 1,781,471 4,269,181 93,558,842 283 1.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 86,987,258 2,038,373 403,618 89,429,249 265 1.5%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 76,035,259 1,972,749 11,238,227 89,246,235 291 1.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 81,815,875 2,287,408 1,400,544 85,503,827 235 1.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 77,870,210 3,050,371 990,709 81,911,290 280 1.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 74,616,535 1,600,922 5,473,097 81,690,554 439 1.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 73,673,123 2,869,955 3,179,808 79,722,886 308 1.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 65,394,171 793,049 5,764,825 71,952,045 267 1.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 64,361,685 1,447,904 498,234 66,307,823 268 1.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 61,823,191 1,305,070 1,908,937 65,037,198 309 1.1%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 57,854,867 921,118 3,827,649 62,603,634 276 1.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 39,551,622 563,280 561,500 40,676,402 204 0.7%

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 46,773,230 405,893,256 +359,120,026
BUCUREȘTI 667,045,411 251,380,653 −415,664,758
MUREȘ 12,420,402 32,001,107 +19,580,705
CLUJ 60,015,424 30,328,410 −29,687,014
SATU MARE 13,200,131 13,201,631 +1,500
DÂMBOVIȚA 12,380,257 12,082,423 −297,834
NEAMȚ 11,847,270 11,884,077 +36,807
ARAD 9,283,010 9,585,710 +302,700
GALAȚI 9,393,801 9,430,651 +36,850
ALBA 8,845,765 8,845,765 0
DOLJ 8,715,260 8,763,260 +48,000
BACĂU 7,818,082 7,971,412 +153,330
TULCEA 5,473,097 7,685,097 +2,212,000
PRAHOVA 7,170,833 7,170,833 0
SIBIU 27,454,179 7,152,034 −20,302,145
GORJ 11,238,227 6,265,241 −4,972,986
IAȘI 7,131,538 6,231,399 −900,139
BUZĂU 5,775,357 6,189,557 +414,200
BRĂILA 5,764,825 5,702,825 −62,000
HUNEDOARA 4,501,533 4,729,533 +228,000
TIMIȘ 4,586,938 4,586,938 0
BRAȘOV 3,251,477 4,574,052 +1,322,575
SUCEAVA 4,032,682 4,493,069 +460,387
BIHOR 4,776,780 4,488,480 −288,300
BOTOȘANI 4,260,059 4,348,450 +88,391
VRANCEA 4,269,181 4,278,091 +8,910
CĂLĂRAȘI 1,981,260 3,975,994 +1,994,734
MEHEDINȚI 3,827,649 3,839,649 +12,000
ILFOV 3,166,408 3,166,408 0
OLT 3,114,625 3,114,625 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,973,917 1,982,442 +8,525
SĂLAJ 1,908,937 1,908,937 0
GIURGIU 3,179,808 1,734,908 −1,444,900
MARAMUREȘ 1,349,990 1,624,489 +274,499
VASLUI 1,400,544 1,617,909 +217,365
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 1,511,514 1,511,514 0
HARGHITA 990,709 1,017,209 +26,500
IALOMIȚA 498,234 697,120 +198,886
COVASNA 561,500 571,483 +9,983
TELEORMAN 406,919 406,919 0
VÂLCEA 403,618 404,548 +930
ARGEȘ 178,350 178,350 0

Another 86.86 Mn. (8.7% 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

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