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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 · Services · CPV 795

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 — 2.74 Mn. ARAD — 1.40 Mn. ARGEȘ — 2.25 Mn. BACĂU — 5.47 Mn. BIHOR — 9.76 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 3.70 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 1.71 Mn. BRĂILA — 1.28 Mn. BRAȘOV — 9.69 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 282.90 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.78 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 3.69 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 3.57 Mn. CLUJ — 20.47 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 9.23 Mn. COVASNA — 2.62 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 2.09 Mn. DOLJ — 7.16 Mn. GALAȚI — 2.89 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.39 Mn. GORJ — 913,053 RON HARGHITA — 5.07 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 1.92 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 3.84 Mn. IAȘI — 22.47 Mn. ILFOV — 9.36 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 1.97 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 705,469 RON MUREȘ — 19.95 Mn. NEAMȚ — 4.37 Mn. OLT — 2.08 Mn. PRAHOVA — 5.51 Mn. SĂLAJ — 472,300 RON SATU MARE — 1.98 Mn. SIBIU — 38.36 Mn. SUCEAVA — 4.21 Mn. TELEORMAN — 811,039 RON TIMIȘ — 10.37 Mn. TULCEA — 2.21 Mn. VÂLCEA — 3.38 Mn. VASLUI — 1.54 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.50 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 48,511,466 12,414,735 221,973,485 282,899,686 165 54.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,539,975 1,528,652 34,291,023 38,359,650 97 7.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 9,137,859 962,869 12,364,550 22,465,278 29 4.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 13,339,060 1,927,325 5,206,662 20,473,047 29 3.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 4,124,364 1,607,936 14,222,543 19,954,843 38 3.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,630,681 964,787 5,779,472 10,374,940 15 2.0%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 3,877,499 656,994 5,229,089 9,763,582 17 1.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 5,607,364 411,379 3,670,220 9,688,963 17 1.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 5,951,508 180,258 3,232,894 9,364,660 15 1.8%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 7,551,206 1,227,510 451,992 9,230,708 14 1.8%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,884,727 752,796 3,519,521 7,157,044 12 1.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,681,810 197,819 2,631,695 5,511,324 8 1.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 3,374,567 1,397,313 694,000 5,465,880 9 1.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,893,265 1,181,458 — 5,074,723 17 1.0%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,181,841 189,387 — 4,371,228 10 0.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 4,093,276 112,187 — 4,205,463 6 0.8%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 3,624,788 217,992 — 3,842,780 16 0.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,082,502 199,793 1,418,100 3,700,395 12 0.7%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,845,303 843,419 — 3,688,722 13 0.7%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 3,102,454 468,190 — 3,570,644 15 0.7%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 3,397,311 95,795 5,778 3,498,884 11 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 2,735,656 639,672 — 3,375,328 10 0.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 2,261,008 629,763 — 2,890,771 6 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,618,108 124,566 — 2,742,674 8 0.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,491,475 131,761 — 2,623,236 13 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,664,388 661,937 67,312 2,393,637 9 0.5%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,433,958 814,482 — 2,248,440 4 0.4%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 852,852 44,158 1,316,159 2,213,169 12 0.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,024,086 68,474 — 2,092,560 4 0.4%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,948,283 130,581 — 2,078,864 6 0.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,272,607 704,208 — 1,976,815 6 0.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,658,272 310,245 — 1,968,517 4 0.4%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,878,872 45,392 — 1,924,264 6 0.4%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,501,801 281,992 — 1,783,793 5 0.3%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,043,869 244,111 426,000 1,713,980 4 0.3%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 1,444,881 99,038 — 1,543,919 4 0.3%
ARAD West 410,058 841,718 539,301 19,576 1,400,595 3 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 795,361 485,324 — 1,280,685 5 0.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 842,235 70,818 — 913,053 3 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 804,027 7,012 — 811,039 3 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 500,109 205,360 — 705,469 3 0.1%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 406,688 65,612 — 472,300 2 0.1%

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 221,973,482 177,477,512 −44,495,970
SIBIU 34,291,023 33,444,783 −846,240
MUREȘ 14,222,543 16,213,780 +1,991,237
CONSTANȚA 451,992 15,133,458 +14,681,466
IAȘI 12,364,550 11,916,037 −448,513
TIMIȘ 5,779,472 9,443,732 +3,664,260
BIHOR 5,229,089 5,229,089 0
CLUJ 5,206,662 5,206,662 0
BRAȘOV 3,670,220 4,062,556 +392,336
PRAHOVA 2,631,695 2,631,695 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,418,100 1,418,100 0
TULCEA 1,316,159 1,316,159 0
SUCEAVA 0 721,718 +721,718
BACĂU 694,000 694,000 0
ILFOV 3,232,894 647,993 −2,584,901
BOTOȘANI 426,000 426,000 0
GIURGIU 67,312 67,312 0
ARAD 19,576 19,576 0
VRANCEA 5,778 5,778 0
DOLJ 3,519,521 0 −3,519,521
HARGHITA 0 0 0
NEAMȚ 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0

Another 30.44 Mn. (9.6% 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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