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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 798

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 — 6.15 Mn. ARAD — 14.63 Mn. ARGEȘ — 5.98 Mn. BACĂU — 8.71 Mn. BIHOR — 7.41 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 3.13 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 6.36 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.74 Mn. BRAȘOV — 10.15 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 255.05 Mn. BUZĂU — 4.12 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 1.86 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.49 Mn. CLUJ — 36.00 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 31.16 Mn. COVASNA — 8.43 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 7.19 Mn. DOLJ — 59.97 Mn. GALAȚI — 11.34 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.51 Mn. GORJ — 8.65 Mn. HARGHITA — 11.98 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 7.78 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.57 Mn. IAȘI — 18.78 Mn. ILFOV — 13.81 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 9.68 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 987,237 RON MUREȘ — 13.98 Mn. NEAMȚ — 5.78 Mn. OLT — 4.62 Mn. PRAHOVA — 9.55 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.67 Mn. SATU MARE — 8.84 Mn. SIBIU — 9.15 Mn. SUCEAVA — 9.19 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.48 Mn. TIMIȘ — 21.18 Mn. TULCEA — 3.00 Mn. VÂLCEA — 4.96 Mn. VASLUI — 5.11 Mn. VRANCEA — 3.76 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 79,939,542 13,363,617 161,750,214 255,053,373 149 38.6%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 5,594,657 1,392,388 52,979,430 59,966,475 101 9.1%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 21,809,097 2,941,127 11,244,838 35,995,062 51 5.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 15,236,949 1,780,710 14,142,120 31,159,779 47 4.7%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 11,603,689 2,722,853 6,855,866 21,182,408 31 3.2%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 12,397,444 827,635 5,556,814 18,781,893 24 2.8%
ARAD West 410,058 11,326,884 625,169 2,679,563 14,631,616 36 2.2%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 11,426,432 1,358,950 1,195,818 13,981,200 27 2.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 12,004,987 1,516,002 290,129 13,811,118 22 2.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 9,751,221 1,628,772 597,385 11,977,378 41 1.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 3,492,315 3,679,769 4,167,272 11,339,356 23 1.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 8,203,790 1,360,233 588,257 10,152,280 18 1.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 8,621,161 1,060,291 — 9,681,452 21 1.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 6,972,641 623,834 1,952,160 9,548,635 14 1.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 8,155,018 263,423 771,296 9,189,737 14 1.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 6,053,972 2,522,469 569,588 9,146,029 23 1.4%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 3,684,411 437,129 4,718,270 8,839,810 27 1.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 4,593,371 1,622,359 2,491,130 8,706,860 15 1.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 5,524,116 366,313 2,760,312 8,650,741 28 1.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 7,137,197 943,260 348,301 8,428,758 42 1.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 6,907,146 756,172 112,320 7,775,638 22 1.2%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 5,453,832 1,959,535 — 7,413,367 13 1.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,273,155 355,711 4,559,508 7,188,374 15 1.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,515,224 441,755 1,399,874 6,356,853 16 1.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 4,912,628 743,078 491,279 6,146,985 19 0.9%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 4,567,928 1,398,291 12,314 5,978,533 11 0.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 4,703,087 940,303 133,990 5,777,380 13 0.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,935,401 834,773 1,343,343 5,113,517 14 0.8%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,927,460 1,496,950 1,531,949 4,956,359 15 0.8%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 2,637,592 63,793 1,919,760 4,621,145 12 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 3,771,089 353,041 — 4,124,130 10 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 2,470,439 1,285,962 — 3,756,401 11 0.6%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,442,036 224,998 — 3,667,034 17 0.6%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 2,339,598 685,773 104,979 3,130,350 11 0.5%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,689,027 311,899 — 3,000,926 16 0.5%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,376,601 362,746 — 2,739,347 10 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,496,091 328,451 30,623 1,855,165 7 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,227,975 339,977 — 1,567,952 6 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,151,819 355,282 — 1,507,101 6 0.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,350,119 89,323 49,944 1,489,386 6 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,354,774 126,257 — 1,481,031 5 0.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 893,756 93,481 — 987,237 4 0.2%

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 161,750,216 148,567,092 −13,183,124
DOLJ 52,979,430 52,979,430 0
CONSTANȚA 14,142,120 14,142,120 0
TIMIȘ 6,855,866 6,855,866 0
IAȘI 5,556,814 5,683,827 +127,013
SATU MARE 4,718,270 4,718,270 0
CLUJ 11,244,838 4,479,216 −6,765,622
DÂMBOVIȚA 4,559,508 4,462,735 −96,773
GALAȚI 4,167,272 4,167,272 0
ARAD 2,679,563 2,543,813 −135,750
BACĂU 2,491,130 2,491,130 0
PRAHOVA 1,952,160 1,952,160 0
VÂLCEA 1,531,949 1,920,046 +388,097
OLT 1,919,760 1,919,760 0
BOTOȘANI 1,399,874 1,399,874 0
MUREȘ 1,195,818 1,384,949 +189,131
VASLUI 1,343,343 1,343,343 0
GORJ 2,760,312 983,193 −1,777,119
SUCEAVA 771,296 798,076 +26,780
BRAȘOV 588,257 593,521 +5,264
SIBIU 569,588 530,762 −38,826
ALBA 491,278 491,278 0
COVASNA 348,301 348,301 0
ARGEȘ 12,314 327,660 +315,346
NEAMȚ 133,990 133,990 0
HUNEDOARA 112,320 112,320 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 104,979 104,979 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 49,944 49,944 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 30,623 30,623 0
HARGHITA 597,385 1 −597,384
ILFOV 290,129 0 −290,129
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
BUZĂU 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0

Another 21.83 Mn. (7.6% 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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