Skip to content

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 80

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 — 8.95 Mn. ARAD — 14.38 Mn. ARGEȘ — 13.17 Mn. BACĂU — 15.40 Mn. BIHOR — 14.66 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 8.39 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 9.15 Mn. BRĂILA — 7.31 Mn. BRAȘOV — 24.08 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 423.97 Mn. BUZĂU — 11.34 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 17.80 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 4.56 Mn. CLUJ — 47.10 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 27.53 Mn. COVASNA — 8.72 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 19.85 Mn. DOLJ — 18.78 Mn. GALAȚI — 15.49 Mn. GIURGIU — 6.89 Mn. GORJ — 10.13 Mn. HARGHITA — 12.11 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 11.92 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 7.26 Mn. IAȘI — 24.67 Mn. ILFOV — 32.72 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 13.23 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 7.29 Mn. MUREȘ — 15.51 Mn. NEAMȚ — 10.04 Mn. OLT — 10.71 Mn. PRAHOVA — 17.65 Mn. SĂLAJ — 4.68 Mn. SATU MARE — 7.59 Mn. SIBIU — 15.43 Mn. SUCEAVA — 19.95 Mn. TELEORMAN — 7.50 Mn. TIMIȘ — 24.00 Mn. TULCEA — 6.94 Mn. VÂLCEA — 8.99 Mn. VASLUI — 10.31 Mn. VRANCEA — 9.96 Mn.
Low spending High spending Boundaries: geoBoundaries

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 1,713,832 143,985,529 43,818,528 236,163,943 423,968,000 247 42.1%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 30,544,340 3,833,088 12,720,891 47,098,319 67 4.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 19,471,844 1,669,019 11,579,733 32,720,596 53 3.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 19,226,165 2,343,021 5,963,536 27,532,722 42 2.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 20,693,572 2,900,087 1,076,265 24,669,924 32 2.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 18,587,467 1,360,187 4,130,195 24,077,849 43 2.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 16,632,677 2,988,566 4,383,540 24,004,783 36 2.4%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 16,664,186 771,389 2,514,576 19,950,151 31 2.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 9,923,579 1,185,944 8,742,424 19,851,947 42 2.0%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 12,977,623 1,719,035 4,085,050 18,781,708 32 1.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 10,622,563 292,777 6,882,551 17,797,891 64 1.8%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 14,094,465 1,383,372 2,168,380 17,646,217 26 1.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 11,446,256 1,469,164 2,595,329 15,510,749 30 1.5%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 9,893,515 3,986,388 1,607,749 15,487,652 32 1.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 11,569,825 2,837,967 1,025,536 15,433,328 39 1.5%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 11,736,268 845,481 2,820,330 15,402,079 26 1.5%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 12,211,977 1,456,560 993,198 14,661,735 26 1.5%
ARAD West 410,058 8,933,857 4,724,901 721,280 14,380,038 35 1.4%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 9,864,375 1,690,560 1,679,819 13,234,754 29 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 11,582,084 1,583,969 — 13,166,053 23 1.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 10,143,606 1,608,034 362,500 12,114,140 41 1.2%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 9,289,397 829,276 1,798,170 11,916,843 34 1.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 10,094,638 1,154,198 94,000 11,342,836 29 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 7,087,471 1,207,278 2,418,159 10,712,908 29 1.1%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 7,783,244 2,221,132 304,000 10,308,376 28 1.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 8,721,450 1,358,795 47,800 10,128,045 33 1.0%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 7,728,545 1,048,794 1,261,900 10,039,239 23 1.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 9,247,709 474,621 238,447 9,960,777 30 1.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 7,352,315 1,260,297 538,690 9,151,302 24 0.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 7,729,635 703,256 558,070 8,990,961 27 0.9%
ALBA Centre 324,901 8,181,550 490,086 283,158 8,954,794 28 0.9%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 8,277,385 446,012 — 8,723,397 44 0.9%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 7,033,077 771,927 582,569 8,387,573 28 0.8%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 6,446,157 1,144,241 — 7,590,398 23 0.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 4,853,913 404,253 2,237,275 7,495,441 24 0.7%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 6,791,352 376,327 144,800 7,312,479 27 0.7%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 3,066,513 262,388 3,959,620 7,288,521 32 0.7%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 6,524,677 462,420 277,668 7,264,765 29 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 5,811,094 527,400 599,847 6,938,341 37 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 6,530,531 364,093 — 6,894,624 27 0.7%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,602,466 834,778 246,786 4,684,030 22 0.5%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 3,333,751 1,225,404 — 4,559,155 19 0.5%

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 236,163,942 187,245,025 −48,918,917
CONSTANȚA 5,963,536 34,273,610 +28,310,074
ILFOV 11,579,733 11,319,839 −259,894
CLUJ 12,720,891 10,094,054 −2,626,837
DÂMBOVIȚA 8,742,424 8,729,824 −12,600
BRAȘOV 4,130,195 7,625,043 +3,494,848
TIMIȘ 4,383,540 4,449,270 +65,730
MEHEDINȚI 3,959,620 3,959,620 0
DOLJ 4,085,050 3,699,430 −385,620
SIBIU 1,025,536 3,001,351 +1,975,815
BACĂU 2,820,330 2,913,010 +92,680
CĂLĂRAȘI 6,882,552 2,735,352 −4,147,200
MUREȘ 2,595,329 2,700,329 +105,000
SUCEAVA 2,514,576 2,514,576 0
IAȘI 1,076,265 2,469,537 +1,393,272
OLT 2,418,159 2,418,159 0
HUNEDOARA 1,798,170 1,798,170 0
GALAȚI 1,607,749 1,607,749 0
PRAHOVA 2,168,380 1,483,380 −685,000
ARGEȘ 0 1,124,629 +1,124,629
BIHOR 993,198 1,105,198 +112,000
MARAMUREȘ 1,679,819 1,099,819 −580,000
VÂLCEA 558,070 932,140 +374,070
HARGHITA 362,500 925,505 +563,005
ARAD 721,280 721,280 0
TULCEA 599,847 599,847 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 582,569 582,569 0
BOTOȘANI 538,690 552,010 +13,320
IALOMIȚA 277,668 444,868 +167,200
VASLUI 304,000 304,000 0
ALBA 283,158 283,158 0
SĂLAJ 246,786 246,786 0
VRANCEA 238,447 238,447 0
BRĂILA 144,800 147,350 +2,550
TELEORMAN 2,237,275 129,095 −2,108,180
BUZĂU 94,000 94,000 0
NEAMȚ 1,261,900 77,700 −1,184,200
COVASNA 0 1,350 +1,350
GORJ 47,800 0 −47,800
SATU MARE 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0

Another 23.16 Mn. (7.1% 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

Open data and API