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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.

Figures cover: 2018–2026, all years · CPV 801

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 — 15,065 RON ARAD — 266,150 RON ARGEȘ — No data BACĂU — No data BIHOR — 187,640 RON BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — No data BOTOȘANI — No data BRĂILA — 20,000 RON BRAȘOV — 249,410 RON BUCUREȘTI — 37.95 Mn. BUZĂU — No data CĂLĂRAȘI — No data CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 52,000 RON CLUJ — 133,250 RON CONSTANȚA — 999,285 RON COVASNA — 11,700 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 106,250 RON DOLJ — 269,600 RON GALAȚI — No data GIURGIU — No data GORJ — No data HARGHITA — 962,354 RON HUNEDOARA — No data IALOMIȚA — 40,200 RON IAȘI — 138,476 RON ILFOV — 1.08 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — No data MEHEDINȚI — No data MUREȘ — No data NEAMȚ — No data OLT — No data PRAHOVA — No data SĂLAJ — No data SATU MARE — 117,078 RON SIBIU — No data SUCEAVA — 23,940 RON TELEORMAN — No data TIMIȘ — No data TULCEA — No data VÂLCEA — No data VASLUI — 7,350 RON VRANCEA — 2,000 RON
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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

Every county
County Region Population Direct purchases Offline purchases Tenders Total Lei per person Share
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 34,719,509 2,194,918 1,033,808 37,948,235 22 89.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 823,340 252,730 — 1,076,070 2 2.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 775,445 223,840 — 999,285 2 2.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 962,354 — — 962,354 3 2.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 269,600 — — 269,600 0 0.6%
ARAD West 410,058 237,300 28,850 — 266,150 1 0.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 249,210 200 — 249,410 0 0.6%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 187,640 — — 187,640 0 0.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 — 12,796 125,680 138,476 0 0.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 133,250 — — 133,250 0 0.3%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 116,574 504 — 117,078 0 0.3%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 98,250 8,000 — 106,250 0 0.3%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 52,000 — — 52,000 0 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 40,200 — — 40,200 0 0.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 23,940 — — 23,940 0 0.1%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 20,000 — — 20,000 0 0.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 2,269 12,796 — 15,065 0 0.0%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 11,700 — — 11,700 0 0.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 — 7,350 — 7,350 0 0.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 — 2,000 — 2,000 0 0.0%

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.

Where it is spent and where it is performed: tenders
County Spent by the county's authorities Performed in the county Difference
BUCUREȘTI 1,033,808 1,033,808 0
IAȘI 125,680 125,680 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
CONSTANȚA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
DOLJ 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
BRAȘOV 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
CLUJ 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0

Another 0 RON (0.0% 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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