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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 805

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 — 6.16 Mn. ARAD — 7.96 Mn. ARGEȘ — 9.44 Mn. BACĂU — 12.26 Mn. BIHOR — 10.10 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 6.31 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 7.35 Mn. BRĂILA — 5.21 Mn. BRAȘOV — 18.86 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 333.46 Mn. BUZĂU — 7.69 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 14.16 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 3.21 Mn. CLUJ — 39.97 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 22.01 Mn. COVASNA — 6.23 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 17.53 Mn. DOLJ — 15.05 Mn. GALAȚI — 9.40 Mn. GIURGIU — 4.95 Mn. GORJ — 8.35 Mn. HARGHITA — 8.31 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 8.19 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 4.81 Mn. IAȘI — 19.73 Mn. ILFOV — 18.79 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 10.49 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 6.85 Mn. MUREȘ — 11.95 Mn. NEAMȚ — 8.38 Mn. OLT — 6.86 Mn. PRAHOVA — 14.81 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.21 Mn. SATU MARE — 6.44 Mn. SIBIU — 11.93 Mn. SUCEAVA — 13.72 Mn. TELEORMAN — 7.00 Mn. TIMIȘ — 20.28 Mn. TULCEA — 5.65 Mn. VÂLCEA — 5.54 Mn. VASLUI — 7.66 Mn. VRANCEA — 7.54 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 78,271,944 35,522,270 219,670,073 333,464,287 195 43.1%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 24,748,620 3,234,822 11,990,891 39,974,333 57 5.2%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 14,354,757 1,695,777 5,963,536 22,014,070 34 2.8%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 13,599,132 2,294,817 4,383,540 20,277,489 30 2.6%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 17,002,464 1,904,354 822,025 19,728,843 25 2.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 13,853,587 878,561 4,130,195 18,862,343 33 2.4%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 13,814,953 1,071,235 3,905,457 18,791,645 30 2.4%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 7,711,640 1,079,956 8,742,424 17,534,020 37 2.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 10,083,574 962,818 4,001,230 15,047,622 25 1.9%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 11,674,997 969,729 2,168,380 14,813,106 22 1.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 7,018,577 262,908 6,882,551 14,164,036 51 1.8%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 10,569,401 637,627 2,514,576 13,721,604 21 1.8%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 8,774,714 660,509 2,820,330 12,255,553 21 1.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 8,699,263 1,186,415 2,064,240 11,949,918 23 1.5%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 8,500,943 2,646,452 787,512 11,934,907 30 1.5%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 7,598,854 1,370,198 1,516,118 10,485,170 23 1.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 8,378,604 862,447 861,598 10,102,649 18 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 8,071,736 1,367,911 — 9,439,647 17 1.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 7,346,464 746,309 1,302,969 9,395,742 19 1.2%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 6,317,745 798,676 1,261,900 8,378,321 19 1.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 6,956,006 1,347,415 47,800 8,351,221 27 1.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 6,789,595 1,226,446 289,500 8,305,541 28 1.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 7,059,204 680,844 446,250 8,186,298 23 1.1%
ARAD West 410,058 6,371,254 869,081 721,280 7,961,615 19 1.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 6,800,424 795,208 94,000 7,689,632 20 1.0%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 5,670,378 1,690,027 304,000 7,664,405 21 1.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 6,986,995 310,789 238,447 7,536,231 23 1.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 5,678,338 1,130,365 538,690 7,347,393 19 1.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 4,427,557 331,243 2,237,275 6,996,075 23 0.9%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 5,032,937 708,243 1,114,059 6,855,239 18 0.9%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,633,402 257,588 3,959,620 6,850,610 30 0.9%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 5,422,657 1,014,295 — 6,436,952 20 0.8%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 5,151,597 574,997 582,569 6,309,163 21 0.8%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 5,850,005 382,763 — 6,232,768 31 0.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 5,505,449 369,992 283,158 6,158,599 19 0.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 4,740,645 306,720 599,847 5,647,212 30 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 4,333,537 644,693 558,070 5,536,300 16 0.7%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 4,759,901 301,737 144,800 5,206,438 19 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 4,639,326 315,613 — 4,954,939 19 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 4,223,569 329,209 257,868 4,810,646 19 0.6%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 2,930,876 282,379 — 3,213,255 13 0.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 2,605,309 356,333 246,786 3,208,428 15 0.4%

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 219,670,072 171,218,700 −48,451,372
CONSTANȚA 5,963,536 34,273,610 +28,310,074
CLUJ 11,990,891 9,364,054 −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 4,436,770 +53,230
MEHEDINȚI 3,959,620 3,959,620 0
ILFOV 3,905,457 3,655,457 −250,000
DOLJ 4,001,230 3,615,610 −385,620
BACĂU 2,820,330 2,913,010 +92,680
SIBIU 787,512 2,763,327 +1,975,815
CĂLĂRAȘI 6,882,552 2,735,352 −4,147,200
SUCEAVA 2,514,576 2,514,576 0
IAȘI 822,025 2,215,297 +1,393,272
MUREȘ 2,064,240 2,169,240 +105,000
PRAHOVA 2,168,380 1,483,380 −685,000
GALAȚI 1,302,969 1,302,969 0
ARGEȘ 0 1,124,629 +1,124,629
OLT 1,114,059 1,114,059 0
BIHOR 861,598 973,598 +112,000
MARAMUREȘ 1,516,118 936,118 −580,000
VÂLCEA 558,070 932,140 +374,070
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
HUNEDOARA 446,250 446,250 0
IALOMIȚA 257,868 425,068 +167,200
HARGHITA 289,500 422,360 +132,860
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 23.13 Mn. (7.7% 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

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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