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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 851

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 — 16.09 Mn. ARAD — 25.63 Mn. ARGEȘ — 41.92 Mn. BACĂU — 26.46 Mn. BIHOR — 65.19 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 9.92 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 18.13 Mn. BRĂILA — 10.83 Mn. BRAȘOV — 74.59 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 1.85 Bn. BUZĂU — 34.43 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 7.07 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 13.27 Mn. CLUJ — 94.58 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 42.60 Mn. COVASNA — 6.81 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 91.07 Mn. DOLJ — 22.13 Mn. GALAȚI — 26.59 Mn. GIURGIU — 13.04 Mn. GORJ — 11.01 Mn. HARGHITA — 9.58 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 25.32 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 6.81 Mn. IAȘI — 53.25 Mn. ILFOV — 54.85 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 18.31 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 10.28 Mn. MUREȘ — 25.59 Mn. NEAMȚ — 19.58 Mn. OLT — 18.53 Mn. PRAHOVA — 39.74 Mn. SĂLAJ — 3.35 Mn. SATU MARE — 29.25 Mn. SIBIU — 25.08 Mn. SUCEAVA — 82.55 Mn. TELEORMAN — 47.04 Mn. TIMIȘ — 39.94 Mn. TULCEA — 31.03 Mn. VÂLCEA — 31.24 Mn. VASLUI — 18.44 Mn. VRANCEA — 17.34 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 1,713,832 143,934,777 64,068,763 1,641,720,163 1,849,723,703 1,079 59.5%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 28,214,048 9,455,349 56,908,023 94,577,420 135 3.0%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 10,754,895 6,163,100 74,147,950 91,065,945 191 2.9%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 23,266,969 5,790,715 53,491,682 82,549,366 127 2.7%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 29,156,462 6,509,125 38,927,018 74,592,605 132 2.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 41,675,302 7,849,157 15,665,104 65,189,563 117 2.1%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 33,174,906 1,913,363 19,762,393 54,850,662 89 1.8%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 27,940,496 9,064,743 16,246,671 53,251,910 68 1.7%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 11,451,020 1,399,055 34,185,492 47,035,567 153 1.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 22,505,007 12,893,631 7,201,804 42,600,442 65 1.4%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 16,537,304 13,509,337 11,871,585 41,918,226 75 1.4%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 21,609,840 8,400,012 9,932,559 39,942,411 59 1.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 23,645,150 5,150,174 10,941,284 39,736,608 58 1.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 10,245,164 2,992,371 21,189,655 34,427,190 88 1.1%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 9,122,845 7,344,139 14,769,360 31,236,344 92 1.0%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 8,125,689 682,900 22,220,635 31,029,224 167 1.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 7,057,543 8,162,156 14,032,165 29,251,864 89 0.9%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 12,230,049 9,657,983 4,699,343 26,587,375 55 0.9%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 10,197,706 6,962,264 9,297,422 26,457,392 45 0.9%
ARAD West 410,058 10,723,249 6,321,900 8,587,306 25,632,455 63 0.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 18,898,914 5,863,080 829,132 25,591,126 49 0.8%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 18,054,210 2,472,720 4,791,121 25,318,051 73 0.8%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 12,669,021 5,798,835 6,615,293 25,083,149 63 0.8%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 15,057,287 3,069,661 4,002,116 22,129,064 37 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 13,974,921 2,804,140 2,805,712 19,584,773 44 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 9,663,188 1,042,849 7,819,217 18,525,254 50 0.6%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 8,019,761 10,419,075 — 18,438,836 51 0.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 11,033,470 5,503,048 1,777,712 18,314,230 41 0.6%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 8,992,385 8,996,413 139,348 18,128,146 47 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 12,677,894 2,417,027 2,247,010 17,341,931 53 0.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 8,289,870 6,499,444 1,296,868 16,086,182 50 0.5%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 8,073,888 2,766,741 2,426,955 13,267,584 55 0.4%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 12,607,472 431,909 — 13,039,381 50 0.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 8,785,762 2,226,270 — 11,012,032 36 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 3,584,985 7,242,484 — 10,827,469 40 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 4,463,051 2,777,271 3,041,802 10,282,124 45 0.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 6,436,900 2,259,268 1,225,363 9,921,531 33 0.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,922,305 4,583,870 1,077,365 9,583,540 33 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 5,879,472 1,189,754 — 7,069,226 25 0.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 5,353,649 1,456,835 — 6,810,484 28 0.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 5,583,442 871,134 350,592 6,805,168 34 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,059,158 286,631 — 3,345,789 16 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
VÂLCEA 14,769,360 287,239,546 +272,470,186
BUCUREȘTI 1,641,720,196 282,934,260 −1,358,785,936
CONSTANȚA 7,201,804 230,329,802 +223,127,998
BIHOR 15,665,104 160,720,893 +145,055,789
SUCEAVA 53,491,682 141,373,338 +87,881,656
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 2,426,955 122,529,004 +120,102,049
COVASNA 350,591 114,173,564 +113,822,973
DÂMBOVIȚA 74,147,950 80,110,851 +5,962,901
CLUJ 56,908,025 62,358,206 +5,450,181
BACĂU 9,297,422 47,649,848 +38,352,426
MUREȘ 829,132 41,277,773 +40,448,641
BRAȘOV 38,927,018 41,017,860 +2,090,842
HARGHITA 1,077,365 38,561,757 +37,484,392
BUZĂU 21,189,655 35,338,018 +14,148,363
TELEORMAN 34,185,492 34,591,824 +406,332
SATU MARE 14,032,165 33,005,535 +18,973,370
TIMIȘ 9,932,559 30,573,503 +20,640,944
IALOMIȚA 0 28,646,937 +28,646,937
BRĂILA 0 28,621,487 +28,621,487
HUNEDOARA 4,791,121 26,848,659 +22,057,538
PRAHOVA 10,941,284 24,146,470 +13,205,186
ARAD 8,587,306 23,206,130 +14,618,824
TULCEA 22,220,635 22,744,696 +524,061
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,225,363 22,236,906 +21,011,543
SIBIU 6,615,293 17,411,597 +10,796,304
MARAMUREȘ 1,777,712 17,070,334 +15,292,622
IAȘI 16,246,671 16,284,135 +37,464
ARGEȘ 11,871,585 14,220,775 +2,349,190
ILFOV 19,762,394 11,660,711 −8,101,683
NEAMȚ 2,805,712 11,594,137 +8,788,425
OLT 7,819,217 7,870,285 +51,068
GALAȚI 4,699,343 4,934,863 +235,520
DOLJ 4,002,116 4,787,264 +785,148
MEHEDINȚI 3,041,802 3,511,985 +470,183
VRANCEA 2,247,010 3,212,205 +965,195
ALBA 1,296,868 2,164,345 +867,477
BOTOȘANI 139,348 1,577,242 +1,437,894
VASLUI 0 1,260,058 +1,260,058
SĂLAJ 0 826,331 +826,331
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 620,494 +620,494
GORJ 0 330,835 +330,835
GIURGIU 0 232,359 +232,359

Another 46.44 Mn. (2.2% 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

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  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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