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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 852

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 — 83.85 Mn. ARAD — 113.18 Mn. ARGEȘ — 26.39 Mn. BACĂU — 8.11 Mn. BIHOR — 105.61 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 89.71 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 85.82 Mn. BRĂILA — 52.56 Mn. BRAȘOV — 79.76 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 55.21 Mn. BUZĂU — 52.40 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.30 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 39.16 Mn. CLUJ — 123.24 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 61.32 Mn. COVASNA — 32.52 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 10.87 Mn. DOLJ — 10.54 Mn. GALAȚI — 67.53 Mn. GIURGIU — 53.77 Mn. GORJ — 76.97 Mn. HARGHITA — 9.69 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 36.42 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 44.84 Mn. IAȘI — 17.06 Mn. ILFOV — 15.74 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 50.89 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 57.91 Mn. MUREȘ — 31.69 Mn. NEAMȚ — 131.36 Mn. OLT — 10.36 Mn. PRAHOVA — 9.69 Mn. SĂLAJ — 75.41 Mn. SATU MARE — 87.71 Mn. SIBIU — 80.50 Mn. SUCEAVA — 17.53 Mn. TELEORMAN — 2.03 Mn. TIMIȘ — 152.33 Mn. TULCEA — 64.72 Mn. VÂLCEA — 93.89 Mn. VASLUI — 98.28 Mn. VRANCEA — 43.06 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
TIMIȘ West 672,972 649,835 751,545 150,931,674 152,333,054 226 6.5%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 2,950,959 150,502 128,257,922 131,359,383 295 5.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 6,534,276 1,096,508 115,607,162 123,237,946 176 5.2%
ARAD West 410,058 557,816 265,903 112,359,206 113,182,925 276 4.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 653,819 714,372 104,240,507 105,608,698 189 4.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,381,483 605,171 95,297,644 98,284,298 271 4.2%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 2,256,233 121,083 91,512,165 93,889,481 278 4.0%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 435,285 509,661 88,767,423 89,712,369 301 3.8%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,406,524 274,393 86,031,454 87,712,371 266 3.7%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,210,960 139,023 84,469,947 85,819,930 222 3.6%
ALBA Centre 324,901 3,567,936 1,201,424 79,080,204 83,849,564 258 3.6%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,440,889 453,040 77,601,261 80,495,190 203 3.4%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,445,377 502,174 75,812,168 79,759,719 141 3.4%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,789,814 290,191 74,886,001 76,966,006 251 3.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 214,454 119,308 75,075,979 75,409,741 359 3.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 3,371,104 344,243 63,813,652 67,528,999 139 2.9%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 2,220,844 189,058 62,312,789 64,722,691 348 2.7%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 4,485,129 704,958 56,127,675 61,317,762 93 2.6%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 191,219 24,643 57,698,454 57,914,316 256 2.5%
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 3,613,076 4,142,456 47,458,628 55,214,160 32 2.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 2,424,553 86,726 51,260,963 53,772,242 208 2.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,214,140 853,553 50,495,236 52,562,929 195 2.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 2,599,183 742,642 49,062,762 52,404,587 133 2.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 736,994 819,420 49,336,313 50,892,727 113 2.2%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,016,513 511,404 43,313,107 44,841,024 181 1.9%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,182,211 163,491 41,717,423 43,063,125 130 1.8%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 808,051 9,600 38,344,417 39,162,068 163 1.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,834,378 371,120 34,215,789 36,421,287 104 1.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,270,272 144,893 30,108,921 32,524,086 163 1.4%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 3,697,583 753,123 27,237,005 31,687,711 61 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,021,635 556,077 23,815,959 26,393,671 47 1.1%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 5,270,542 1,515,812 10,744,589 17,530,943 27 0.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 4,320,351 514,889 12,226,919 17,062,159 22 0.7%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 10,987,418 184,816 4,564,149 15,736,383 25 0.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 2,635,206 209,476 8,029,799 10,874,481 23 0.5%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 590,215 71,694 9,877,382 10,539,291 18 0.5%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 1,796,041 544,797 8,019,731 10,360,569 28 0.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 3,997,852 995,576 4,699,287 9,692,715 33 0.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 4,384,038 96,249 5,208,852 9,689,139 14 0.4%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 5,532,435 1,679,002 897,750 8,109,187 14 0.3%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,244,346 51,695 — 2,296,041 8 0.1%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,129,316 403,912 500,000 2,033,228 7 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
TIMIȘ 150,931,674 150,411,743 −519,931
NEAMȚ 128,257,922 128,828,850 +570,928
CLUJ 115,607,162 114,568,113 −1,039,049
ARAD 112,359,206 110,721,306 −1,637,900
BIHOR 104,240,507 103,313,231 −927,276
VÂLCEA 91,512,165 89,634,926 −1,877,239
SATU MARE 86,031,454 86,031,454 0
SIBIU 77,601,261 77,601,261 0
SĂLAJ 75,075,979 75,075,979 0
TULCEA 62,312,789 61,365,157 −947,632
GALAȚI 63,813,652 59,922,853 −3,890,799
GORJ 74,886,001 59,137,533 −15,748,468
MEHEDINȚI 57,698,454 57,584,497 −113,957
CONSTANȚA 56,127,675 55,990,875 −136,800
VASLUI 95,297,644 53,751,790 −41,545,854
ALBA 79,080,204 52,592,017 −26,488,187
BOTOȘANI 84,469,947 51,206,688 −33,263,259
BUZĂU 49,062,762 49,944,462 +881,700
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 88,767,423 48,843,076 −39,924,347
BRAȘOV 75,812,168 47,065,555 −28,746,613
IALOMIȚA 43,313,107 42,351,537 −961,570
VRANCEA 41,717,423 41,981,958 +264,535
GIURGIU 51,260,963 36,511,179 −14,749,784
BRĂILA 50,495,236 36,497,401 −13,997,835
COVASNA 30,108,921 30,108,921 0
ILFOV 4,564,149 23,622,758 +19,058,609
HUNEDOARA 34,215,789 22,313,219 −11,902,570
ARGEȘ 23,815,959 21,112,858 −2,703,101
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 38,344,417 16,139,558 −22,204,859
MARAMUREȘ 49,336,313 15,071,765 −34,264,548
MUREȘ 27,237,005 14,414,670 −12,822,335
IAȘI 12,226,919 10,501,142 −1,725,777
SUCEAVA 10,744,589 10,139,173 −605,416
DOLJ 9,877,382 9,877,382 0
BUCUREȘTI 47,458,628 8,063,778 −39,394,850
OLT 8,019,731 7,966,931 −52,800
DÂMBOVIȚA 8,029,799 7,310,949 −718,850
PRAHOVA 5,208,852 5,385,852 +177,000
HARGHITA 4,699,287 4,699,287 0
BACĂU 897,750 897,750 0
TELEORMAN 500,000 500,000 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0

Another 331.96 Mn. (14.9% 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/dimensions
  • /api/v1/stats/periods
  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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