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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 92

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 — 22.00 Mn. ARAD — 50.57 Mn. ARGEȘ — 13.05 Mn. BACĂU — 18.74 Mn. BIHOR — 26.30 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 9.63 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 9.08 Mn. BRĂILA — 10.91 Mn. BRAȘOV — 30.00 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 268.26 Mn. BUZĂU — 11.75 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 10.04 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 22.64 Mn. CLUJ — 31.58 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 45.14 Mn. COVASNA — 16.13 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 18.60 Mn. DOLJ — 14.39 Mn. GALAȚI — 18.20 Mn. GIURGIU — 5.57 Mn. GORJ — 22.08 Mn. HARGHITA — 14.92 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 21.09 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 16.30 Mn. IAȘI — 29.40 Mn. ILFOV — 22.53 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 12.01 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 19.44 Mn. MUREȘ — 19.81 Mn. NEAMȚ — 21.07 Mn. OLT — 15.83 Mn. PRAHOVA — 24.06 Mn. SĂLAJ — 9.21 Mn. SATU MARE — 23.39 Mn. SIBIU — 31.85 Mn. SUCEAVA — 27.08 Mn. TELEORMAN — 7.28 Mn. TIMIȘ — 73.94 Mn. TULCEA — 9.88 Mn. VÂLCEA — 16.37 Mn. VASLUI — 12.79 Mn. VRANCEA — 11.06 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
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 132,357,513 21,220,174 114,678,691 268,256,378 157 24.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 61,986,250 11,364,611 587,717 73,938,578 110 6.6%
ARAD West 410,058 35,577,368 11,046,703 3,942,703 50,566,774 123 4.5%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 31,442,981 6,853,415 6,844,133 45,140,529 69 4.1%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 18,224,967 11,025,319 2,604,643 31,854,929 80 2.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 22,560,528 7,888,629 1,129,179 31,578,336 45 2.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 24,808,568 3,987,457 1,200,000 29,996,025 53 2.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 22,148,386 6,103,294 1,151,619 29,403,299 38 2.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 23,034,047 2,643,656 1,405,500 27,083,203 42 2.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 21,456,883 4,451,363 395,020 26,303,266 47 2.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 22,238,275 1,504,222 316,017 24,058,514 35 2.2%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 17,257,103 3,295,144 2,836,969 23,389,216 71 2.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 20,541,679 929,861 1,170,075 22,641,615 94 2.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 19,365,631 2,640,912 522,500 22,529,043 36 2.0%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 20,605,793 1,473,200 — 22,078,993 72 2.0%
ALBA Centre 324,901 17,061,391 4,902,166 38,000 22,001,557 68 2.0%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 17,860,640 1,700,154 1,532,170 21,092,964 60 1.9%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 15,613,564 5,439,132 14,500 21,067,196 47 1.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 15,732,333 4,073,521 — 19,805,854 38 1.8%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 14,876,329 275,880 4,285,034 19,437,243 86 1.7%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 16,134,579 2,469,106 131,950 18,735,635 32 1.7%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 15,698,795 2,136,648 761,480 18,596,923 39 1.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 16,125,744 2,069,315 — 18,195,059 37 1.6%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 11,307,136 5,066,913 — 16,374,049 48 1.5%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 12,808,172 968,810 2,524,028 16,301,010 66 1.5%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 8,585,008 1,137,858 6,410,803 16,133,669 81 1.5%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 15,098,281 604,869 131,130 15,834,280 43 1.4%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 9,504,810 4,811,538 608,057 14,924,405 51 1.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 12,763,050 1,208,610 418,750 14,390,410 24 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 9,517,205 1,930,439 1,600,000 13,047,644 23 1.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 6,293,595 6,353,334 144,538 12,791,467 35 1.2%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 9,372,812 1,831,890 806,000 12,010,702 27 1.1%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 10,259,476 1,441,299 53,400 11,754,175 30 1.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 9,654,626 1,400,969 — 11,055,595 33 1.0%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 9,300,900 1,422,974 184,500 10,908,374 40 1.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 8,187,492 823,693 1,033,200 10,044,385 36 0.9%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 8,558,391 1,030,242 295,604 9,884,237 53 0.9%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 8,429,442 1,203,586 — 9,633,028 32 0.9%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 4,212,546 1,463,728 3,536,478 9,212,752 44 0.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 7,411,166 1,663,166 1,977 9,076,309 23 0.8%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 5,879,943 676,815 721,298 7,278,056 24 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 4,644,191 889,975 37,800 5,571,966 22 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 114,678,694 108,515,634 −6,163,060
CONSTANȚA 6,844,133 6,741,683 −102,450
COVASNA 6,410,803 6,406,253 −4,550
MEHEDINȚI 4,285,034 4,285,034 0
ARAD 3,942,703 3,933,004 −9,699
SĂLAJ 3,536,478 3,536,478 0
SATU MARE 2,836,969 2,836,969 0
SIBIU 2,604,643 2,608,336 +3,693
IALOMIȚA 2,524,028 2,108,680 −415,348
BRAȘOV 1,200,000 1,644,683 +444,683
HUNEDOARA 1,532,170 1,532,170 0
CLUJ 1,129,179 1,438,859 +309,680
SUCEAVA 1,405,500 1,436,400 +30,900
IAȘI 1,151,619 1,241,378 +89,759
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 1,170,075 1,109,182 −60,893
CĂLĂRAȘI 1,033,200 1,033,200 0
TIMIȘ 587,717 972,717 +385,000
MARAMUREȘ 806,000 806,900 +900
DÂMBOVIȚA 761,480 761,480 0
HARGHITA 608,057 604,457 −3,600
ILFOV 522,500 532,579 +10,079
DOLJ 418,750 494,275 +75,525
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 466,875 +466,875
PRAHOVA 316,017 441,916 +125,899
TULCEA 295,604 315,764 +20,160
BIHOR 395,020 214,620 −180,400
BRĂILA 184,500 184,500 0
VASLUI 144,538 144,538 0
OLT 131,130 131,130 0
BUZĂU 53,400 57,550 +4,150
BACĂU 131,950 48,000 −83,950
MUREȘ 0 45,699 +45,699
VÂLCEA 0 43,493 +43,493
GIURGIU 37,800 37,800 0
NEAMȚ 14,500 14,500 0
ARGEȘ 1,600,000 11,435 −1,588,565
BOTOȘANI 1,977 1,977 0
GORJ 0 0 0
ALBA 38,000 0 −38,000
GALAȚI 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 721,298 0 −721,298

Another 7.32 Mn. (4.5% 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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