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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 921

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 — 1.24 Mn. ARAD — 1.76 Mn. ARGEȘ — 1.48 Mn. BACĂU — 3.94 Mn. BIHOR — 3.77 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 773,262 RON BOTOȘANI — 580,083 RON BRĂILA — 254,084 RON BRAȘOV — 3.55 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 29.54 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.17 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 388,236 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 1.23 Mn. CLUJ — 5.17 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 4.28 Mn. COVASNA — 3.16 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 875,728 RON DOLJ — 2.00 Mn. GALAȚI — 868,081 RON GIURGIU — 127,400 RON GORJ — 1.10 Mn. HARGHITA — 2.44 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 1.13 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 590,504 RON IAȘI — 5.58 Mn. ILFOV — 1.03 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 2.26 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 1.21 Mn. MUREȘ — 2.46 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.47 Mn. OLT — 596,900 RON PRAHOVA — 1.41 Mn. SĂLAJ — 222,839 RON SATU MARE — 1.93 Mn. SIBIU — 2.99 Mn. SUCEAVA — 1.73 Mn. TELEORMAN — 193,125 RON TIMIȘ — 5.96 Mn. TULCEA — 1.92 Mn. VÂLCEA — 1.26 Mn. VASLUI — 638,086 RON VRANCEA — 882,014 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

County Region Population Direct purchases Offline purchases Tenders Total Lei per person Share
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 21,043,980 4,721,423 3,772,313 29,537,716 17 28.1%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 4,473,281 901,781 587,717 5,962,779 9 5.7%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 3,387,235 2,161,936 29,300 5,578,471 7 5.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 3,458,185 1,278,827 433,180 5,170,192 7 4.9%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 3,367,781 421,429 494,202 4,283,412 7 4.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 3,713,707 221,873 — 3,935,580 7 3.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 3,278,908 493,695 — 3,772,603 7 3.6%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 3,453,869 91,948 — 3,545,817 6 3.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 2,937,444 226,964 — 3,164,408 16 3.0%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,852,441 1,138,319 — 2,990,760 8 2.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,722,463 735,525 — 2,457,988 5 2.3%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,951,560 485,311 — 2,436,871 8 2.3%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,137,147 118,402 — 2,255,549 5 2.1%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,650,967 215,520 138,250 2,004,737 3 1.9%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 1,832,648 102,090 — 1,934,738 6 1.8%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,478,328 150,000 295,604 1,923,932 10 1.8%
ARAD West 410,058 1,612,385 137,699 9,699 1,759,783 4 1.7%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 1,666,788 63,070 — 1,729,858 3 1.7%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,368,526 106,882 — 1,475,408 3 1.4%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,332,910 136,702 — 1,469,612 3 1.4%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,079,562 14,061 316,017 1,409,640 2 1.3%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 942,127 319,247 — 1,261,374 4 1.2%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,057,068 184,450 — 1,241,518 4 1.2%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 1,124,619 1,000 100,000 1,225,619 5 1.2%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,213,810 — — 1,213,810 5 1.2%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,069,666 51,118 53,400 1,174,184 3 1.1%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,030,726 97,360 — 1,128,086 3 1.1%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,085,987 10,550 — 1,096,537 4 1.0%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 948,628 76,863 — 1,025,491 2 1.0%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 655,784 226,230 — 882,014 3 0.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 182,079 35,849 657,800 875,728 2 0.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 719,155 148,926 — 868,081 2 0.8%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 667,676 105,586 — 773,262 3 0.7%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 202,909 290,639 144,538 638,086 2 0.6%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 557,700 39,200 — 596,900 2 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 578,714 11,790 — 590,504 2 0.6%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 541,770 38,313 — 580,083 2 0.6%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 371,736 16,500 — 388,236 1 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 254,084 — — 254,084 1 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 107,546 115,293 — 222,839 1 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 143,320 20,393 29,412 193,125 1 0.2%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 127,400 — — 127,400 0 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
BUCUREȘTI 3,772,313 3,483,313 −289,000
DÂMBOVIȚA 657,800 657,800 0
TIMIȘ 587,717 587,717 0
CONSTANȚA 494,202 494,202 0
CLUJ 433,180 433,180 0
PRAHOVA 316,017 316,017 0
TULCEA 295,604 295,604 0
VASLUI 144,538 144,538 0
DOLJ 138,250 138,250 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 100,000 100,000 0
BUZĂU 53,400 53,400 0
IAȘI 29,300 29,300 0
MUREȘ 0 9,699 +9,699
BACĂU 0 0 0
BIHOR 0 0 0
BRAȘOV 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
SIBIU 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
MARAMUREȘ 0 0 0
SATU MARE 0 0 0
ARAD 9,699 0 −9,699
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
ARGEȘ 0 0 0
NEAMȚ 0 0 0
VÂLCEA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
MEHEDINȚI 0 0 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
GORJ 0 0 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
BOTOȘANI 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 29,412 0 −29,412
GIURGIU 0 0 0

Another 318,412 RON (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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