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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 98

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 — 11.85 Mn. ARAD — 32.39 Mn. ARGEȘ — 12.55 Mn. BACĂU — 12.13 Mn. BIHOR — 32.37 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 5.41 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 8.52 Mn. BRĂILA — 10.20 Mn. BRAȘOV — 163.66 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 274.72 Mn. BUZĂU — 7.51 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 11.15 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 12.35 Mn. CLUJ — 51.26 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 55.77 Mn. COVASNA — 21.03 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 5.35 Mn. DOLJ — 14.79 Mn. GALAȚI — 20.81 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.72 Mn. GORJ — 18.70 Mn. HARGHITA — 41.59 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 9.23 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 6.74 Mn. IAȘI — 38.02 Mn. ILFOV — 35.59 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 10.68 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.94 Mn. MUREȘ — 29.18 Mn. NEAMȚ — 7.78 Mn. OLT — 12.31 Mn. PRAHOVA — 25.67 Mn. SĂLAJ — 4.77 Mn. SATU MARE — 20.76 Mn. SIBIU — 24.68 Mn. SUCEAVA — 16.74 Mn. TELEORMAN — 11.20 Mn. TIMIȘ — 37.81 Mn. TULCEA — 8.40 Mn. VÂLCEA — 7.34 Mn. VASLUI — 4.67 Mn. VRANCEA — 6.92 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 1,713,832 117,996,629 29,533,602 127,192,165 274,722,396 160 23.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 19,791,410 4,238,303 139,630,814 163,660,527 290 14.3%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 27,340,540 11,253,456 17,173,921 55,767,917 85 4.9%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 32,322,188 6,578,471 12,361,535 51,262,194 73 4.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 37,270,885 4,269,359 48,000 41,588,244 142 3.6%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 17,713,522 6,485,002 13,817,427 38,015,951 49 3.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 16,335,376 6,521,604 14,953,894 37,810,874 56 3.3%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 12,359,268 1,793,863 21,441,317 35,594,448 57 3.1%
ARAD West 410,058 14,538,126 4,632,863 13,219,925 32,390,914 79 2.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 11,250,926 5,576,512 15,538,398 32,365,836 58 2.8%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 18,106,962 2,093,141 8,983,921 29,184,024 56 2.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 12,502,469 3,539,585 9,629,533 25,671,587 38 2.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 14,345,529 9,765,025 573,827 24,684,381 62 2.2%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 16,610,401 1,556,372 2,859,000 21,025,773 105 1.8%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 10,445,248 4,210,526 6,153,900 20,809,674 43 1.8%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 7,775,765 2,281,955 10,707,062 20,764,782 63 1.8%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 4,533,366 543,528 13,621,720 18,698,614 61 1.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 7,992,072 3,561,604 5,186,777 16,740,453 26 1.5%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 10,541,397 2,356,618 1,888,810 14,786,825 25 1.3%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 9,912,613 2,598,282 40,260 12,551,155 22 1.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 8,678,220 393,847 3,272,974 12,345,041 51 1.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 5,202,167 646,153 6,458,391 12,306,711 33 1.1%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 7,687,116 2,829,075 1,615,962 12,132,153 21 1.1%
ALBA Centre 324,901 9,038,268 2,813,404 — 11,851,672 36 1.0%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 2,550,212 312,966 8,341,205 11,204,383 36 1.0%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 5,078,158 1,101,701 4,972,263 11,152,122 40 1.0%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 4,199,932 5,537,153 942,005 10,679,090 24 0.9%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 2,921,117 1,399,192 5,875,298 10,195,607 38 0.9%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 7,626,783 1,606,999 — 9,233,782 26 0.8%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 4,512,991 3,358,272 651,875 8,523,138 22 0.7%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 4,290,002 608,137 3,503,671 8,401,810 45 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 5,864,989 1,912,143 — 7,777,132 17 0.7%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 5,884,034 1,242,971 380,021 7,507,026 19 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 5,800,934 1,536,061 — 7,336,995 22 0.6%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 5,685,169 1,232,316 — 6,917,485 21 0.6%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 6,051,571 688,079 — 6,739,650 27 0.6%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 3,151,912 2,259,011 — 5,410,923 18 0.5%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 4,131,445 1,219,741 — 5,351,186 11 0.5%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 3,008,880 1,758,755 — 4,767,635 23 0.4%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 2,884,393 1,790,054 — 4,674,447 13 0.4%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 1,990,547 660,317 289,300 2,940,164 13 0.3%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,756,941 960,845 — 2,717,786 11 0.2%

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
BRAȘOV 139,630,814 138,573,320 −1,057,494
BUCUREȘTI 127,192,165 106,170,534 −21,021,631
CONSTANȚA 17,173,921 25,318,876 +8,144,955
BIHOR 15,538,398 15,538,398 0
IAȘI 13,817,427 14,269,438 +452,011
ILFOV 21,441,317 14,203,614 −7,237,703
ARAD 13,219,925 13,080,983 −138,942
CLUJ 12,361,535 12,783,893 +422,358
TIMIȘ 14,953,894 11,760,617 −3,193,277
SATU MARE 10,707,062 10,707,062 0
MUREȘ 8,983,921 8,996,131 +12,210
TELEORMAN 8,341,205 8,074,855 −266,350
OLT 6,458,391 6,458,391 0
GALAȚI 6,153,900 6,153,900 0
BRĂILA 5,875,298 5,624,738 −250,560
SIBIU 573,827 5,589,998 +5,016,171
SUCEAVA 5,186,777 5,491,055 +304,278
CĂLĂRAȘI 4,972,263 4,972,263 0
PRAHOVA 9,629,533 4,234,193 −5,395,340
TULCEA 3,503,671 3,503,671 0
NEAMȚ 0 3,427,231 +3,427,231
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 3,272,974 3,272,974 0
COVASNA 2,859,000 2,859,000 0
DOLJ 1,888,810 1,888,810 0
BACĂU 1,615,962 1,610,100 −5,862
VÂLCEA 0 1,391,366 +1,391,366
GORJ 13,621,720 837,473 −12,784,247
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 0 683,274 +683,274
BOTOȘANI 651,875 651,875 0
ALBA 0 629,500 +629,500
BUZĂU 380,021 448,316 +68,295
MARAMUREȘ 942,005 416,693 −525,312
MEHEDINȚI 289,300 84,600 −204,700
HARGHITA 48,000 48,000 0
ARGEȘ 40,260 40,260 0
HUNEDOARA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
VASLUI 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0

Another 31.53 Mn. (6.7% 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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