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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 481

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 — 1.78 Mn. ARAD — 3.17 Mn. ARGEȘ — 2.46 Mn. BACĂU — 3.51 Mn. BIHOR — 8.52 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 1.73 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 2.24 Mn. BRĂILA — 5.94 Mn. BRAȘOV — 7.29 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 72.43 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.36 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.03 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 691,917 RON CLUJ — 26.23 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 6.60 Mn. COVASNA — 1.09 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 2.01 Mn. DOLJ — 5.30 Mn. GALAȚI — 4.10 Mn. GIURGIU — 1.54 Mn. GORJ — 2.85 Mn. HARGHITA — 1.15 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 6.65 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.12 Mn. IAȘI — 10.74 Mn. ILFOV — 6.83 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 2.66 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.50 Mn. MUREȘ — 8.02 Mn. NEAMȚ — 1.69 Mn. OLT — 362,186 RON PRAHOVA — 10.13 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.05 Mn. SATU MARE — 3.73 Mn. SIBIU — 7.42 Mn. SUCEAVA — 9.75 Mn. TELEORMAN — 562,744 RON TIMIȘ — 12.99 Mn. TULCEA — 1.38 Mn. VÂLCEA — 1.71 Mn. VASLUI — 1.14 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.08 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 11,764,673 1,158,471 59,502,951 72,426,095 42 28.3%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 7,286,783 368,321 18,571,078 26,226,182 37 10.3%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,414,040 248,673 9,328,190 12,990,903 19 5.1%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 3,875,832 53,894 6,815,181 10,744,907 14 4.2%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 2,442,414 366,067 7,321,702 10,130,183 15 4.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 4,583,429 160 5,163,387 9,746,976 15 3.8%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,820,289 71,589 6,624,970 8,516,848 15 3.3%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,941,102 261,735 5,816,628 8,019,465 15 3.1%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 2,035,262 373,437 5,012,434 7,421,133 19 2.9%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 2,306,145 208,068 4,775,098 7,289,311 13 2.9%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 3,109,769 146,143 3,575,713 6,831,625 11 2.7%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 3,635,249 4,806 3,014,849 6,654,904 19 2.6%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 5,193,070 348,238 1,061,887 6,603,195 10 2.6%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 940,092 — 5,003,445 5,943,537 22 2.3%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 1,992,322 141,847 3,163,490 5,297,659 9 2.1%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,744,278 61,019 2,295,492 4,100,789 8 1.6%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 960,289 48,624 2,722,525 3,731,438 11 1.5%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,827,088 67,828 1,612,901 3,507,817 6 1.4%
ARAD West 410,058 1,040,917 38,668 2,087,995 3,167,580 8 1.2%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 1,190,587 7,492 1,654,605 2,852,684 9 1.1%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 2,107,077 65,274 484,320 2,656,671 6 1.0%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 546,855 195,000 1,757,508 2,499,363 11 1.0%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 2,382,338 — 76,320 2,458,658 4 1.0%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,235,607 — 1,008,504 2,244,111 6 0.9%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 1,475,871 — 552,716 2,028,587 7 0.8%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,593,846 8,939 403,287 2,006,072 4 0.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,354,348 86,204 339,176 1,779,728 5 0.7%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 805,444 27,539 898,957 1,731,940 6 0.7%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,072,991 148,284 485,061 1,706,336 5 0.7%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 1,123,123 133,125 438,439 1,694,687 4 0.7%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 1,539,851 4,374 — 1,544,225 6 0.6%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 1,299,243 85,504 — 1,384,747 7 0.5%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,161,973 — 197,000 1,358,973 3 0.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,148,419 600 — 1,149,019 4 0.5%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 906,302 29,602 203,044 1,138,948 3 0.5%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 1,067,526 — 55,158 1,122,684 5 0.4%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 653,194 18,454 421,638 1,093,286 5 0.4%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,078,936 — — 1,078,936 3 0.4%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 1,046,417 — — 1,046,417 5 0.4%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 629,226 7,957 54,734 691,917 3 0.3%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 510,076 — 52,668 562,744 2 0.2%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 361,996 190 — 362,186 1 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 59,502,949 61,191,761 +1,688,812
CLUJ 18,571,078 13,859,503 −4,711,575
TIMIȘ 9,328,190 9,556,190 +228,000
PRAHOVA 7,321,702 7,916,452 +594,750
IAȘI 6,815,179 6,744,963 −70,216
BIHOR 6,624,970 6,624,970 0
MUREȘ 5,816,628 5,816,628 0
SUCEAVA 5,163,387 5,171,324 +7,937
SIBIU 5,012,434 5,012,434 0
BRĂILA 5,003,445 4,597,045 −406,400
BRAȘOV 4,775,098 4,259,832 −515,266
HUNEDOARA 3,014,849 3,172,949 +158,100
DOLJ 3,163,490 3,163,490 0
SATU MARE 2,722,525 2,714,588 −7,937
GALAȚI 2,295,492 2,244,892 −50,600
ARAD 2,087,994 2,087,994 0
MEHEDINȚI 1,757,507 1,757,507 0
GORJ 1,654,605 1,654,605 0
BACĂU 1,612,901 1,612,901 0
CONSTANȚA 1,061,887 1,502,607 +440,720
BOTOȘANI 1,008,504 1,008,504 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 898,957 898,957 0
ILFOV 3,575,713 810,012 −2,765,701
CĂLĂRAȘI 552,716 728,881 +176,165
VÂLCEA 485,061 485,061 0
MARAMUREȘ 484,320 484,320 0
NEAMȚ 438,440 438,440 0
COVASNA 421,638 421,638 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 403,287 403,287 0
ALBA 339,176 339,176 0
GIURGIU 0 322,000 +322,000
VASLUI 203,044 253,924 +50,880
BUZĂU 197,000 197,000 0
ARGEȘ 76,320 76,320 0
IALOMIȚA 55,158 55,158 0
TELEORMAN 52,668 52,668 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 54,734 20,000 −34,734
TULCEA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
OLT 0 0 0

Another 4.90 Mn. (3.0% 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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