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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 511

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 — 1.34 Mn. ARAD — 2.55 Mn. ARGEȘ — 665,163 RON BACĂU — 1.01 Mn. BIHOR — 2.22 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 5.75 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 472,271 RON BRĂILA — 1.95 Mn. BRAȘOV — 12.36 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 262.14 Mn. BUZĂU — 1.96 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 2.36 Mn. CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 536,279 RON CLUJ — 35.86 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 7.77 Mn. COVASNA — 535,976 RON DÂMBOVIȚA — 717,052 RON DOLJ — 79.14 Mn. GALAȚI — 1.11 Mn. GIURGIU — 516,243 RON GORJ — 2.87 Mn. HARGHITA — 643,869 RON HUNEDOARA — 1.67 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 579,906 RON IAȘI — 2.13 Mn. ILFOV — 3.45 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 40.05 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.84 Mn. MUREȘ — 70.70 Mn. NEAMȚ — 742,923 RON OLT — 793,125 RON PRAHOVA — 8.59 Mn. SĂLAJ — 829,895 RON SATU MARE — 8.95 Mn. SIBIU — 2.10 Mn. SUCEAVA — 2.92 Mn. TELEORMAN — 1.17 Mn. TIMIȘ — 4.72 Mn. TULCEA — 587,282 RON VÂLCEA — 27.29 Mn. VASLUI — 5.48 Mn. VRANCEA — 1.50 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 6,903,442 2,336,533 252,896,461 262,136,436 153 42.9%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,429,701 19,033 76,689,450 79,138,184 133 12.9%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 1,128,147 30,675 69,538,251 70,697,073 136 11.6%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 7,620,144 169,816 32,264,790 40,054,750 89 6.6%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 4,145,977 462,444 31,256,445 35,864,866 51 5.9%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,107,727 154,771 26,029,823 27,292,321 81 4.5%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 2,425,154 162,268 9,768,892 12,356,314 22 2.0%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 3,414,665 53,950 5,479,021 8,947,636 27 1.5%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,446,737 769,863 6,372,120 8,588,720 13 1.4%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 4,351,481 791,407 2,629,860 7,772,748 12 1.3%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 3,674,620 417,761 1,659,355 5,751,736 19 0.9%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 951,769 75,897 4,452,324 5,479,990 15 0.9%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 4,134,516 581,446 — 4,715,962 7 0.8%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 2,856,750 588,357 — 3,445,107 6 0.6%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 2,590,645 325,547 — 2,916,192 5 0.5%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 975,306 148,883 1,742,067 2,866,256 9 0.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 2,729,377 108,010 — 2,837,387 13 0.5%
ARAD West 410,058 2,466,987 86,705 — 2,553,692 6 0.4%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 2,360,321 — — 2,360,321 9 0.4%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 1,001,127 23,958 1,190,541 2,215,626 4 0.4%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 1,899,901 227,131 — 2,127,032 3 0.4%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,714,118 389,498 — 2,103,616 5 0.3%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 1,952,948 6,080 — 1,959,028 5 0.3%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,283,856 669,665 — 1,953,521 7 0.3%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 1,355,527 16,337 300,450 1,672,314 5 0.3%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 1,403,037 101,031 — 1,504,068 5 0.3%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,036,809 307,800 — 1,344,609 4 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 1,165,750 — — 1,165,750 4 0.2%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,045,354 64,915 — 1,110,269 2 0.2%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 845,733 161,016 — 1,006,749 2 0.2%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 615,050 214,845 — 829,895 4 0.1%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 504,040 4,157 284,928 793,125 2 0.1%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 724,663 18,260 — 742,923 2 0.1%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 713,775 3,277 — 717,052 2 0.1%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 478,483 186,680 — 665,163 1 0.1%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 591,508 52,361 — 643,869 2 0.1%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 555,509 31,773 — 587,282 3 0.1%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 443,665 136,241 — 579,906 2 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 493,894 42,385 — 536,279 2 0.1%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 523,283 12,693 — 535,976 3 0.1%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 482,679 33,564 — 516,243 2 0.1%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 378,393 46,359 47,519 472,271 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
VÂLCEA 26,029,823 112,006,476 +85,976,653
MEHEDINȚI 0 86,178,887 +86,178,887
MUREȘ 69,538,251 84,137,565 +14,599,314
DOLJ 76,689,450 76,689,450 0
MARAMUREȘ 32,264,790 32,264,790 0
CLUJ 31,256,445 31,256,445 0
GORJ 1,742,067 25,373,528 +23,631,461
NEAMȚ 0 22,897,123 +22,897,123
BRAȘOV 9,768,894 9,768,894 0
ARGEȘ 0 7,545,990 +7,545,990
PRAHOVA 6,372,120 6,372,120 0
SATU MARE 5,479,021 5,479,021 0
BUCUREȘTI 252,896,461 5,120,514 −247,775,947
VASLUI 4,452,324 4,452,324 0
BUZĂU 0 3,995,383 +3,995,383
CONSTANȚA 2,629,860 2,629,860 0
HUNEDOARA 300,450 1,993,910 +1,693,460
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 1,659,355 1,659,355 0
BIHOR 1,190,541 1,190,541 0
OLT 284,928 989,860 +704,932
BOTOȘANI 47,519 47,519 0
TIMIȘ 0 0 0
ILFOV 0 0 0
SUCEAVA 0 0 0
ARAD 0 0 0
CĂLĂRAȘI 0 0 0
IAȘI 0 0 0
SIBIU 0 0 0
BRĂILA 0 0 0
VRANCEA 0 0 0
ALBA 0 0 0
TELEORMAN 0 0 0
GALAȚI 0 0 0
BACĂU 0 0 0
SĂLAJ 0 0 0
DÂMBOVIȚA 0 0 0
HARGHITA 0 0 0
TULCEA 0 0 0
IALOMIȚA 0 0 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 0 0 0
COVASNA 0 0 0
GIURGIU 0 0 0

Another 552,744 RON (0.1% 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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