Trends in federal expenditure by function
General public services |
108,785 |
22.6 |
108,723 |
22.8 |
15,166 |
16,589 |
+9.4 | ||||
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Economic cooperation and development |
13,615 |
2.8 |
12,005 |
2.5 |
1,480 |
1,798 |
+21.5 | ||||
Defence |
51,608 |
10.7 |
52,027 |
10.9 |
7,106 |
8,245 |
+16.0 | ||||
Government, central administration |
22,069 |
4.6 |
22,471 |
4.7 |
3,628 |
3,647 |
+0.5 | ||||
Revenue administration |
6,150 |
1.3 |
6,766 |
1.4 |
948 |
963 |
+1.6 | ||||
Education, science, research, cultural affairs |
28,009 |
5.8 |
33,483 |
7.0 |
2,389 |
2,994 |
+25.3 | ||||
Support for school and university students and training programme participants |
4,127 |
0.9 |
5,646 |
1.2 |
761 |
839 |
+10.3 | ||||
Science, research and development outside of higher education institutions |
16,638 |
3.5 |
20,273 |
4.3 |
830 |
1,140 |
+37.4 | ||||
Social security, family affairs and youth, labour market policy |
253,717 |
52.8 |
214,183 |
45.0 |
49,760 |
44,322 |
-10.9 | ||||
Social security funds including unemployment insurance |
136,757 |
28.5 |
136,461 |
28.7 |
30,912 |
31,193 |
+0.9 | ||||
of which: |
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General pension insurance |
99,373 |
20.7 |
103,082 |
21.6 |
23,342 |
24,298 |
+4.1 | ||||
Health insurance |
15,867 |
3.3 |
18,975 |
4.0 |
2,551 |
2,954 |
+15.8 | ||||
Labour market policy |
42,625 |
8.9 |
44,351 |
9.3 |
6,491 |
7,747 |
+19.3 | ||||
of which: |
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Citizens’ minimum income under Book II of the Social Code |
22,276 |
4.6 |
23,760 |
5.0 |
3,536 |
4,512 |
+27.6 | ||||
Government housing and heating allowances under Book II of the Social Code |
9,729 |
2.0 |
10,400 |
2.2 |
1,550 |
1,843 |
+18.9 | ||||
Family assistance, welfare services, etc. |
11,711 |
2.4 |
14,984 |
3.1 |
1,851 |
2,091 |
+13.0 | ||||
Social benefits under Book XII of the Social Code and the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz) |
8,690 |
1.8 |
9,075 |
1.9 |
1,965 |
2,117 |
+7.7 | ||||
Other social affairs |
48,857 |
10.2 |
4,116 |
0.9 |
7,772 |
175 |
-97.8 | ||||
Health, environment, sport, recreation |
18,489 |
3.8 |
9,437 |
2.0 |
4,206 |
950 |
-77.4 | ||||
Housing, urban development, regional planning and local community services |
2,664 |
0.6 |
3,909 |
0.8 |
150 |
202 |
+35.3 | ||||
Housing, home ownership savings premium |
1,589 |
0.3 |
2,540 |
0.5 |
142 |
189 |
+32.5 | ||||
Food, agriculture and forestry |
1,701 |
0.4 |
2,134 |
0.4 |
118 |
79 |
-32.5 | ||||
Energy and water management, trade and services |
8,795 |
1.8 |
20,979 |
4.4 |
1,012 |
6,950 |
+586.5 | ||||
Regional support measures |
1,970 |
0.4 |
3,364 |
0.7 |
117 |
84 |
-28.2 | ||||
Monetary and insurance system |
2,227 |
0.5 |
6,899 |
1.4 |
400 |
6,504 |
X | ||||
Other trade and services |
514 |
0.1 |
5,954 |
1.3 |
93 |
72 |
-22.4 | ||||
Transport and communication |
28,125 |
5.9 |
28,008 |
5.9 |
2,563 |
2,572 |
+0.4 | ||||
Roads |
9,243 |
1.9 |
9,459 |
2.0 |
617 |
653 |
+5.9 | ||||
Railways and public transport |
11,852 |
2.5 |
10,875 |
2.3 |
1,056 |
898 |
-14.9 | ||||
Financial management |
30,403 |
6.3 |
55,435 |
11.6 |
4,433 |
8,459 |
+90.8 | ||||
Real property and capital assets, special funds and financial grants |
13,948 |
2.9 |
16,925 |
3.6 |
728 |
719 |
-1.3 | ||||
Interest expenditure and borrowing-related expenditure |
15,293 |
3.2 |
39,864 |
8.4 |
3,322 |
7,405 |
+122.9 | ||||
Total expenditure¹ |
480,688 |
100.0 |
476,291 |
100.0 |
79,796 |
83,118 |
+4.2 | ||||
¹ With the exception of expenditure on the repayment of debt incurred on the credit market, allocations to reserves and expenditure made to cover a cash deficit. Excluding expenditure from internal offsetting. | |||||||||||
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