Trends in federal expenditure by economic category
Actual 2019 | 2020 target1 | Actual | Year-on-year change (year to date) | ||||
January to September 2019 | January to September 2020 | ||||||
in €m | share in % | in €m | share in % | in €m | in % | ||
Consumption expenditure | 305,120 | 88.9 | 439,587 | 86.4 | 234,224 | 270,587 | +15.5 |
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Human resources expenditure | 34,185 | 10.0 | 35,413 | 7.0 | 26,314 | 26,726 | +1.6 |
Salary payments | 25,066 | 7.3 | 26,237 | 5.2 | 19,039 | 19,438 | +2.1 |
Pensions | 9,119 | 2.7 | 9,175 | 1.8 | 7,275 | 7,289 | +0.2 |
Operating expenditure | 33,135 | 9.7 | 39,150 | 7.7 | 21,110 | 22,472 | +6.5 |
Maintenance of immovable property | 1,729 | 0.5 | 1,637 | 0.3 | 1,183 | 1,215 | +2.7 |
Military procurement | 14,098 | 4.1 | 17,156 | 3.4 | 8,364 | 9,340 | +11.7 |
Other | 17,308 | 5.0 | 20,357 | 4.0 | 11,564 | 11,917 | +3.1 |
Interest expenditure | 11,911 | 3.5 | 9,557 | 1.9 | 12,334 | 5,506 | -55.4 |
Ongoing grants and subsidies | 224,963 | 65.6 | 353,997 | 69.6 | 173,594 | 214,892 | +23.8 |
to public administrations | 27,739 | 8.1 | 79,516 | 15.6 | 21,508 | 30,819 | +43.3 |
to other areas | 197,224 | 57.5 | 274,480 | 54.0 | 152,086 | 184,073 | +21.0 |
of which: | |||||||
Companies | 29,955 | 8.7 | 77,473 | 15.2 | 21,210 | 37,044 | +74.7 |
Pensions, benefits, etc. | 29,150 | 8.5 | 36,588 | 7.2 | 22,468 | 23,469 | +4.5 |
Social security funds | 125,225 | 36.5 | 134,322 | 26.4 | 100,399 | 108,844 | +8.4 |
Other asset transfers | 926 | 0.3 | 1,471 | 0.3 | 873 | 991 | +13.5 |
Investment expenditure | 38,066 | 11.1 | 71,286 | 14.0 | 22,205 | 25,229 | +13.6 |
Financial assistance | 26,882 | 7.8 | 56,492 | 11.1 | 15,159 | 18,105 | +19.4 |
Grants and subsidies | 25,315 | 7.4 | 33,782 | 6.6 | 14,425 | 13,673 | -5.2 |
Loans, guarantees | 794 | 0.2 | 16,585 | 3.3 | 499 | 4,424 | +786.6 |
Acquisition of holdings; capital contributions | 774 | 0.2 | 6,125 | 1.2 | 235 | 9 | -96.2 |
Fixed asset investment | 11,183 | 3.3 | 14,794 | 2.9 | 7,046 | 7,124 | +1.1 |
Construction projects | 8,095 | 2.4 | 8,904 | 1.8 | 5,223 | 5,111 | -2.1 |
Acquisition of movable assets | 2,281 | 0.7 | 5,128 | 1.0 | 1,332 | 1,638 | +23.0 |
Acquisition of real property | 807 | 0.2 | 761 | 0.1 | 491 | 375 | -23.6 |
General reduction/increase in expenditure | 0 | 0.0 | -2,344 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | X |
Total expenditure2 | 343,186 | 100.0 | 508,530 | 100.0 | 256,429 | 295,816 | +15.4 |
1Second supplement to the Federal budget for 2020 (Federal Law Gazette I No 35, p. 1669). 2With 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. Source: Federal Ministry of Finance |