Trends in federal expenditure by function
Actual 2019 |
2020 target¹ |
Actual |
Year-on-year change | |||||||
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January to |
January to | |||||||||
in €m |
share in % |
in €m |
share in % |
in €m |
in % | |||||
General public services |
88,153 |
25.7 |
98,029 |
19.3 |
76,461 |
81,034 |
+6.0 | |||
Economic cooperation and development |
9,994 |
2.9 |
12,326 |
2.4 |
7,177 |
8,551 |
+19.1 | |||
Defence |
41,944 |
12.2 |
45,292 |
8.9 |
36,746 |
38,540 |
+4.9 | |||
Government, central administration |
18,561 |
5.4 |
20,611 |
4.1 |
17,382 |
17,925 |
+3.1 | |||
Revenue administration |
5,115 |
1.5 |
5,612 |
1.1 |
4,605 |
4,795 |
+4.1 | |||
Education, science, research, cultural affairs |
23,825 |
6.9 |
30,316 |
6.0 |
19,136 |
20,540 |
+7.3 | |||
Support for school and university students and training programme participants |
3,367 |
1.0 |
6,417 |
1.3 |
2,853 |
3,163 |
+10.9 | |||
Science, research and development outside of higher education institutions |
13,567 |
4.0 |
16,237 |
3.2 |
10,205 |
11,435 |
+12.0 | |||
Social security, family affairs and youth, labour market policy |
177,133 |
51.6 |
25.5435 |
50.2 |
169,865 |
207,410 |
+22.1 | |||
Social insurance including unemployment insurance |
118,997 |
34.7 |
132,543 |
26.1 |
116,081 |
126,394 |
+8.9 | |||
of which: |
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General pension insurance |
89,156 |
26.0 |
93,047 |
18.3 |
87,870 |
91,652 |
+4.3 | |||
Labour market policy |
36,427 |
10.6 |
49,180 |
9.7 |
33,250 |
37,039 |
+11.4 | |||
of which: |
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Basic income support for jobseekers under Book II of the Social Code |
20,025 |
5.8 |
26,400 |
5.2 |
18,621 |
19,188 |
+3.0 | |||
Government housing and heating allowances under Book II of the Social Code |
6,458 |
1.9 |
12,400 |
2.4 |
5,972 |
8,951 |
+49.9 | |||
Family assistance, welfare services, etc. |
9,252 |
2.7 |
10,619 |
2.1 |
8,593 |
9,538 |
+11.0 | |||
Social benefits for the consequences of war and political events |
1,902 |
0.6 |
1,947 |
0.4 |
1,818 |
1,842 |
+1.3 | |||
Health, environment, sport, recreation |
2,967 |
0.9 |
25,255 |
5.0 |
2,265 |
17,334 |
+665.2 | |||
Housing, urban development, regional planning and local community services |
3,194 |
0.9 |
2,576 |
0.5 |
2,760 |
1,288 |
-53.3 | |||
Housing, home ownership savings premium |
2,380 |
0.7 |
1,425 |
0.3 |
2,264 |
782 |
-65.4 | |||
Food, agriculture and forestry |
1,262 |
0.4 |
2,044 |
0.4 |
791 |
748 |
-5.4 | |||
Energy and water management, trade and services |
4,026 |
1.2 |
15,393 |
3.0 |
3,465 |
4,758 |
+37.3 | |||
Regional support measures |
948 |
0.3 |
3,071 |
0.6 |
663 |
1,012 |
+52.7 | |||
Mining, manufacturing and construction |
1,211 |
0.4 |
2,993 |
0.6 |
1,248 |
2,263 |
+81.4 | |||
Transport and communication |
22,243 |
6.5 |
28,925 |
5.7 |
19,021 |
18,708 |
-1.6 | |||
Roads |
10,888 |
3.2 |
10,125 |
2.0 |
9,427 |
7,915 |
-16.0 | |||
Railways and public transport |
6,794 |
2.0 |
13,927 |
2.7 |
5,527 |
6,459 |
+16.9 | |||
Financial management |
20,382 |
5.9 |
50,558 |
9.9 |
19,651 |
45,783 |
+133.0 | |||
Interest expenditure and borrowing-related expenditure |
12,084 |
3.5 |
9,566 |
1.9 |
12,045 |
4,935 |
-59.0 | |||
Total expenditure² |
343,186 |
100.0 |
508,530 |
100.0 |
313,415 |
397,602 |
+26.9 | |||
1 Second supplement to the 2020 federal budget (Federal Law Gazette I No 35, p. 1669). 2 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. Source: Federal Ministry of Finance |