Trends in federal expenditure by function
General public services |
100,399 |
18.0 |
8,350 |
8,215 |
-1.6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic cooperation and development |
13,224 |
2.4 |
1,226 |
1,181 |
-3.7 |
Defence |
46,550 |
8.4 |
3,823 |
3,827 |
+0.1 |
Government, central administration |
20,576 |
3.7 |
1,903 |
1,896 |
-0.4 |
Revenue administration |
5,981 |
1.1 |
455 |
467 |
+2.6 |
Education, science, research, cultural affairs |
28,985 |
5.2 |
1,350 |
942 |
-30.2 |
Support for school and university students and training programme participants |
4,912 |
0.9 |
521 |
406 |
-22.1 |
Science, research and development outside of higher education institutions |
16,259 |
2.9 |
560 |
271 |
-51.6 |
Social security, family affairs and youth, labour market policy |
281,133 |
50.5 |
37,227 |
28,182 |
-24.3 |
Social security funds including unemployment insurance |
147,057 |
26.4 |
23,836 |
19,368 |
-18.7 |
of which: |
|
|
|
|
|
General pension insurance |
97,343 |
17.5 |
14,743 |
15,027 |
+1.9 |
Health insurance |
18,887 |
3.4 |
4,208 |
1,225 |
-70.9 |
Unemployment insurance |
16,935 |
3.0 |
2,888 |
1,178 |
-59.2 |
Labour market policy |
42,109 |
7.6 |
3,353 |
3,077 |
-8.3 |
of which: |
|
|
|
|
|
Basic income support for jobseekers under Book II of the Social Code |
21,748 |
3.9 |
1,994 |
1,884 |
-5.5 |
Government housing and heating allowances under Book II of the Social Code |
10,090 |
1.8 |
719 |
559 |
-22.3 |
Family assistance, welfare services, etc. |
11,038 |
2.0 |
933 |
962 |
+3.1 |
Social benefits for the consequences of war and political events |
2,159 |
0.4 |
389 |
352 |
-9.5 |
Other social affairs |
67,506 |
12.1 |
7,915 |
3,372 |
-57.4 |
Health, environment, sport, recreation |
16,959 |
3.0 |
1,287 |
2,105 |
+63.6 |
Housing, urban development, regional planning and local community services |
2,270 |
0.4 |
60 |
90 |
+50.0 |
Housing, home ownership savings premium |
1,320 |
0.2 |
50 |
88 |
+75.2 |
Food, agriculture and forestry |
1,953 |
0.4 |
49 |
76 |
+54.3 |
Energy and water management, trade and services |
5,705 |
1.0 |
789 |
780 |
-1.1 |
Regional support measures |
1,796 |
0.3 |
1 |
26 |
X |
Mining, manufacturing and construction |
801 |
0.1 |
285 |
285 |
-0.1 |
Transport and communication |
29,781 |
5.4 |
1,054 |
1,428 |
+35.4 |
Roads |
8,451 |
1.5 |
88 |
386 |
+339.9 |
Railways and public transport |
14,139 |
2.5 |
440 |
606 |
+37.8 |
Financial management |
89,432 |
16.1 |
4,054 |
3,585 |
-11.6 |
Real property and capital assets, special funds and financial grants |
84,467 |
15.2 |
201 |
214 |
+6.5 |
Interest expenditure and borrowing-related expenditure |
3,881 |
0.7 |
3,756 |
3,295 |
-12.3 |
Total expenditure² |
556,617 |
100.0 |
54,218 |
45,403 |
-16.3 |
¹ Including full implementation of the second supplementary budget for 2021 that was adopted by the German Bundestag on 27 January 2022. | |||||
Actual¹ 2021 |
Actual |
Year-on-year change | |||
January 2021 |
January 2022 | ||||
in €m |
share in % |
in €m |
in % |