Trends in federal expenditure by economic category
| Actual 2022 | 2023 target | Actual | Year-on-year change (year to date) | ||||
| January to May 2022 | January to May 2023 | ||||||
| in €m | share in % | in €m | share in % | in €m | in % | ||
Consumption expenditure | 434,477 | 90.4 | 411,688 | 86.4 | 178,012 | 171,817 | -3.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Human resources expenditure | 37,843 | 7.9 | 41,669 | 8.7 | 16,324 | 16,707 | +2.3 |
Salary payments | 28,193 | 5.9 | 31,775 | 6.7 | 12,052 | 12,262 | +1.7 |
Pensions | 9,650 | 2.0 | 9,894 | 2.1 | 4,272 | 4,445 | +4.0 |
Operating expenditure | 45,075 | 9.4 | 49,147 | 10.3 | 13,866 | 14,412 | +3.9 |
Maintenance of immovable property | 1,154 | 0.2 | 1,082 | 0.2 | 376 | 426 | +13.3 |
Military procurement | 18,981 | 3.9 | 18,477 | 3.9 | 4,653 | 5,180 | +11.3 |
Other | 24,939 | 5.2 | 29,588 | 6.2 | 8,838 | 8,805 | -0.4 |
Interest expenditure | 15,264 | 3.2 | 39,841 | 8.4 | 5,906 | 20,801 | +252.2 |
Ongoing grants and subsidies | 335,039 | 69.7 | 279,324 | 58.6 | 141,264 | 118,942 | -15.8 |
to public administrations | 47,360 | 9.9 | 36,875 | 7.7 | 18,141 | 16,337 | -9.9 |
to other areas | 287,679 | 59.8 | 242,448 | 50.9 | 123,123 | 102,605 | -16.7 |
of which: | |||||||
Companies | 48,308 | 10.0 | 37,812 | 7.9 | 18,102 | 10,173 | -43.8 |
Pensions, benefits, etc. | 34,538 | 7.2 | 38,950 | 8.2 | 13,273 | 16,520 | +24.5 |
Social security funds | 176,328 | 36.7 | 143,728 | 30.2 | 82,760 | 68,645 | -17.1 |
Other asset transfers | 1,256 | 0.3 | 1,707 | 0.4 | 652 | 955 | +46.5 |
Investment expenditure | 46,211 | 9.6 | 71,475 | 15.0 | 13,179 | 17,961 | +36.3 |
Financial assistance | 39,664 | 8.3 | 63,378 | 13.3 | 11,435 | 16,451 | +43.9 |
Grants and subsidies | 34,001 | 7.1 | 41,360 | 8.7 | 7,362 | 9,214 | +25.2 |
Loans, guarantees | 3,560 | 0.7 | 20,641 | 4.3 | 4,073 | 7,221 | +77.3 |
Acquisition of holdings; capital contributions | 2,103 | 0.4 | 1,377 | 0.3 | 0 | 16 | X |
Fixed asset investment | 6,546 | 1.4 | 8,097 | 1.7 | 1,744 | 1,510 | -13.4 |
Construction projects | 4,053 | 0.8 | 5,311 | 1.1 | 993 | 830 | -16.4 |
Acquisition of movable assets | 2,303 | 0.5 | 2,631 | 0.6 | 738 | 650 | -11.9 |
Acquisition of real property | 190 | 0.0 | 154 | 0.0 | 13 | 29 | +123.1 |
General reduction/increase in expenditure | 0 | 0.0 | -6,872 | -1.4 | 0 | 0 | X |
Total expenditure¹ | 480,688 | 100.0 | 476,291 | 100.0 | 191,191 | 189,778 | -0.7 |
| 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. Source: Federal Ministry of Finance | |||||||