Trends in federal expenditure by function

Trends in federal expenditure by function

Actual 2018

2019 target

Actual

Year-on-year

change
(year to date)

January to

September 2018

January to

September 2019

in €m

share in %

in €m

share in %

in €m

in %
General public services

80,341

 23.9

89,945

 25.2

54,363

60,845

11.9

Economic cooperation and development

9,245

 2.7

10,163

 2.9

4,550

4,985

9.5

Defence

38,303

 11.4

42,649

 12.0

26,492

29,590

11.7

Government, central administration

16,897

 5.0

19,039

 5.3

13,074

14,190

8.5

Revenue administration

4,755

 1.4

5,329

 1.5

3,354

3,756

12.0
Education, science, research, cultural affairs

23,071

 6.9

25,696

 7.2

13,990

14,812

5.9

Support for school and university students and training programme participants

3,498

 1.0

4,062

 1.1

2,503

2,308

-7.8

Science, research and development outside of higher education institutions

12,861

 3.8

14,444

 4.1

7,198

7,999

11.1
Social security, family affairs and youth, labour market policy

172,190

 51.1

179,537

 50.4

135,665

140,033

3.2

Social insurance including unemployment insurance

114,730

 34.1

119,249

 33.5

92,909

96,132

3.5

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General pension insurance

85,190

 25.3

89,173

 25.0

69,941

72,938

4.3

Labour market policy

36,810

 10.9

37,631

 10.6

27,129

27,100

-0.1

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic income support for jobseekers under Book II of the Social Code

20,543

 6.1

20,600

 5.8

15,818

15,419

-2.5

Government housing and heating allowances under Book II of the Social Code

7,023

 2.1

6,700

 1.9

5,073

4,906

-3.3

Family assistance, welfare services, etc.

8,970

 2.7

9,191

 2.6

6,797

7,007

3.1

Social benefits for the consequences of war and political events

1,830

 0.5

2,098

0.6

1,477

1,629

10.3

Health, environment, sport, recreation

2,477

 0.7

3,720

1.0

1,474

1,720

16.6

Housing, urban development, regional planning and local community services

2,947

 0.9

3,783

1.1

1,861

2,070

11.2

Housing, home ownership savings premium

2,202

 0.7

2,785

0.8

1,622

1,800

10.9
Food, agriculture and forestry

1,087

 0.3

1,423

0.4

394

566

43.6

Energy and water management, trade and services

4,316

 1.3

5,100

1.4

2,612

2,840

8.7

Regional support measures

694

 0.2

1,304

0.4

327

425

30.0

Mining, manufacturing and construction

1,411

 0.4

1,403

0.4

1,213

1,159

-4.5
Transport and communication

21,943

 6.5

22,134

6.2

13,723

14,652

6.8

Roads

10,620

 3.2

10,790

3.0

6,524

7,154

9.7

Railways and public transport

6,903

 2.1

6,267

1.8

3,957

4,242

7.2
Financial management

28,339

 8.4

25,062

7.0

23,249

18,891

-18.7

Interest expenditure and borrowing-related expenditure

16,451

 4.9

17,533

4.9

15,661

12,343

-21.2
Total expenditure 1

336,710

 100.0

356,400

 100.0

247,331

256,429

3.7

1 Excluding expenditure from internal offsetting.
Source: Federal Ministry of Finance
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