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Trends in federal expenditure by function

Trends in federal expenditure by function

Trends in federal expenditure by function
	in €m	share in %	in €m	share in %	in €m		in %
	Actual 2019		2020 target¹		Actual		Year-on-year change (year to date)
	Actual 2019		2020 target¹		January to March 2019	January to March 2020	Year-on-year change (year to date)
Social benefits for the consequences of war and political events	1,902	0.6	1,947	0.4	555	595	7.3
¹Including supplementary budget in accordance with Bundestag decision of 27 March 2020. ²Excluding expenditure from internal offsetting.
Source: Federal Ministry of Finance
	General public services	88,153	25.7	94,670	19.5	20,157	21,116	4.8		Economic cooperation and development	9,994	2.9	10,776	2.2	1,701	1,997	17.4		Defence	41,944	12.2	44,849	9.3	9,671	10,162	5.1		Government, central administration	18,561	5.4	20,182	4.2	4,921	5,095	3.5		Revenue administration	5,115	1.5	5,492	1.1	1,203	1,273	5.8		Education, science, research, cultural affairs	23,825	6.9	26,576	5.5	4,001	4,771	19.2		Support for school and university students and training programme participants	3,367	1.0	4,917	1.0	936	1,078	15.2		Science, research and development outside of higher education institutions	13,567	4.0	15,170	3.1	1,650	2,262	37.1		Social security, family affairs and youth, labour market policy	177,133	51.6	243,895	50.3	51,320	52,690	2.7		Social insurance including unemployment insurance	118,997	34.7	123,243	25.4	36,552	37,773	3.3		of which:									General pension insurance	89,156	26.0	93,047	19.2	28,318	29,539	4.3		Labour market policy	36,427	10.6	45,780	9.4	8,892	8,989	1.1		of which:									Basic income support for jobseekers under Book II of the Social Code	20,025	5.8	26,400	5.4	5,371	5,211	-3.0		Government housing and heating allowances under Book II of the Social Code	6,458	1.9	9,000	1.9	1,574	1,562	-0.7		Family assistance, welfare services, etc.	9,252	2.7	10,499	2.2	2,339	2,464	5.4		Health, environment, sport, recreation	2,967	0.9	7,503	1.5	558	1,059	89.7		Housing, urban development, regional planning and local community services	3,194	0.9	2,547	0.5	587	249	-57.6		Housing, home ownership savings premium	2,380	0.7	1,411	0.3	495	163	-67.1		Food, agriculture and forestry	1,262	0.4	1,714	0.4	117	127	8.2		Energy and water management, trade and services	4,026	1.2	13,968	2.9	1,369	2,464	80.0		Regional support measures	948	0.3	2,797	0.6	98	158	61.1		Mining, manufacturing and construction	1,211	0.4	2,373	0.5	966	2,018	108.9		Transport and communication	22,243	6.5	23,197	4.8	3,698	3,944	6.6		Roads	10,888	3.2	9,445	1.9	1,614	1,620	0.3		Railways and public transport	6,794	2.0	8,887	1.8	1,042	1,255	20.4		Financial management	20,382	5.9	70,417	14.5	6,562	5,890	-10.2		Interest expenditure and borrowing-related expenditure	12,084	3.5	12,566	2.6	5,172	4,276	-17.3		Total expenditure²	343,186	100.0	484,487	100.0	88,370	92,308	4.5

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