Trends in federal expenditure by economic category
Actual 2019 |
2020 target1 |
Actual |
Year-on-year change | ||||
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January to April 2019 |
January to April 2020 | ||||||
in €m |
share in % |
in €m |
share in % |
in €m |
in % | ||
Consumption expenditure |
305,120 |
88.9 |
385,591 |
79.6 |
106,832 |
126,652 |
+18.6 |
Human resources expenditure |
34,185 |
10.0 |
35,413 |
7.3 |
11,970 |
12,451 |
+4.0 |
Salary payments |
25,066 |
7.3 |
26,237 |
5.4 |
8,621 |
9,052 |
+5.0 |
Pensions |
9,119 |
2.7 |
9,175 |
1.9 |
3,349 |
3,399 |
+1.5 |
Operating expenditure |
33,135 |
9.7 |
37,835 |
7.8 |
8,244 |
9,302 |
+12.8 |
Administrative expenditure |
16,570 |
4.8 |
18,097 |
3.7 |
4,837 |
5,183 |
+7.2 |
Military procurement |
14,098 |
4.1 |
16,783 |
3.5 |
2,924 |
3,564 |
+21.9 |
Other |
2,467 |
0.7 |
2,955 |
0.6 |
483 |
556 |
+15.1 |
Interest expenditure |
11,911 |
3.5 |
12,557 |
2.6 |
5,884 |
4,167 |
-29.2 |
Ongoing grants and subsidies |
224,963 |
65.6 |
298,311 |
61.6 |
80,282 |
100,205 |
+24.8 |
to public administrations |
27,739 |
8.1 |
32,296 |
6.7 |
8,915 |
10,039 |
+12.6 |
to other areas |
197,224 |
57.5 |
266,014 |
54.9 |
71,367 |
90,166 |
+26.3 |
of which: |
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Companies |
29,955 |
8.7 |
83,208 |
17.2 |
9,201 |
25,128 |
+173.1 |
Pensions, benefits, etc. |
29,150 |
8.5 |
36,568 |
7.5 |
10,279 |
10,351 |
+0.7 |
Social security funds |
125,225 |
36.5 |
129,022 |
26.6 |
48,330 |
49,913 |
+3.3 |
Other asset transfers |
926 |
0.3 |
1,475 |
0.3 |
452 |
527 |
+16.6 |
Investment expenditure |
38,066 |
11.1 |
48,792 |
10.1 |
8,539 |
8,059 |
-5.6 |
Financial assistance |
26,882 |
7.8 |
37,072 |
7.7 |
6,335 |
5,406 |
-14.7 |
Grants and subsidies |
25,315 |
7.4 |
28,661 |
5.9 |
6,036 |
5,229 |
-13.4 |
Loans, guarantees |
794 |
0.2 |
7,285 |
1.5 |
160 |
175 |
+9.4 |
Acquisition of holdings; capital contributions |
774 |
0.2 |
1,125 |
0.2 |
139 |
2 |
-98.6 |
Fixed asset investment |
11,183 |
3.3 |
11,720 |
2.4 |
2,204 |
2,653 |
+20.4 |
Construction projects |
8,095 |
2.4 |
8,224 |
1.7 |
1,426 |
1,839 |
+29.0 |
Acquisition of movable assets |
2,281 |
0.7 |
2,735 |
0.6 |
628 |
682 |
+8.6 |
Acquisition of real property |
807 |
0.2 |
761 |
0.2 |
150 |
131 |
-12.7 |
General reduction/increase in expenditure |
0 |
0.0 |
50,105 |
10.3 |
0 |
0 |
X |
Total expenditure2 |
343,186 |
100.0 |
484,487 |
100.0 |
115,371 |
134,711 |
+16.8 |
1Including supplementary budget in accordance with Bundestag decision of 27 March 2020. 2Excluding expenditure from internal offsetting. Source: Federal Ministry of Finance |