Trends in federal expenditure by function
General public services |
95,479 |
21.6 |
103,911 |
19.0 |
72,088 |
75,578 |
+4.8 | |
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Economic cooperation and development |
12,127 |
2.7 |
12,324 |
2.3 |
6,960 |
7,594 |
+9.1 | |
Defence |
45,471 |
10.3 |
47,019 |
8.6 |
34,433 |
35,807 |
+4.0 | |
Government, central administration |
19,199 |
4.3 |
22,707 |
4.1 |
16,205 |
17,309 |
+6.8 | |
Revenue administration |
5,342 |
1.2 |
5,922 |
1.1 |
4,327 |
4,772 |
+10.3 | |
Education, science, research, cultural affairs |
28,645 |
6.5 |
31,829 |
5.8 |
17,601 |
19,522 |
+10.9 | |
Support for school and university students and training programme participants |
6,045 |
1.4 |
5,182 |
0.9 |
2,863 |
4,182 |
+46.1 | |
Science, research and development outside of higher education institutions |
15,236 |
3.4 |
18,207 |
3.3 |
9,624 |
10,055 |
+4.5 | |
Social security, family affairs and youth, labour market policy |
218,365 |
49.4 |
284,649 |
52.0 |
188,504 |
241,136 |
+27.9 | |
Social security funds including unemployment insurance |
129,829 |
29.4 |
134,149 |
24.5 |
115,208 |
133,681 |
+16.0 | |
of which: |
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General pension insurance |
93,004 |
21.1 |
97,401 |
17.8 |
83,937 |
87,871 |
+4.7 | |
Health insurance |
15,884 |
3.6 |
19,010 |
3.5 |
13,160 |
16,071 |
+22.1 | |
Unemployment insurance |
6,913 |
1.6 |
3,350 |
0.6 |
5,617 |
17,385 |
+209.5 | |
Labour market policy |
40,876 |
9.3 |
45,360 |
8.3 |
31,855 |
35,118 |
+10.2 | |
of which: |
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Basic income support for jobseekers under Book II of the Social Code |
20,658 |
4.7 |
23,700 |
4.3 |
17,508 |
18,614 |
+6.3 | |
Government housing and heating allowances under Book II of the Social Code |
10,097 |
2.3 |
11,200 |
2.0 |
6,504 |
8,555 |
+31.5 | |
Family assistance, welfare services, etc. |
10,343 |
2.3 |
11,395 |
2.1 |
8,667 |
9,234 |
+6.5 | |
Social benefits for the consequences of war and political events |
2,039 |
0.5 |
2,269 |
0.4 |
1,730 |
1,749 |
+1.1 | |
Other social affairs |
24,149 |
5.5 |
79,621 |
14.5 |
21,345 |
51,276 |
+140.2 | |
Health, environment, sport, recreation |
19,001 |
4.3 |
25,114 |
4.6 |
16,543 |
12,336 |
-25.4 | |
Housing, urban development, regional planning and local community services |
1,783 |
0.4 |
2,972 |
0.5 |
969 |
1,239 |
+27.9 | |
Housing, home ownership savings premium |
893 |
0.2 |
1,675 |
0.3 |
637 |
882 |
+38.4 | |
Food, agriculture and forestry |
1,469 |
0.3 |
2,611 |
0.5 |
605 |
1,070 |
+76.9 | |
Energy and water management, trade and services |
5,509 |
1.2 |
14,620 |
2.7 |
4,359 |
4,061 |
-6.8 | |
Regional support measures |
1,400 |
0.3 |
2,968 |
0.5 |
786 |
894 |
+13.8 | |
Mining, manufacturing and construction |
2,316 |
0.5 |
1,491 |
0.3 |
2,227 |
606 |
-72.8 | |
Transport and communication |
22,961 |
5.2 |
33,683 |
6.1 |
16,409 |
17,792 |
+8.4 | |
Roads |
9,791 |
2.2 |
9,815 |
1.8 |
6,841 |
5,546 |
-18.9 | |
Railways and public transport |
8,156 |
1.8 |
16,321 |
3.0 |
5,690 |
6,684 |
+17.5 | |
Financial management |
48,585 |
11.0 |
48,336 |
8.8 |
17,352 |
28,607 |
+64.9 | |
Interest expenditure and borrowing-related expenditure |
6,457 |
1.5 |
10,267 |
1.9 |
4,712 |
4,344 |
-7.8 | |
Total expenditure² |
441,798 |
100.0 |
547,726 |
100.0 |
334,428 |
401,340 |
+20.0 | |
¹ Supplementary budget pursuant to the Act Adopting a Supplement to the Federal Budget for the 2021 Fiscal Year (Gesetz über die Feststellung eines Nachtrags zum Bundeshaushaltsplan für das Haushaltsjahr 2021) of 3 June 2021 (Federal Law Gazette I No 29, p. 1410). | ||||||||
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