Government Finance Statistics; key figures 1987 - 2013
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Table explanation
This table contains information on the finances of the general government sector. The terms and definitions used are in accordance with the framework of the national accounts. The national accounts are based on the international definitions of the European System of Accounts (ESA 1995). In some cases the terms from the national accounts are replaced by everyday descriptions of revenue and expenditure transactions. In these cases the corresponding term from the national accounts is given in the explanation.
Data available from:
Yearly figures from 1987 to 2013, quarterly figures from 2005 to 2013.
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite from 1987 onwards. The figures for the most recent years and quarters are provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.
Changes as of June 25th 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
This table is replaced by table Government Finance Statistics; key figures. See paragraph 3.
Description topics
- Key figures (million euros)
- Some important figures on government finance statistics.
- Expenditure
- Expenditure of the general government sector.
- Total expenditure
- Expenditure of the general government sector.
- Compensation of employees
- Remuneration paid by employers to their employees in return for work done. Employees are all residents and non-residents working in a paid job. It includes remuneration of people working in sheltered workplaces.
Compensation of employees is classified into:
- wages and salaries;
- employers' social contributions.
- Use of goods and services
- Goods and services used as inputs in a production process, which are transformed into new products at the end of the process, e.g. raw materials, semi-manufactured goods, services of accountants or cleaners, telephone costs.
This corresponds to the term ‘intermediate consumption’ as used in the national accounts.
- Social benefits
- Social benefits in cash or in kind, awarded to households to relieve the financial burden that result from certain risks and needs (such as illness, invalidity, disability, age, surviving relatives and unemployment).
Social benefits are divided into social benefits in cash and social benefits in kind.
- Gross fixed capital formation
- Expenditure for produced tangible or intangible assets that are used in the production process for more than one year.
Fixed capital formation also includes:
- work in progress of construction, e.g. unfinished dwellings, non-residential buildings and civil engineering works are recorded as fixed capital formation of the client.
- military structures and equipment, similar to those used by civilian producers, such as airfields and hospitals.
- improvements to existing fixed assets that go well beyond the requirements of ordinary maintenance and repairs.
- transfer costs of fixed assets, e.g. conveyance fees and costs made by real estate agents, architects and notaries.
- Other
- Other expenditure of the sector general government. E.g. paid interest, paid current transfers and capital transfers.
- Key figures (% of GDP)
- Some important figures on government finance statistics as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP).
The gross domestic product (market value) is the result of the productive activities of residential production units. It equals to the added value (basic prices) of all industries, completed with some transactions that cannot be attributed to industries.- Expenditure
- Expenditure of the general government sector.
- Total expenditure
- Expenditure of the general government sector.
- Compensation of employees
- Remuneration paid by employers to their employees in return for work done. Employees are all residents and non-residents working in a paid job. It includes remuneration of people working in sheltered workplaces.
Compensation of employees is classified into:
- wages and salaries;
- employers' social contributions.
- Use of goods and services
- Goods and services used as inputs in a production process, which are transformed into new products at the end of the process, e.g. raw materials, semi-manufactured goods, services of accountants or cleaners, telephone costs.
This corresponds to the term ‘intermediate consumption’ as used in the national accounts.
- Social benefits
- Social benefits in cash or in kind, awarded to households to relieve the financial burden that result from certain risks and needs (such as illness, invalidity, disability, age, surviving relatives and unemployment).
Social benefits are divided into social benefits in cash and social benefits in kind.
- Gross fixed capital formation
- Expenditure for produced tangible or intangible assets that are used in the production process for more than one year.
Fixed capital formation also includes:
- work in progress of construction, e.g. unfinished dwellings, non-residential buildings and civil engineering works are recorded as fixed capital formation of the client.
- military structures and equipment, similar to those used by civilian producers, such as airfields and hospitals.
- improvements to existing fixed assets that go well beyond the requirements of ordinary maintenance and repairs.
- transfer costs of fixed assets, e.g. conveyance fees and costs made by real estate agents, architects and notaries.
- Other
- Other expenditure of the sector general government. E.g. paid interest, paid current transfers and capital transfers.