Government expenditure and consumption; functions, transactions, sectors

Government expenditure and consumption; functions, transactions, sectors

Transactions Functions of general government Institutional sectors Periods Government expenditure and consumption (million euros)
Total government expenditure Total General government 1995 180,812
Total government expenditure Total General government 2000 195,393
Total government expenditure Total General government 2005 240,167
Total government expenditure Total General government 2010 314,223
Total government expenditure Total General government 2015 316,389
Total government expenditure Total General government 2018 334,143
Total government expenditure Total General government 2019 349,318
Total government expenditure Total General government 2020 390,377
Total government expenditure Total General government 2021 409,171
Total government expenditure Total General government 2022 429,746
Total government expenditure Total General government 2023* 461,217
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 1995 30,191
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2000 32,045
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2005 33,070
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2010 36,377
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2015 33,624
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2018 31,224
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2019 31,941
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2020 34,028
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2021 33,997
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2022 36,190
Total government expenditure 1. General public services General government 2023* 38,198
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 1995 18,208
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2000 15,977
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2005 12,873
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2010 12,599
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2015 10,457
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2018 7,971
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2019 7,418
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2020 6,753
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2021 5,889
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2022 6,096
Total government expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2023* 7,271
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 1995 6,090
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2000 6,601
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2005 6,719
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2010 8,133
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2015 7,697
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2018 8,664
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2019 10,151
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2020 10,821
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2021 11,177
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2022 12,818
Total government expenditure 2. Defence General government 2023* 14,355
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 1995 4,642
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2000 6,722
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2005 9,503
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2010 12,365
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2015 13,005
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2018 14,111
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2019 14,925
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2020 16,020
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2021 16,883
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2022 17,909
Total government expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2023* 19,484
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 1995 16,891
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2000 23,418
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2005 28,018
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2010 37,182
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2015 30,724
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2018 33,017
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2019 34,111
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2020 54,237
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2021 55,257
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2022 55,970
Total government expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2023* 54,626
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 1995 5,289
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2000 6,692
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2005 8,620
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2010 10,347
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2015 9,354
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2018 10,685
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2019 11,136
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2020 11,978
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2021 12,519
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2022 13,767
Total government expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2023* 15,753
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 1995 18,062
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2000 2,643
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2005 2,410
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2010 4,307
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2015 3,454
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2018 3,419
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2019 3,870
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2020 3,822
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2021 4,501
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2022 6,193
Total government expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2023* 6,287
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 1995 15,432
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2000 20,930
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2005 29,529
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2010 49,575
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2015 53,261
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2018 56,886
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2019 59,868
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2020 66,321
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2021 73,736
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2022 71,321
Total government expenditure 7. Health General government 2023* 74,926
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 1995 4,036
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2000 5,797
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2005 7,649
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2010 9,578
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2015 8,704
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2018 9,566
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2019 9,621
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2020 10,041
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2021 10,410
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2022 11,154
Total government expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2023* 11,927
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 1995 16,890
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2000 21,506
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2005 28,425
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2010 36,006
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2015 36,290
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2018 39,141
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2019 40,534
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2020 41,739
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2021 44,201
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2022 48,326
Total government expenditure 9. Education General government 2023* 52,289
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 1995 63,289
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2000 69,039
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2005 86,224
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2010 110,353
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2015 120,276
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2018 127,430
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2019 133,161
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2020 141,370
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2021 146,490
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2022 156,098
Total government expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2023* 173,372
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 1995 21,772
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2000 23,729
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2005 30,415
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2010 34,255
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2015 31,954
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2018 34,173
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2019 35,899
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2020 38,111
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2021 39,540
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2022 41,788
Total government expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2023* 47,509
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 1995 20,049
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2000 23,465
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2005 30,109
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2010 39,546
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2015 45,035
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2018 48,425
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2019 50,857
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2020 53,469
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2021 56,176
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2022 58,010
Total government expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2023* 63,215
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 1995 6,034
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2000 5,276
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2005 7,109
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2010 8,091
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2015 10,413
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2018 7,943
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2019 7,568
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2020 8,045
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2021 7,294
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2022 6,100
Total government expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2023* 6,932
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 1995 73,583
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2000 92,704
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2005 123,401
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2010 168,710
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2015 173,811
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2018 190,649
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2019 202,262
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2020 209,743
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2021 226,371
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2022 241,898
P3 Final consumption expenditure Total General government 2023* 264,091
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 1995 5,107
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2000 6,321
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2005 7,928
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2010 9,845
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2015 9,612
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2018 10,191
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2019 10,958
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2020 11,497
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2021 11,700
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2022 11,736
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1. General public services General government 2023* 12,846
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 1995 575
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2000 428
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2005 413
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2010 513
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2015 1,086
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2018 841
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2019 972
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2020 1,094
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2021 1,048
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2022 446
P3 Final consumption expenditure 1.7 Public debt transactions General government 2023* -38
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 1995 6,312
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2000 6,501
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2005 7,121
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2010 7,596
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2015 7,657
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2018 8,506
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2019 8,999
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2020 9,058
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2021 9,283
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2022 10,442
P3 Final consumption expenditure 2. Defence General government 2023* 11,550
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 1995 4,179
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2000 5,996
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2005 8,754
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2010 11,322
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2015 12,096
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2018 13,398
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2019 14,078
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2020 15,077
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2021 16,001
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2022 16,959
P3 Final consumption expenditure 3. Public order and safety General government 2023* 18,424
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 1995 8,471
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2000 10,273
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2005 12,265
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2010 14,131
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2015 14,779
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2018 16,152
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2019 16,926
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2020 18,533
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2021 20,005
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2022 21,973
P3 Final consumption expenditure 4. Economic affairs General government 2023* 24,520
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 1995 2,648
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2000 3,372
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2005 4,442
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2010 5,694
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2015 6,110
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2018 6,720
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2019 7,020
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2020 7,440
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2021 7,822
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2022 8,645
P3 Final consumption expenditure 5. Environmental protection General government 2023* 9,837
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 1995 1,548
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2000 1,869
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2005 2,327
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2010 3,036
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2015 2,766
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2018 2,712
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2019 2,973
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2020 3,084
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2021 3,383
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2022 3,629
P3 Final consumption expenditure 6. Housing and community amenities General government 2023* 4,304
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 1995 14,557
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2000 19,775
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2005 27,687
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2010 45,948
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2015 48,701
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2018 52,291
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2019 55,253
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2020 55,638
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2021 63,716
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2022 64,466
P3 Final consumption expenditure 7. Health General government 2023* 68,975
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 1995 2,648
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2000 3,191
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2005 4,154
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2010 5,326
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2015 4,929
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2018 5,618
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2019 5,845
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2020 6,194
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2021 6,291
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2022 6,664
P3 Final consumption expenditure 8. Recreation, culture and religion General government 2023* 7,145
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 1995 13,611
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2000 16,949
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2005 23,175
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2010 30,076
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2015 30,240
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2018 32,810
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2019 34,327
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2020 35,657
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2021 37,574
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2022 42,035
P3 Final consumption expenditure 9. Education General government 2023* 44,731
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 1995 14,502
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2000 18,457
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2005 25,548
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2010 35,736
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2015 36,921
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2018 42,251
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2019 45,883
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2020 47,565
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2021 50,596
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2022 55,349
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10. Social protection General government 2023* 61,759
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 1995 5,840
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2000 7,730
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2005 11,212
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2010 13,292
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2015 11,236
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2018 12,715
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2019 13,728
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2020 14,218
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2021 15,085
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2022 16,310
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.1 Sickness and disability General government 2023* 17,917
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 1995 3,939
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2000 3,485
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2005 5,305
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2010 8,318
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2015 7,873
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2018 8,773
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2019 9,808
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2020 10,237
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2021 11,353
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2022 12,236
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.2 Old age General government 2023* 13,673
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 1995 749
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2000 867
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2005 1,374
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2010 1,700
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2015 1,749
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2018 1,634
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2019 1,743
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2020 1,815
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2021 1,931
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2022 1,914
P3 Final consumption expenditure 10.5 Unemployment General government 2023* 2,054
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains information on expenditure and consumption broken down into functions of the general government sector. The terms and definitions used are in accordance with the framework of National Accounts. National Accounts are based on the international definitions of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG 1999) is used for the classification of the functions. The second level function determines whether consumption of government is collective or individual. Small temporary differences with publications of National Accounts may occur due to the fact that government finance statistics are sometimes more up to date.

Data available from:
Yearly figures from 1995.

Status of the figures:
The figures for the period 1995-2022 are final. The figures for 2023 are provisional.

Changes as of 29 November 2024:
Annual figures for year 2023 are available.
The annual figures for 2022 are now final.
The annual figures for the period of 1995-2021 have been revised in the context of the revision policy of National accounts.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the second half of the year. Provisional figures will become final and final figures can be revised at the same time. More information on the revision policy of National Accounts can be found under 'relevant articles' under paragraph 3.

Description topics

Government expenditure and consumption
Government expenditure and final consumption expenditure.

Government expenditure consists of intermediate consumption, compensation of employees, interest, social benefits, social transfers in kind via market producers, paid subsidies, other current expenditure and capital expenditure.

Government final consumption expenditure is equal to the the total of their output plus the expenditure on products supplied to households via market producers minus the sales of goods and services. The output of government is equal to the sum of its costs of production: Compensation of employees, intermediate consumption, consumption of fixed capital, and taxes on production paid net of subsidies on production received.