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Where the State’s money goes in 2026

The State Budget for 2026 says, euro by euro, where the money goes. Of every hundred euros, 17,07source · calculated go to health, 13,73source · calculated to social protection, 10,91source · calculated to education and 11,77source · calculated to economic affairs. The largest share, 33,18source · calculated, is general public services, where the classification of functions counts the interest on the debt and the transfers between levels of government.

By function

The ten functions, of every hundred euros
  1. general public services33,18
  2. health17,07
  3. social protection13,73
  4. economic affairs11,77
  5. education10,91
  6. public order and safety5,27
  7. defence3,25
  8. environmental protection2,29
  9. housing and community amenities1,47
  10. recreation, culture and religion1,05
The figures in this chart

Defence takes 3,25source · calculated, public order and safety 5,27source · calculated, environmental protection 2,29source · calculated, housing and community amenities 1,47source · calculated and recreation, culture and religion 1,05source · calculated.

By ministry

Seen by ministry, the largest is the Ministry of Finance, with 60,12source · calculated of every hundred euros, 211 891 565 579 eurossource · Entidade Orçamental; then come the Ministry of Health (13,28source · calculated), the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (10,69source · calculated) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (4,16source · calculated).

The sixteen ministries, of every hundred euros
  1. Ministry of Finance60,12
  2. Ministry of Health13,28
  3. Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security10,69
  4. Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation4,16
  5. Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing2,87
  6. General State Charges2,19
  7. Ministry of Economy and Territorial Cohesion1,68
  8. Ministry of National Defence1,09
  9. Ministry of Internal Administration0,94
  10. Ministry of Environment and Energy0,88
  11. Ministry of Justice0,70
  12. Ministry of Agriculture and the Sea0,59
  13. Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport0,30
  14. Presidency of the Council of Ministers0,29
  15. Ministry of Foreign Affairs0,17
  16. Ministry of State Reform0,05
The figures in this chart

The two counts do not match because they measure different things: the count by function adds up what central government spends on each purpose, such as health or education, without financial transactions or transfers between its own services; the count by ministry is each ministry’s budget, including financial transactions and transfers between State services.

What has been spent this year

By August 2026, central government and social security had spent 80 464,5 million eurossource · Entidade Orçamental and taken in 79 618,7 millionsource · Entidade Orçamental; the programmes that spent the most were Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (17 636,8 millionsource · Entidade Orçamental), Health (11 822,6source · Entidade Orçamental) and Finance (5 337,6source · Entidade Orçamental).

Debt and the balance

At the end of 2025, public debt was worth 89,7 %source · Eurostat of what the country produces in a year, above the 81,7 %source · Eurostat average of the European Union, and the public accounts closed the year with a balance of 0,7 %source · Eurostat of output, a surplus (it took in more than it spent).

What this does not say

The budget is a forecast: what is actually spent is read in the budget execution, month by month, and August’s is above. Missing here is the cost of the interest on the debt, which the Budget also forecasts and which these figures do not show. The detail by programme and by ministry, with the source of each figure, is in each one’s receipt, one tap away.

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