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General State Budgets 2016

On October 30, 2015, the Law 48/2015, of October 29, on General State Budgets for the year 2016, which will enter into force on 1 January of that year.

In the following link you can consult all the documentation of the General State Budgets 2016.

For the year 2016, the Consolidated General Budgets of the State (State and its Autonomous Bodies, Social Security and other public bodies) amount to 351,856 million euros, equivalent to 31% of GDP.

The distribution of Spending Policies, in millions of euros, is as follows:

Policy of expenditure Millions of euros €
Justice 1.604
Defence 5.734
Citizen security and penitentiary institutions 7.904
Foreign policy 1,478
Pensions 135,449
Other economic benefits 11.686
Social services and social promotion 2,296
Promotion of employment 5.215
Unemployment 19.621
Access to housing and building development 587
Management and administration of Social Security 5.990
Health 4,000
Education 2,484
Culture 807
Agriculture, fishing and food 7.403
Industry and energy 5,457
Trade, tourism and SMEs 983
Transport subsidies 1,424
Infrastructures 6.049
Research, development and civil innovation 5,793
Research, development and military innovation 632
Other actions of an economic nature 665
Senior Management 634
Services of a general nature 33,998
Financial and tax administration 1.6567
Transfers to other Public Administrations 48,816
Public debt 33,490
Total 351,856

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Distribution by large areas of expenditure

'Grandes áreas de gasto. Presupuestos 2016

Basic Public Services

  • Justice
  • Defence
  • Citizen Security and Correctional Institutions
  • Foreign Policy

Social Spending

  • ACTIONS OF PROTECTION AND SOCIAL PROMOTION:
    • Pensions
    • Other Economic Benefits
    • Social Services and Social Promotion
    • Promotion of employment
    • Unemployment
    • Access to Housing and Building Development
    • Social Security Management and Administration
  • PRODUCTION OF PUBLIC GOODS OF PREFERENTIAL CHARACTER:
    • Health
    • Education
    • Culture

Actions of an Economic nature

  • Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
  • Industry and Energy
  • Commerce, Tourism and P.Y.M.E.S.
  • transportation regulations
  • Infrastructures
  • Research, Development and Civil Innovation
  • Research, Development and Military Innovation
  • Other Actions of Economic Nature

Actions of a social nature

  • Senior Management
  • Services of General Character
  • Financial and Tax Administration
  • Transfers to other Public Administrations
  • Public debt
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