Expenditure on social protection and debt management increased general government expenditure in 2023
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release | General government expenditure by function 2023According to Statistics Finland's data, consolidated total general government expenditure was 55.8 per cent relative to gross domestic product in 2023. Due to the wellbeing services county reform, the figures on local government are not comparable with the previous year. Of the expenditure of central government and social security funds, expenditure on social protection and defence grew most.
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- The methodological changes related to the wellbeing services county reform cause a break in the time series of local government sector data between 2022 and 2023.
- Compared to the previous year, expenditure related to old age and public debt management grew most in absolute terms of the expenditure of central government and social security funds.
- In percentages, the expenditure of central government and social security funds grew most in the functions of housing and defence.
- The time series of the statistics has been corrected starting from 2010.
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General government expenditure by function [online publication].
Reference period: 2023. ISSN=1798-0828. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 26.12.2024].
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