Public budgets

Spain: public budget

What Spain's government raised and what it spent it on, from the figures its own budget laws or a statistics office publish. Solon places every figure on the same international classification, so it can be compared with any other place.

General government, 2025

Outturn: what came in and was spent

General government: central, state and local government and social security funds together, consolidated so that money passed between them is counted once, as Eurostat's government finance statistics (ESA 2010) count it.

Amounts in USD, converted from EUR at 2025's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue
$819.99B · 42.9% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−)
-$45.92B · -2.4% of GDP

Where the money comes from

Spain, 2025: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Spain, 2025: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
RowValue (%)ShareNote
Social contributions30.8$252.25B
Taxes on income and wealth30.4$249.34B
Taxes on sales, production and imports26.4$216.46B
Sales, fees and charges5.3$43.63B
Capital transfers and taxes received3.3$27.16B
Other transfers received2$16.61B
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)1.8$14.54B
Subsidies received0$0
Taxes on sales, production and imports$216.46B
Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it
Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it
RowValue (%)ShareNote
Value added tax59.7$129.3B
Not broken down, or fitting no category40.3$87.16B

Over the years

37.3 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99537 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99637.6 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99738.4 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99838.7 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99937.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00037.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00138.3 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00237.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00338.7 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00439.6 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00540.5 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00641.1 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00736.7 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00834.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00936.3 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01036.2 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01137.7 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01238.7 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01339 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01438.4 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01537.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01637.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01738.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01838.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01941.5 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02042.8 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02141.7 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02242.1 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02342.3 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02442.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02544.1 % of GDPSpending · 1,99542.9 % of GDPSpending · 1,99641.5 % of GDPSpending · 1,99741 % of GDPSpending · 1,99839.9 % of GDPSpending · 1,99939.1 % of GDPSpending · 2,00038.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,00138.6 % of GDPSpending · 2,00238.3 % of GDPSpending · 2,00338.8 % of GDPSpending · 2,00438.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,00538.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,00639.2 % of GDPSpending · 2,00741.3 % of GDPSpending · 2,00846.1 % of GDPSpending · 2,00945.8 % of GDPSpending · 2,01045.9 % of GDPSpending · 2,01149.2 % of GDPSpending · 2,01246.2 % of GDPSpending · 2,01345 % of GDPSpending · 2,01443.7 % of GDPSpending · 2,01542.1 % of GDPSpending · 2,01641 % of GDPSpending · 2,01741.5 % of GDPSpending · 2,01842 % of GDPSpending · 2,01951.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,02049.5 % of GDPSpending · 2,02146.3 % of GDPSpending · 2,02245.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,02345.5 % of GDPSpending · 2,024
Spain: revenue and spending, 1995–2025
Spain: revenue and spending, 1995–2025
PeriodRevenue (% of GDP)Spending (% of GDP)
1,99537.344.1
1,9963742.9
1,99737.641.5
1,99838.441
1,99938.739.9
2,00037.939.1
2,00137.938.4
2,00238.338.6
2,00337.938.3
2,00438.738.8
2,00539.638.4
2,00640.538.4
2,00741.139.2
2,00836.741.3
2,00934.946.1
2,01036.345.8
2,01136.245.9
2,01237.749.2
2,01338.746.2
2,0143945
2,01538.443.7
2,01637.942.1
2,01737.941
2,01838.941.5
2,01938.942
2,02041.551.4
2,02142.849.5
2,02241.746.3
2,02342.145.4
2,02442.345.5
2,02542.9
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