Expenditure and revenue

Find out in detail about the government's rendering of accounts, through the General State Account, representing the final outturn of revenue and expenditure.

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Final Implementation Accounts Section containing graph.
Running the accounts
Balance between expenditure and revenue Section containing graph.
Expenditure and revenue in detail Section containing graph.
The Portuguese public debt
Evolution of the public debt percentage in relation to GDP Section containing graph.
Technically speaking...

From what stage of the budget cycle is this information?

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Result

The Government clears the final accounts of the budget and produces the General State Account, summarizing all the data on the execution of expenditure and revenue for the twelve months of the respective year.

State budget over the years

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2022

Final Implementation Accounts

Once the annual State Budget exercise is over, time is ripe to consolidate the public accounts and analyse the final numbers. Each year, the State Budget provides a certain outlook for financial development, and it is only in the General State Account that its real implementation can be discerned.

To help make it easier to read the key figures on the General State Account, below are its main and most important indicators.

The essential numbers on 2020 expenditure and revenue

The Central Administration ended the year with a revenue, a expenditure and a balance of...

59,04 billion €

Revenue

72,65 billion €

Expenditure

-13,61 billion €

Balance

Technically speaking...

The figures presented as revenue, expenditure and balance are actual numbers, with the State's financial liabilities and assets removed from the books.

It is crucial to add the Social Security balance to the Central Administration one (deficit when negative)...

Central administration

-13,61 billion €

Balance

Social Security

2,13 billion €

Balance

Central Administration + Social Security

-11,48 billion €

Balance

Technically speaking...

It should be made clear that the parliamentary discussion of the State Budget and its approval by the Assembly of the Republic centres on the forecast and actual balance of Central Administration and Social Security.

For a comprehensive overview of public accounts, integrating Regional and Local Administrations is also important...

Central Administration + Social Security

-11,48 billion €

Balance

Regional and Local Administrations

-151,3 million €

Balance

Public Administrations

-11,63 billion €

Balance

Technically speaking...

Whilst being separate budgets from the State Budget for Central Administration and Social Security, analysing public accounts should always include Regional and Local Administrations.

It is equally important in public accounts to keep track of all the adjustments for the year undertaken by Portugal...

Public Administrations

-11,63 billion €

Balance

Year adjustments

132,8 million €

Balance

Technically speaking...

By "adjustments for the year" is meant all the liabilities incurred in the same year. This item also includes other accounting adjustments required to arrive at the final balance.

The benchmark balance (deficit when negative) is the sum of the Public Administration balance and the figure representing the adjustments for the year...

Public Administrations

-11,63 billion €

Balance

Public Accounting

Year adjustments

132,8 million €

Balance

Public Administrations

-11,5 billion €

Balance

National Accounting

Technically speaking...

Two perspectives are possible when looking at the public accounts and the balance (deficit when negative) of the Public Administration: Public Accounting (referring to cash flows) and National Accounting (concerning the commitments and operations undertaken in a year).

If the budget has a deficit (negative balance), this figure increases the expected size of the Portuguese public debt...

€

11,5 billion €

2020 Deficit

270,49 billion €

Public debt of 2020

Technically speaking...

Public debt is the money accumulated over the years that the State owes abroad and to the country itself. To correctly incorporate the deficit into the public debt, the only way forward is to employ a National Accounts perspective, with all its technical implications. These data may be reviewed annually, in September, by the National Statistics Institute.

Running the accounts

By consolidating all the information relating to the annual balance of Portugal's accounts, the General State Account reflects the difference between the revenue obtained and the expenditure incurred.

Balance between expenditure and revenue

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Source DGO

Update 31.12.2022

Balance between expenditure and revenue

Table

Balance between expenditure and revenue
State Budget Year	Executed expenditure	Raised revenue
2020	72650200000 €	59036200000 €
2019	66522400000 €	62694100000 €

Balance between expenditure and revenue

Table

State Budget Year

2020

Executed expenditure

Raised revenue

State Budget Year

2019

Executed expenditure

Raised revenue

Source DGO

Update 31.12.2022

Expenditure and revenue in detail

Expenditure Revenue

Expenditure amount already executed

Chart

Source DGO

Update 31.12.2022

Expenditure amount already executed

Table

Expenditure amount already executed
Expenditure	Executed amount
Current transfers	29927400000 €
Expenditure on personnel	17983700000 €
Acquisition of current goods and services	10213600000 €
Interest and other credit charges	7419300000 €
Expenses with investments in assets (equipment, buildings)	2926600000 €
Transfers to investments	2588300000 €
Subsidies	783000000 €
Other Current expenditure	677900000 €
Other investment expenses	80300000 €
Consolidation accounting adjustments	50100000 €
Total	72650200000 €

Expenditure amount already executed

Table

Expenditure

Current transfers

Executed amount

Expenditure

Expenditure on personnel

Executed amount

Expenditure

Acquisition of current goods and services

Executed amount

Expenditure

Interest and other credit charges

Executed amount

Expenditure

Expenses with investments in assets (equipment, buildings)

Executed amount

Expenditure

Transfers to investments

Executed amount

Expenditure

Subsidies

Executed amount

Expenditure

Other Current expenditure

Executed amount

Expenditure

Other investment expenses

Executed amount

Expenditure

Consolidation accounting adjustments

Executed amount

Total

Executed amount

Source DGO

Update 31.12.2022

Revenue raised

Chart

Source DGO

Update 31.12.2022

Revenue raised

Table

Revenue raised
Revenue	Raised value
Indirect taxes	24628800000 €
Income taxes (IRS, IRC, IMI...)	19153900000 €
Contributions to Social Security, CGA e ADSE	4169600000 €
Current transfers	2952100000 €
Fees, fines and other penalties	2758300000 €
Acquisition of current goods and services	2513700000 €
Property income (interest, dividends, rent)	887100000 €
Transfers to investments	854600000 €
Other revenue	479000000 €
Recovery of overpayments from previous years	204700000 €
Money to be transferred to the European Union	203400000 €
Sale of state assets	144900000 €
State compensation and other revenue	68600000 €
Consolidation accounting adjustments	17500000 €
Total	59036200000 €

Revenue raised

Table

Revenue

Indirect taxes

Raised value

Revenue

Income taxes (IRS, IRC, IMI...)

Raised value

Revenue

Contributions to Social Security, CGA e ADSE

Raised value

Revenue

Current transfers

Raised value

Revenue

Fees, fines and other penalties

Raised value

Revenue

Acquisition of current goods and services

Raised value

Revenue

Property income (interest, dividends, rent)

Raised value

Revenue

Transfers to investments

Raised value

Revenue

Other revenue

Raised value

Revenue

Recovery of overpayments from previous years

Raised value

Revenue

Money to be transferred to the European Union

Raised value

Revenue

Sale of state assets

Raised value

Revenue

State compensation and other revenue

Raised value

Revenue

Consolidation accounting adjustments

Raised value

Total

Raised value

Source DGO

Update 31.12.2022

The Portuguese public debt

Public debt is among the most significant and widely cited indicators when it comes to assessing a country's financial soundness. Briefly, it reflects the percentage of debt that the country needs to incur to cover its expenses, when compared to its wealth output, express as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Whilst analysing this indicator in the General State Account, the percentage of public debt in relation to GDP, especially in a budgetary context, it is important to always bear in mind its evolution over time.