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Provincial councils. Budget. By areas and expenditure policies

Provincial councils. Budget. By areas and expenditure policies Catalonia
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Expenditure 2,167.56 2,051.41 1,833.37 1,786.83 1,634.03 1,624.95 1,591.21 1,571.57 1,540.05 1,444.61 1,392.19 1,088.57 1,095.82 942.39 992.27 1,085.83
1. Basic public services 198.81 166.33 132.59 92.82 85.96 127.67 116.05 108.02 97.02 82.79 98.94 135.91 102.31 80.69 92.08 100.74
Public safety and mobility 2.19 1.24 0.45 1.27 0.84 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.45
Housing and urban planning 77.93 40.95 23.91 22.30 26.24 52.30 40.99 43.58 43.77 27.09 44.60 50.95 23.30 12.16 27.71 22.42
Community well-being 2.50 2.69 0.18 0.04 0.97 3.37 3.85 4.23 0.08 0.03 0.03 36.40 33.63 27.35 20.40 25.42
Environment 116.19 121.44 108.05 69.21 57.91 71.51 71.21 60.21 53.04 55.65 54.31 48.56 45.38 41.18 43.97 52.45
2. Social protection and promotion actions 169.31 165.47 149.29 145.01 134.98 114.61 115.72 133.24 128.01 128.41 87.04 84.98 77.91 65.99 72.04 78.54
Pensions 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.12 0.12 0.10 0.10 0.12 0.13 0.17 0.19 0.19 0.19 1.83 2.30 2.36
Other financial benefits for employees 7.40 7.27 7.25 7.25 6.66 6.00 5.50 5.25 5.04 4.79 6.74 3.15 3.15 3.53 3.26 2.73
Social services and social promotion 134.00 127.80 115.37 109.12 99.05 84.37 86.60 87.76 82.91 104.71 66.28 62.73 66.32 53.02 55.93 60.12
Employment development 27.90 30.38 26.64 28.53 29.15 24.14 23.52 40.12 39.93 18.74 13.83 18.91 8.25 7.60 10.55 13.33
3. Production of permanent public assets 345.71 345.85 298.99 278.81 259.98 308.21 279.91 292.78 276.24 244.98 232.22 223.44 193.79 188.18 209.05 234.18
Health 67.76 60.82 54.02 49.43 46.81 48.50 46.41 45.48 46.73 41.15 46.53 37.43 38.99 31.53 34.22 33.38
Education 86.20 79.04 76.25 71.04 74.43 91.86 75.53 102.98 97.78 88.75 73.84 62.67 41.57 58.32 61.62 66.36
Culture 156.13 177.88 150.28 139.50 119.30 142.20 130.29 120.83 107.76 99.41 94.68 100.93 98.64 89.95 100.51 117.61
Sport 35.63 28.11 18.44 18.83 19.43 25.65 27.68 23.50 23.97 15.67 17.17 22.41 14.59 8.37 12.71 16.83
4. Financial actions 301.98 309.13 289.39 260.78 235.42 244.81 230.19 214.06 197.41 180.82 167.15 128.80 125.55 98.64 116.97 148.78
Agriculture, livestock and fishing 7.57 7.82 5.30 6.76 11.85 14.07 9.16 6.87 0.84 0.73 0.74 0.83 0.60 1.06 0.55 0.90
Industry and energy 0.14 5.94 6.10 2.61 0.20 0.54 0.66 1.18 0.17 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.14 0.00
Trade, tourism and small and medium enterprises 84.11 86.86 78.03 67.02 64.75 76.75 71.25 61.22 56.84 53.28 43.97 42.30 37.93 33.66 41.05 64.62
Public transport 0.18 0.19 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.17 0.20 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.15 0.15 3.80 5.09
Infrastructures 138.05 140.85 136.65 126.44 105.96 97.66 88.62 95.59 86.55 85.35 86.03 72.69 76.49 54.33 60.19 65.42
Research, development and innovation 3.80 4.06 5.16 5.29 2.47 2.34 2.22 2.05 2.62 2.33 2.13 0.78 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00
Other financial actions 68.13 63.41 58.00 52.51 50.04 53.28 58.08 46.96 50.21 38.92 34.09 12.02 9.59 9.44 11.24 12.75
9. General actions 1,146.38 1,058.14 957.39 1,002.18 911.41 802.04 816.11 781.23 790.86 749.91 748.40 444.34 516.80 419.39 398.97 435.98
Organs of governance 42.56 39.38 33.92 31.20 28.66 29.56 28.29 29.14 31.74 31.16 25.21 23.35 25.77 25.33 27.38 29.80
General services 274.13 252.18 225.34 224.60 205.16 203.02 185.54 179.96 162.16 166.94 165.79 149.76 153.16 147.50 165.02 157.64
Financial and tax administration 572.76 541.10 515.37 504.89 492.03 469.01 454.80 449.61 453.86 390.88 350.49 131.60 130.32 120.10 124.64 129.39
Transfers to public administrations 256.93 225.48 182.76 241.49 185.57 100.45 147.48 122.51 143.09 160.92 206.90 139.64 207.55 126.45 81.93 115.28
0. Public debt 5.37 6.49 5.72 7.23 6.29 27.60 33.22 42.25 50.51 57.68 58.43 71.10 79.47 89.51 103.16 87.60
Units: Million euros.
Source:
2010-2023: Ministry of the Presidency.
2024-2025: Ministry of the Presidency. General Directorate of Local Administration.
Notes:
Consolidated data by General Administration and Autonomous Organisations.
From 2010, the data in the classification by programmes cannot be compared with that of previous years due to a change in standards. (Order EHA/3565/2008, of December 3, which passed the budget structure of local entities).

Last update: May 18, 2026.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Local administration
The part of Public administration made up of minor political bodies of a territorial nature.
Local council
Organ that governs and administrates a province.
Budget
Expression of the accounts for the economic plans of the public sector for a certain period of time (generally one year). Every public entity of a legal nature makes its own budget which shows, in disaggregated form, the corresponding forecasts for income and limitations of expenditure. Depending on the different phases, the budget may be:

Methodological aspects

In terms of Local administration, the preventive budgets are presented for the four Catalan provinces, the budgets for county councils, by chapters and counties, and the aggregated budgets of all local councils by chapters and functions. Also included is county data for the rustic and urban property taxes.

Les dades de la classificació per programes a partir de 2010 no són comparables amb les d'anys anteriors per un canvi de normativa (Ordre EHA/3565/2008, de 3 de desembre, per la que s'aprova l'estructura dels pressupostos de les entitats locals).

Recently, Law 23/2010, of July 22, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas with the incorporation of the Penedès region. This new territorial area includes the counties of Alt Penedès, l'Anoia, el Baix Penedès and el Garraf. In consequence, the territorial boundaries of the area of Metropolità, Comarques centrals and Camp de Tarragona are modified, and their data is therefore not directly comparable with previous years.