Is the budget actually spent?
This year’s central government budget and how much has been spent so far, month by month, with the data published every month by the State Comptroller (IGAE).
- This year’s budget
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- Spent so far
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- A year earlier, at this point
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How fast it is spent
Share of the budget already spent at the end of each month, this year and last.
By type of spending
How much of each type has been spent. The line marks the share of the year that has gone by: a bar below it is behind the calendar.
What for
By spending policy: healthcare, defence, infrastructure, research…
Who spends it
By ministry and other bodies. Tap one to see its programmes, or search for a programme. Names are the official ones, in Spanish.
How to read it
Budget means the final appropriations: what was approved for the year plus the changes made since January. In 2026 the 2023 budget, rolled over, is still in force.
Spent means recognised obligations: what the State already owes because the work has been done or the entitlement recognised. Almost all of it is paid within days.
The pace is not the same all year. Salaries and pensions are paid every month, but investment and many transfers bunch up at the end. That is why the fair comparison is with the same month of the previous year.
What is not included: this is only the central government budget. Social Security, the regions and local councils are not included, and they spend most of healthcare, education and pensions. The headline figures are non-financial operations: excluding purchases of financial assets and debt repayments, which move money but are not spending.