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Headline data

Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
Year Value Units
2021 71.8 %
2012 69.3 %
2018 70.7 %
2019 70.8 %
2020 71.6 %
2016 70.2 %
2022 69.6 %
2014 69.7 %
2015 69.9 %
2017 69.7 %

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
Target

1.a Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
Goal

1- End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Definition

Proportion of public administration spending in the Basque Country dedicated to essential services: education, health, and social protection (functional groups 09, 07, and 10 of the Classification of Government Functions (COFOG), used internationally to classify the purposes of government activities)
Theoretical formula \[PE_{t} = \frac{TE_{t} + TH_{t} + TS_{t}}{TG_{t}} \cdot 100\]

donde:

$PE_{t}$ = Government expenditure on essential services (education, health, and social protection) as a percentage of total government expenditure in the fiscal year $t$

$TE_{t}$ = total government expenditure on education in the fiscal year $t$

$TH_{t}$ = total government expenditure on health in the fiscal year $t$

$TS_{t}$ = total government expenditure on social protection in the fiscal year $t$

$TG_{t}$ = total government expenditure in the fiscal year $t$
Available disaggregations

Essential services
Frequency

Annual
Observations

The indicator is calculated for the general government, which includes different governmental units: central government, regional government, regional governments, and local governments.

The Classification of Functions of Government (COFOG), developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistics Division, structures public expenditure into 10 functional groups:

  • 01 General public services
  • 02 Defence
  • 03 Public order and safety
  • 04 Economic affairs
  • 05 Environmental protection
  • 06 Housing and community services
  • 07 Health
  • 08 Leisure, culture and religion
  • 09 Education
  • 10 Social Protection
Data last updated 2025/04/22
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

Source 1

Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Organisation Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Periodicity Biennial
Link to data source Education Account

Source 2

Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Organisation Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Periodicity Annual
Link to data source Public Administration Accounts

Source 3

Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Organisation Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Periodicity Biennial
Link to data source Health Account

Source 4

Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Organisation Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Periodicity Annual
Link to data source Social Welfare Account

Source 5

Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Organisation Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Periodicity Annual
Link to data source Public Sector Budgetary Statistics

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

The indicator is used to assess government’s expenditure on essential services (education, health and social protection) relative to the amount of total government spending. Since it comes from an international framework, the GFSM 2014, it provides analysts with a cross-country comparable dataset and ensures establishing robust analytical findings to support SDG monitoring using fiscal data.

A high proportion of government expenditure on essential services (education, health and social protection) demonstrates a high government priority for these functions of spending.

For reporting this indicator, general government is considered the most appropriate level of institutional coverage as it will encompass relevant government units, including local governments, since in many countries descentralization of these categories of expense are to be considered. A country may have one central government; several state, provincial, or regional governments; and many local governments, and the GFSM 2014 recommends that statistics should be compiled for all such general government units.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The indicator available in the Basque Country uses the COFOG classification, which does not comply with the metadata of the United Nations indicator but provides similar information. The global indicator uses the Manual of Government Finance Statistics (GFSM), where the concept of expenditure is applied slightly differently.
International results

Proportion of total public expenditure on essential services (%) SG_XPD_ESSRV UNSTATS

Proportion of total public expenditure on essential services, social protection (%) SG_XPD_PROT UNSTATS

Proportion of total public expenditure on essential services, education (%) SG_XPD_EDUC UNSTATS

Proportion of total public expenditure on essential services, health (%) SG_XPD_HLTH UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 1-a-2 (1).pdf

Metadata 1-a-2 (2).pdf
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