Component 5: Non-defensive public expenditures on health and education

Definition

Fifty percent of public spending on health and education are considered as a contribution to social welfare (in prices of 2010).

Effect on the NWI:

Description and meaning of the component

A significant amount of public expenditure is defensive in nature: the money is spent to avoid deterioration of social welfare.

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Development of the component

Non-defensive public expenditures on health and education

(prices of 2010)

billion Euro

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source: Statistisches Bundesamt, graphic account by FEST/FFU