Health, sickness and disability — Social security · Budget

Hospitals + healthcare facilities, city medicine + outpatient care, care homes and services for dependent elderly and disabled people…: the 2nd largest of Social Security’s 5 branches in 2024.

312.8bn€

spent in 2024

40% of Social Security spending

What it pays for, in 2024

Hospitals + healthcare facilities39%121.4bn€

City medicine + outpatient care38%119.8bn€

Care homes and services for dependent elderly and disabled people11%34.1bn€

Daily allowances + maternity6%18.8bn€

Regional intervention fund, prevention and other care6%18.8bn€

Source: Eurostat, government spending by function, 2024 ↗; detail estimated from: Social Security financing act for 2025 ↗.