The French public budget › The main missions · 2024
Health
Care — hospitals, doctors, medicines —, sick pay and disability, prevention and help for dependent older people.
325.6bn€
spent in 2024
Who pays for it, in 2024
Social Security — health, sickness and disabilityHospitals, doctors, medicines, sick pay, disability pensions.312.8bn€96%Départements — older people and healthAllowance for dependent older people, care for mothers and young children.8.7bn€3%State — healthPrevention, care for foreigners without a residence permit (State medical aid), compensation for victims.2.8bn€< 1%Towns and groups of towns — healthHealth centres, care for mothers and young children, public hygiene.1.3bn€< 1%Estimate for towns and groups of towns: their spending for the year, split by area as in the local finance observatory’s report.
Source: Eurostat, government spending by function, 2024 ↗, Local finance observatory (OFGL), départements by function, 2024 ↗, State budget outturn for 2024 (budget outturn act) ↗, Local finance observatory (OFGL), 2025 report ↗.