Where State money goes
Where State money goes
The State general budget, by mission and programme: voted each year by Parliament (budget act), then spent (budget outturn act). Sources: Journal officiel and data.economie.gouv.fr.
Appropriations voted for 2026
448.3 bn €
Source: 2026 budget act as passed
The 31 missions of the general budget
Click a mission to see its programmes. Tax refunds and rebates are not counted: they are money given back, not spending. Total: +2.7% compared with 2025 spending (6 missions up by more than 5%, 6 down by more than 5%). Voted appropriations compare with actual spending only roughly: during the year, appropriations are cancelled, carried over or moved between missions. No appropriations in 2026, spent in 2025: Plan de relance (1.5 bn €).
Enseignement scolaire89.6bn €· 20.0 %+2.1 %
Défense66.5bn €· 14.8 %+7.0 %
Engagements financiers de l'Etat60.3bn €· 13.5 %+13.5 %
Recherche et enseignement supérieur31.6bn €· 7.1 %+3.4 %
Solidarité, insertion et égalité des chances31.3bn €· 7.0 %+1.4 %
Sécurités25.8bn €· 5.8 %+0.2 %
Écologie, développement et mobilité durables22.8bn €· 5.1 %-12.8 %
Cohésion des territoires22.6bn €· 5.0 %-4.8 %
Travail, emploi et administration des ministères sociaux20.8bn €· 4.6 %+1.8 %
Justice13.0bn €· 2.9 %+4.7 %
Gestion des finances publiques11.0bn €· 2.5 %+3.0 %
Régimes sociaux et de retraite6.1bn €· 1.4 %0.0 %
Administration générale et territoriale de l'Etat5.1bn €· 1.1 %+6.4 %
Investir pour la France de 20304.4bn €· 1.0 %+33.2 %
Agriculture, alimentation, forêt et affaires rurales4.1bn €· 0.9 %+1.8 %
Relations avec les collectivités territoriales4.0bn €· 0.9 %+0.7 %
Culture3.7bn €· 0.8 %-3.2 %
Aide publique au développement3.6bn €· 0.8 %-15.1 %
Économie3.5bn €· 0.8 %-7.2 %
Action extérieure de l'Etat3.5bn €· 0.8 %+2.3 %
Outre-mer3.3bn €· 0.7 %+7.8 %
Immigration, asile et intégration2.1bn €· 0.5 %+3.5 %
Santé1.9bn €· 0.4 %+22.8 %
Monde combattant, mémoire et liens avec la Nation1.7bn €· 0.4 %-6.5 %
Sport, jeunesse et vie associative1.3bn €· 0.3 %-6.8 %
Pouvoirs publics1.1bn €· 0.3 %+0.2 %
Direction de l'action du Gouvernement1.1bn €· 0.2 %-1.8 %
Conseil et contrôle de l'Etat0.9bn €· 0.2 %+0.2 %
Médias, livre et industries culturelles0.7bn €· 0.2 %+1.4 %
Transformation et fonction publiques0.5bn €· 0.1 %-12.6 %
Crédits non répartis0.5bn €· 0.1 %
Payment appropriations, by mission and programme. For each year, up to three moments: planned (draft budget bill, tabled the previous autumn), voted (budget act, published in the Official Journal) and spent (outturn act, published the following spring). A missing moment is one not published as open data for that year.