In 2024

The government reserved 13,977 million euros of the general state budget (FGE) To fund the country’s major security programs. According to Aref, the number exceeds 16% for the initial inflations paid in public accounts for this item. These are almost 14,000 million 2024 is equal to 0.9% of GDPTaxes point to power and exceeded 2.5% of the previous year.

This difference between expected and finally implemented is regular, maintaining financial authority, that is the The government formally low funding for peace maintenance Discount at the end. When the exercise takes place, the administrator pulls off the coincidence, and is assigned to the “impossible” requirements in the drawer theory of the budget.

About 14,000 million discounts calculated last year, 70% went directly to the armed forces. Salary and current expenses for the military, a substance added to the acquisition of material and investments to modernize the military. The remaining 30% of the security is dedicated to the public administration, employees in particular training or location.

The data collected by Aref is slightly diverted from what is indicated by the budget execution Without taking into account all the games in the safety game. Statistics that reflect the general intervention of the state administration (IGAE) are slightly higher, especially on 14,986 million recognized duties (although already approved and calculated fee duties are not implemented). The duties that failed to compensate the total budget are about 15,500 million. The difference between Aref is explained, as the Tax Commission does not take into account all the items designed in the activation report.

IGAE reflects the cost of general budgets for data protection This will mainly stop real investments (6,859 million), buying equipment or weapons, already employees costs (5,649 million). That is, wages, social safety fees, foods etc. Then, another 1.8 billion is allocated for the purchase of goods and services.

Three ways to measure it

States are trying to find the key to raising the costs, with the full European debate on raising the discount in security and the continuation of the US military umbrella. The formula for calculating how much the discount increases is not easy. In fact, Airbef describes at least three methods to calculate how discount this is. One of them is to look at the government’s discounts by the public through the public state budgets each year.

However, when the time to land the budget discounts in the general shortage, the formula changes. Based on the budget, what is the year that the money is made is important, When we look at it from the national accounting point, what is the cost of control when the equipment is provided.

As a result, if the government pulls a check book to obtain new equipment, the cost is reflected in the budgets, but As for the national calculation, it may take many years to reflect Because it is not written until the military is available. Aref notes that this year’s planned military delivery is not available, “they may have a significant impact due to the amount of investment they represent.”

Besides, National Accounting Cost comes with a lot of delay. The last familiar figures point out that the government provided 13,987 million (0.9%of GDP) two years ago. Of these, 11,461 million were allocated for military security, 2,148 million for military aid abroad and 378 million for security related R&D. Security cost, budget regulations and general shortage (0.9% of GDP), under these measurements, are far from 2% of GDP.

However, there is a third formula to calculate how much is spent on security, it isSample used by NATOWith him, Spain has pledged to discount 2% of GDP. The method used by the Northern Atlantic Alliance is very ‘generous’, and government budgets include items that place in other drawers.

For example, Calculating cost on retired army pensioners or police forces They are trained in military tactics and can be placed on the orders of the military command if needed. Under this prism, The estimated discount for Spain was 19,723 million in 2024, 1.3%of GDP.