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The Finance Act for 2025

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How much the state plans to spend and take in – and the change from last year. Only figures from the official sources.

  1. Bill 1 Oct 2024
  2. Agreement 22 Nov 2024
  3. Passed 12 Dec 2024

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Expenses by area

The 8 largest areas in 2025 and the rest.

  1. Indenrigs- og Sund­hedsmin­is­ter­iet263.2 bn DKK28.6 %43,632 DKK per resident
  2. Employment255.4 bn DKK27.8 %42,348 DKK per resident
  3. Defence58.5 bn DKK6.4 %9,697 DKK per resident
  4. Uddannelses- og For­sknings­min­is­ter­iet57.2 bn DKK6.2 %9,487 DKK per resident
  5. Børne- og Un­der­vis­nings­min­is­ter­iet32.5 bn DKK3.5 %5,384 DKK per resident
  6. Finance24.9 bn DKK2.7 %4,121 DKK per resident
  7. Trans­port­min­is­ter­iet24.3 bn DKK2.6 %4,031 DKK per resident
  8. Foreign service and development aid22.0 bn DKK2.4 %3,640 DKK per resident
  9. Other180.9 bn DKK19.7 %29,996 DKK per resident
Read more: how to read the figures

A change for a ministerial area is not necessarily a cut or an increase. Money can sit in reserves and only be allocated later, and tasks can move between ministries.

  • Net: the amounts are expenses minus revenue in each area.
  • Current prices: the figures are not adjusted for price increases.
  • Reserves: money in the general reserves (§ 35) is often allocated to the ministries later.
  • Reorganisation: when tasks move between ministries, the file recalculates 2024. We only compare figures from the same file.

The figures are in current prices – they are not adjusted for price increases.

Figures: Source: the Agency for Public Finance and Management (Økonomistyrelsen)– Finanslov for 2025, retrieved 4 November 2026. 2024 is the appropriation for 2024 as stated in the same file.

Finance Act 2025, compared with 2024

Expenses by ministerial area

Common state expenses

Reserves, pensions, on-lending and holdings.

Revenue

Shown as positive amounts: how much the state expects to take in (net).

Items that change between expense and revenue

These items are an expense one year and revenue the other, so no percentage is shown.

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