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The Finance Act for 2026

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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 7 Oct 2025
  2. Agreement 23 Oct 2025
  3. Passed 11 Dec 2025

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Expenses by area

The 8 largest areas in 2026 and the rest.

  1. Indenrigs- og Sund­hedsmin­is­ter­iet271.6 bn DKK28.0 %45,024 DKK per resident
  2. Employment266.5 bn DKK27.4 %44,187 DKK per resident
  3. Defence90.4 bn DKK9.3 %14,991 DKK per resident
  4. Uddannelses- og For­sknings­min­is­ter­iet60.2 bn DKK6.2 %9,980 DKK per resident
  5. Børne- og Un­der­vis­nings­min­is­ter­iet35.2 bn DKK3.6 %5,842 DKK per resident
  6. Finance28.5 bn DKK2.9 %4,723 DKK per resident
  7. Trans­port­min­is­ter­iet22.6 bn DKK2.3 %3,753 DKK per resident
  8. Foreign service and development aid21.4 bn DKK2.2 %3,551 DKK per resident
  9. Other175.0 bn DKK18.0 %29,015 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 2025. We only compare figures from the same file.

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

Uncertain comparison: For 9 areas, the 2025 figure in this file differs from the adopted Finance Act for 2025 by more than 1 % – e.g. because tasks have been moved between ministries. The comparison is therefore uncertain for the areas with an (i) by the figure.

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

Finance Act 2026, compared with 2025

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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