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Official EU Financial Report Data — 2024
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Every euro collected, every euro distributed — transparent, traceable, sourced directly from official EU publications. Covering all 27 member states, 2018–2024.
FY 2024 · in brief
- Member States
- 27
- Avg Net Balance / GNI
- 0.01%
- Total Contributions 2024
- €135.9B
- Total Disbursements 2024
- €123.0B
Summary
FY 2024
In 2024, the European Union's 27 member states contributed a combined €135.9 billion to the EU budget and received €123.0 billion in allocated expenditure. Contributions come from four own resources: a GNI-based share (the largest component), a VAT-based component, customs duties on goods entering the single market, and a levy on non-recycled plastic packaging. Receipts cover Cohesion funds, the Common Agricultural Policy, Horizon research grants, structural and investment programmes, and other allocations flowing back to each country. Net balance is the difference between what a state pays in and what it receives back: positive means net receiver, negative means net contributor. Germany, France, and Italy are the three largest net contributors, while Poland, Romania, and Greece are among the largest net receivers. All figures are sourced from the official EU Operating Budgetary Balances report, published annually by DG Budget, European Commission, and reproduced here without adjustment.
Key Facts — EU Budget 2024
- ▸27 EU member states contribute to and receive from the central EU budget
- ▸Germany is the largest net contributor (€19.5B net paid in 2024)
- ▸Poland is the largest net receiver (€2.5B net received in 2024)
- ▸Cohesion policy and agriculture account for over 70% of EU expenditure
- ▸The EU budget operates on 7-year cycles called Multiannual Financial Frameworks (MFF)
- ▸Net balance = total receipts minus total contributions per member state
01 — Net Balances — 2024
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Net balance 2024 · €B
Austria
−€1.4B
Belgium
+€5.1B
Bulgaria
+€1.3B
Croatia
+€1.1B
Cyprus
+€0.1B
Czech Republic
+€0.9B
Denmark
−€1.0B
Estonia
+€0.6B
Finland
−€0.4B
France
−€5.8B
Germany
−€19.5B
Greece
+€3.4B
Hungary
+€1.9B
Ireland
−€0.8B
Italy
−€2.9B
Latvia
+€1.0B
Lithuania
+€1.2B
Luxembourg
+€2.4B
Malta
+€0.1B
Netherlands
−€6.4B
Poland
+€2.5B
Portugal
+€1.1B
Romania
+€2.5B
Slovakia
+€1.3B
Slovenia
+€0.4B
Spain
+€0.8B
Sweden
−€2.3B
Data source:
EU Financial Report 2024 (preliminary). All figures follow the EU Operating Budgetary Balance methodology. Values are in million EUR. Net balance = total receipts − total contributions. View official source →