According to preliminary data, in the first two months of 2024 the state budget recorded a surplus (of EUR 179 million), which amounted to EUR 253 million excluding the impact of various intervention measures. In both comparisons, the surplus slightly exceeded that recorded in the same period of the previous year.
In the first two months of this year, total revenue and total expenditure recorded a year-on-year increase of 8.0% and 4.1%, respectively.
The increase in “core” expenditure (3.8%) at the beginning of this year was mostly due to investment spending, transfer to the Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia (ZPIZ) and labour costs.
The total amount of various intervention measures in the first two months of the year was almost half less than in the same period last year.