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The expenditures of the Flemish Community amount to 62.3 billion euros in the 2023 initial budget (IB), which is 5.4 billion euros more compared to the estimate in the first 2022 adjusted budget (AB) and 11.6 billion euros more compared to the realisation (REA) in 2021.
| IB¹ 2023 | AB² 2022 | REA³ 2021 | |
| Education and training | 17,582,666 | 15,994,720 | 15,162,512 |
| Welfare, public health and family | 15,925,365 | 13,673,246 | 14,179,334 |
| Chancellery, general government, international policy and justice | 5,681,005 | 5,209,115 | 4,906,257 |
| Finance and budget | 5,335,928 | 6,838,183 | 2,139,652 |
| Mobility and public works | 5,131,996 | 4,754,465 | 4,280,020 |
| Work, professional training and social economy | 3,952,208 | 3,594,026 | 3,481,529 |
| Environment | 3,651,368 | 3,342,155 | 2,646,036 |
| Economic development, science and innovation | 3,145,766 | 1,792,028 | 2,284,339 |
| Culture, sports, youth and media | 1,542,803 | 1,378,785 | 1,329,220 |
| Agriculture and fishing | 221,952 | 203,682 | 197,804 |
| Parliament and cabinet | 157,105 | 138,307 | 128,319 |
| TOTAL | 62,328,162 | 56,918,712 | 50,735,023 |
¹IB: initial budget; ²AB: adjusted budget; ³REA: realisation
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