DREM releases revised data on the main aggregates of the Regional Public Administration of Madeira for 2024 and 2025

The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) today releases a set of information on the main aggregates of the Regional Public Administration of Madeira for the period 2008 to 2025, with data for 2024 now classified as final and data for 2025 provisional.

The accounts of the Regional Public Administration (APR) sector presented are compiled in accordance with the concepts and definitions of the European System of National and Regional Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010) and with the specific guidelines of the Manual on Government Deficit and Debt. The data presented are transmitted to Eurostat under the ESA 2010 transmission programme and are consistent with the second notification of 2026 relating to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP), also released today.

In 2025
Regional Public Administration of Madeira maintained a positive balance in 2025, though slightly lower than in 2024

In 2025,  the institutional sector of the Regional Public Administration of Madeira (RPA)recorded a net lending of 156.5 million euros, meaning a less pronounced positive balance than in the previous year. In 2024, the balance stood at 162.5 million euros, corresponding to 2.2% of GDP.

In 2025, total revenue of the Madeira RPA stood at around 2 246.6 million euros, having increased by 3.3% compared with 2024 (+70.7 million euros), with current revenue growing by 4.8% (+91.0 million euros).

Given its share in the total, the -0.5% change in taxes on production and imports stands out, explained by the decrease in VAT (Value Added Tax) revenue, followed by the +1.4% rise in taxes on income and wealth, resulting from the increase in Personal Income Tax (IRS) revenue. In turn, it was essentially the 18.5% growth in other current revenue compared with 2024, equivalent to 57.3 million euros, that determined the overall increase in revenue.

Capital revenue fell from 277.8 million euros in 2024 to 257.5 million euros in 2025 (-7.3%).

In 2025, total expenditure of the Madeira RPA reached 2 090.1 million euros (2 013.4 million euros in the previous year), representing an increase of 3.8% compared with the previous year, due to the growth in current expenditure (+5.7%) and the decrease in capital expenditure (-6.8%).

The increase in current expenditure was driven by the rise recorded in staff costs (+7.3%), reflecting career progressions and salary updates within the RPA, including the update to the guaranteed minimum monthly wage and the meal allowance.

Social benefits (excluding social transfers in kind) increased by around 5.3%, as a result of the increase in the value of transfers to the health sector.

Likewise, expenditure on intermediate consumption and subsidies paid recorded increases of 1.8% and 0.4%, respectively. Conversely, interest expenditure before the allocation of Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) decreased by 11.0% compared with the previous year.

In turn, the decrease in capital expenditure, from 298.9 million euros in 2024 to 278.6 million euros in 2025 (-6.8%), was mainly due to the decrease in other capital expenditure (-21.8%), which stood at around 72.7 million euros in 2025 (92.9 million euros in the previous year). 

The overall balance of the Madeira RPA was around 5.9 million euros lower between 2024 and 2025, resulting in net lending of 156.5 million euros in 2025. This negative development resulted from an increase in revenue (+3.3%) that was less significant than that observed for expenditure (+3.8%).

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