DREM releases local administration accounts for 2021

The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) releases today a set of information regarding the Local Administration Accounts of the Autonomous Region of Madeira for the year 2021, with provisional values. This data is published annually in the "Statistical Yearbook of the Autonomous Region of Madeira" and is also available on the website of Statistics Portugal (INE).

The information is sourced from the SIIAL database (the Portuguese acronym for Integrated System of Information of Local Government) of the Directorate-General of Local Authorities (DGAL) and is based on a cash basis.

Key Ratios – Share of taxes in revenue and proportion of compensation of employees in total expenditure decreased compared to 2020

In 2021, the revenue from non-financial operations of Municipalities per inhabitant in the Region was 827 euros (715 euros in 2020), reaching the highest value in the municipality of Porto Moniz, specifically 2,550 euros (2,567 euros in the previous year). At the opposite end is Câmara de Lobos, with revenues per inhabitant of 458 euros (431 euros in the previous year). It is noteworthy that the Region's ratio is the highest since the beginning of the time series (2011).

The ratio between revenues and expenditure of non-financial operations, which corresponds to the percentage ratio between the first and second variables, reveals a value of 93.4% in 2021 (-9.1 percentage points compared to 2020). In the year under review, Porto Moniz presented the highest ratio between revenues and expenses (117.2%), followed by Porto Santo (101.5%) and São Vicente (100.1%). In contrast, Machico (83.5%), Ribeira Brava (86.1%), and Santa Cruz (86.9%) had the lowest ratios between revenues and expenses.

The share of taxes in the revenue from non-financial operations decreased between 2020 and 2021, from 29.7% to 28.1%, respectively. For this indicator, it is also the larger municipalities that present higher ratios, along with Porto Santo. Thus, in Santa Cruz, the share was 34.6% (40.7% in 2020), and in Funchal, it was 33.6% (38.2% in the previous year). Porto Santo also showed a decrease from 51.6% in 2020 to 46.3% in 2021. Porto Moniz has the lowest ratio (7.0% in 2021, 7.5% in 2020).

Another relevant indicator is the compensation of employees as a share of total expenditure, which in the year under review was 30.1% (34.3% in 2020). In 2021, São Vicente had the lowest ratio (15.5%), and Porto Santo had the highest (46.4%). The larger Municipalities were in an intermediate position between the 28.2% of Santa Cruz and the 35.2% of Funchal, with Câmara de Lobos recording a compensation of employees as a share of total expenditure of 28.7%.

Revenue and Expenditure – Revenue grew less than expenditure

 The total revenue of Municipalities in the ARM, in 2021, amounted to 207.6 million euros, +10.9% compared to the previous year. Of this total, 90.0% were current revenue, and 10.0% were capital. In 2021, current revenue increased by 16.1% compared to 2020, while capital revenue decreased by 21.0%. By municipality, Funchal accounted for 47.5% of the current revenue of all Municipalities, followed by Santa Cruz with 11.7%.

Regarding expenditure, its value stood at 222.2 million euros, 18.0% above 2020. Both current and capital expenditure components increased compared to 2020, by 18.5% and 33.6%, respectively. In 2021, current expenditure represented 70.5% of the total expenditure, and capital expenditure, 29.5%.

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