Expenditure and debt

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Public administration debt (1)

GFS model	2016	2017	2018	2019
Public administration in CHF million 2	187 807	192 077	185 517	187 185
Confederation	92 890	97 076	90 981	88 013
Cantons	52 631	51 997	51 015	55 383
Communes	43 604	44 425	44 694	45 290
Social insurances	2 556	2 210	1 168	279
Per capita, in CHF	22 306	22 640	21 712	21 750
As % of gross domestic product (GDP)	27.4	27.7	25.8	25.8

1) Consolidated accounts of the Confederation, of the cantons and regions, of the communes and social security administrations, Maastricht debt, at nominal value as defined in HAM2
2) Total, after removal of double counting between public administrations. Source : Federal Finance Administration (FFA)
Last update: September 2020

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