Spanish Governments carried out a historic resource mobilization to deal with the epidemic. In the last two years, administrations have accumulated around €80,000 million in expenditures to maintain the health system as a whole and protect employment, companies and family incomes.
This government, Social Securityautonomous communities and municipalitiesThey conducted expenses for s and other local organizations 79,603 million euros According to the update of the 2022-2025 Stabilization Program prepared by the government and already sent to the European Commission, in the last two exercises to combat the pandemic.
The “covid expenditure” of all Public Administrations as a whole reached 35,728 million euros last year, 19% below the 43,875 million blacks 2020 when the epidemic started and the Spanish economy was paralyzed by mobility restrictions. activity.
In the first year of the pandemic, Spain mobilized its resources to combat Covid and its impact on the economy, with measures equivalent to 3.9% of GDP, according to data from the State Administration General Intervention collected in the Stabilization Plan. again at an equivalent cost 3% of national GDP.
Practically all expenses, central managementThis was largely expressed in transfers of 66,844 million over the past two years, bearing costs directly related to the fight against covid for €74,465 million (41,042 million in 2020 and 33,414 million in 2021) over the past two years. Security, autonomous communities and local organizations (39,612 million in 2020 and 27,232 million last year).
Administrations within the scope of this budget study have implemented employment support measures. avoid mass layoffs (Covid ERTEs, benefits and exemptions for the self-employed…), a social shield was created to protect family income, companies were directly helped and financed… and self-owned healthcare was financed. with communities, upgrading of templates and acquisition of materials.
The millionaire cost of covid losses
have in the last two years More than 6 million sick leave due to Covid (2.88 million in 2020 and 3.19 million in 2021) required an approximate cost to the administration, companies and surrounding workers. €4.83 billionAccording to a study by the Official Association of Administrative Managers, which acknowledges that this is a conservative calculation and accepts it as the default minimum.
The cost of the first day off plus social security payment to companies during this period amounted to at least 1,269 million euros. For the worker, the loss is at least 1.043 million, given that 75% of the wage base is collected during the leave. And for the Administration, the casualty set meant something. additional expenditure at least 2,516 million euros. Calculations have been made using the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) as the calculated salary for all sick leave, so Executive Directors believe the actual costs are much higher.