EU Structural Funds Absorption Rate

Introduction

The data presents the annual payments (not cumulative) made by the Commission from the EU budget to the Member States broken down by Fund and by year. The totals paid by year (across funds) are also provided by Member State. The payment amounts show the payments made during each year broken down by interim payments and pre-financing. The % column show the % paid to each Member state compared to total available budget.

Countries

The data covers EU Cohesion Policy (European Regional Development Fund + Cohesion Fund + European Social Fund) including European Territorial Cooperation.

Acknowledgements

Data source is https://www.europeandataportal.eu/en

Inspiration

You can use this data to compare the absorption percent in various years for various European countries. Combine with other datasets, try to understand the differences between allocated budget in different countries as well the different adsorption rate.