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Who Pays Into the EU Budget and Who Receives

Operating budgetary balance with the EU budget, added up since 2004 (or since joining), € billions

Poland leads at 184.8
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Palanor calculation from the European Commission’s EU spending and revenue data, using the Commission’s operating-budgetary-balance method: allocated spending less administration, minus national contributions (VAT, GNI and plastics own resources and corrections; customs duties excluded), scaled to sum to zero. NextGenerationEU is excluded. Current euros, not adjusted for inflation. Positive = net receiver. Images draw the highest and lowest bars; the page and the data table list every country.

Each EU country’s net balance with the EU budget, added up since the 2004 enlargement. Germany is by far the largest net contributor, followed by France and Italy; Poland is by far the largest net receiver, followed by Greece and Hungary.

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Belgium · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Bulgaria · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2007 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Czechia · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Denmark · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Germany · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Estonia · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Ireland · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Greece · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Spain · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

France · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Croatia · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2013 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Italy · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Cyprus · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Latvia · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Lithuania · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Luxembourg · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Hungary · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Malta · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Netherlands · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Austria · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Poland · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Portugal · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Romania · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2007 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Slovenia · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Slovakia · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Finland · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

Sweden · EU Budget Net Balance, Cumulative since 2004 · € billions. Source: European Commission, EU spending and revenue (one sheet per year from 2000): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027/spending-and-revenue_en. Palanor calculation, re-read monthly. Licence: the commission.europa.eu legal notice, "The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents" (2011/833/EU); "content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence". Attribution: European Commission, EU spending and revenue; balances calculated by Palanor.

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