The charts depict the percentage distribution of government spending on education, healthcare, pensions, defence, welfare, interest on borrowing, transport, culture and leisure, and other sectors in the years 2010 and 2015.
Overall, education made up the biggest part of the chart, while transport, culture and leisure, and other sectors contributed the least to the expenditure in both 2010 and 2015.
In 2010, education and defence sectors were accounted for 24% and 17% on government spending, respectively, and both decreased by 3% after a half decade. Healthcare, which comprised just over the one-fifth of the expenditure in 2010, had a slight decline of 1%, these figure dropped to 20%. Meanwhile, the welfare and culture and leisure sectors both fell to 1% from 3% and 2%, respectively. In contrast, contribution from pensions and other sectors remained constant at 19% and 1%, in the order given.
At the beginning of the period, the expenditure of welfare sector was consisted of 8%, and it rose by 5% over five years. In 2015, spending on interest on borrowing experienced a twofold increase and reached 10%.