The main category of general public services refers to public debt transaction (interest payment); in 2016 expenditure for interest decreased over 2015 by 3.1% (from EUR 1,300 million to EUR 1,259 million). General public services include expenditure for basic research, for which 0.5% of GDP was spent in 2016.
Glavni del izdatkov za javno upravo so izdatki za servisiranje javnega dolga (obresti); izdatki za ta namen so se v letu 2016 v primerjavi s prejšnjim letom znižali za 3,1 % (s 1.300 milijonov EUR na 1.259 milijonov EUR).Področje vključuje tudi izdatke za vse temeljne raziskave; ti izdatki so v 2016 predstavljali 0,5 % BDP.