The main category of general public services refers to public debt transaction (interest payment); in 2017 expenditure decreased over 2016 by 12.3% (from EUR 1,260 million to EUR 1,104 million). General public services include expenditure for basic research, for which 0.4% of GDP was spent in 2017.
Glavni del izdatkov za javno upravo so bili izdatki za servisiranje javnega dolga (obresti); izdatki za ta namen so se v letu 2017 v primerjavi s prejšnjim letom znižali za 12,3% (s 1.260 milijonov EUR na 1.104 milijonov EUR).Področje vključuje tudi izdatke za vse temeljne raziskave; ti izdatki so v 2017 predstavljali 0,4% BDP.