Commission publishes State aid Scoreboard 2024
The Commission has published the 2024 State aid Scoreboard, highlighting a reduction in total State aid expenditure from EUR 243.27 billion in 2022 to EUR 186.78 billion in 2023. A significantly larger share—73% compared to 49% the previous year—was directed toward key EU priorities like environmental protection, energy efficiency, R&D, and regional development. In absolute terms, aid for these objectives rose from EUR 119.98 billion to EUR 136.78 billion.
The Scoreboard reflects the phasing out of COVID-19 pandemic related aid.
The 2024 State aid Scoreboard highlights six focus areas: aid related to Russia’s war against Ukraine and the green transition, coronavirus crisis support, block-exempted aid, environmental and energy-related measures, broadband network deployment, and support for industrial innovation and clean tech manufacturing.
Some relevant findings concerning state aid expenditure in 2023:
- EU Member States reported EUR 186.78 billion in State aid spending—1.09% of EU GDP—marking a 23% drop from 2022 due to the phasing out of pandemic-related aid.
- Support for long-term EU priorities, such as green transition, innovation, and regional development, rose to EUR 136.78 billion (0.8% of GDP), a 14% increase from 2022.
- The policy objectives which received more funding were environmental protection and energy savings (EUR 55.32 billion), followed by aid to address serious economic disturbances.
- Measures under the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF), linked to Russia’s war on Ukraine and the net-zero transition, made up EUR 39.45 billion (21% of state aid expenditure).
In 2023, State aid expenditure began to return to more typical levels with the use of block-exempted aid measures growing significantly: 2,825 new schemes were approved under GBER, ABER, and FIBER covering 88% of all new State aid measures and accounting for EUR 70.53 billion in spending.
For more information, see the 2024 State aid Scoreboard.