Madrid/Toledo (EFE).- Castilla-La Mancha closed the month of November with a deficit of 864 million euros, which represents 1.86 percent of its Gross Domestic Product.
A year ago, the autonomous community reached the month of November with a surplus of 291 million, which was 0.69% of GDP.
Only six autonomous communities -Basque Country, Asturias, the Canary Islands, Navarra, the Balearic Islands and La Rioja- ended with a surplus last November, when a year ago there were all but two, according to budget execution data published this Monday by the Ministry of Tax authorities.
Basque Country, the autonomous community with the highest surplus
At the head of the surplus with one month remaining before the end of the year was the Basque Country, both in absolute figures (347 million euros) and as a percentage of GDP (0.44%).
In this way, it has placed itself ahead of Asturias (101 million, 0.39%), the Canary Islands (158 million, 0.34%), Navarra (69 million, 0.31%), the Balearic Islands (76 million, 0. 23%) and La Rioja (16 million (0.17%)).
Both these six communities and the other 11 that ended November with a deficit worsened their figures compared to the same month of 2021, to a greater extent Canarias, which has gone from a surplus of 1,244 million euros (2.92% of GDP) a year earlier to those 158 million, (0.34%).
Comunitat Valenciana, the autonomous community with the highest deficit
Among the autonomies with a deficit, the highest figures in November corresponded to the Valencian Community, both in absolute figures (2,819 million euros) and as a percentage of GDP (2.27%), and to Murcia (803 million, 2.26 %).
Catalonia, second in absolute figures, with 2,012 million euros, ended November with a deficit of 0.80% of GDP, surpassed in relative terms by Castilla-La Mancha (1.86%), which closed November with a deficit of 864 million .
The Ministry of Finance has highlighted in an informative note that the regional Administration as a whole registered a deficit in November 2022 of 7,304 million, which is equivalent to 0.55% of GDP, compared to the surplus of 0.68% reached in the same period of the previous year.
This result, he has indicated, is due to an increase in expenses of 7.5%, while income decreases at a rate of 0.6%.
This difference is mainly due to a decrease in income as a result of the lower transfers received from the State outside the financing system, as they are not necessary due to the improvement of the pandemic.
On the expense side, the increase was due, among other reasons, to the higher expense for transfers, 8,447 million more, which has led to the final settlement of 2020 compared to the final settlement of 2019.