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66 Table 2. Expenditure structure of the Consolidated Budget of Ukraine (by functional classification) in 2021-2025, UAH million Directions 2021 % 2022 % 2023 % 2024 % 2025 % Total 1844377, 7 100 3043499, 1 100 4440940, 2 100 4944026, 1 100 5999467, 1 100 National functions 252605,9 13,70 248468,2 8,16 349142,7 7,86 435869,8 8,82 512180,6 8,54 including public debt servicing 157591,8 8,54 - - - - - - - - Defense 127527,3 6,91 1142872, 4 37,55 2097620, 5 47,23 2304475, 1 46,6 1 3069857, 4 51,17 Public order, security and judiciary 176149,3 9,55 454431,5 14,93 591431,9 13,32 712712,8 14,4 2 836936,2 13,95 Economic activity 293350,1 15,91 156434,3 5,14 247291,3 5,57 259859,4 5,26 258106,1 4,30 Environmenta l protection 10620,6 0,58 5226,7 0,17 6395,9 0,14 10384,1 0,21 11772,4 0,20 Housing and communal services 56894,5 3,08 411690,1 1,35 70397,8 1,59 66178,9 1,34 91051,9 1,52 Healthcare 203610,4 11,04 215275,9 7,07 217419,5 4,90 238652,7 4,83 262045,5 4,37 Spiritual and physical development 43358,4 2,35 33636,0 1,11 38471,1 0,87 45533,3 0,92 48478,2 0,81 Education 312914,6 16,97 290758,5 9,55 308638,9 6,95 348432,4 7,05 394048,3 6,57 Social protection and social security 367346,6 19,92 455186,2 14,96 514130,7 11,58 521927,7 10,5 6 514990,4 8,58 including social protection of pensioners 211948,4 11,49 - - - - - - - - Source: built by the author based on [2] .. It is worth noting that for a modern state, in peacetime, the key priority is spending on social protection and social security, especially for vulnerable groups of the population, development/improvement of social infrastructure and investment in human capital. These features form the characteristics of the ―social budget‖