Latvia spent a total of 30.114 million euros from its contingency fund during the first nine months of this year, representing 34.1% of the amount initially allocated in the 2026 state budget and 29.9% after taking into account the budget reallocation made in September, according to information published by the Fiscal Discipline Council (FDP).
Of this amount, 2.975 million euros was spent in the first quarter, 6.239 million euros in the second quarter and 20.9 million euros in the third quarter.
During the first nine months of 2026, a total of 90 funding requests from government institutions were approved under the contingency fund programme, including 20 in the first quarter, 25 in the second quarter and 45 in the third quarter.
The largest allocations during the nine-month period included 9.04 million euros for five requests submitted by the Ministry of Welfare, 6.405 million euros for three requests from the Ministry of Health and 2.994 million euros for 11 requests from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Meanwhile, 2.368 million euros was allocated to 13 requests from the Ministry of Transport, 1.915 million euros to five requests from the Ministry of Education and Science, 1.914 million eurosto four requests from the Ministry of Culture, 1.747 million euros to nine requests from the Ministry of Finance and 1.526 million euros to nine requests from the Ministry of the Interior.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received 865,100 euros for ten requests,
while 252,400 euos was allocated to seven requests from the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development. The Ministry of Defence received 236,900 euros for two requests, the Ministry of Climate and Energy received 49,300 euros for one request, and the Ministry of Justice received 46,300 euros for three requests.
In addition, 503,400 euros was allocated to six requests from the Cabinet of Ministers during the first nine months of the year. The State Audit Office received 168,400 euros for one request, while the Central Election Commission was allocated 83,000 euros for one request.
The 2026 state budget initially earmarked 88.3 million euros for the programme “Funds for Unforeseen Events”, which was 21.4 million euros less than in 2025. However, in September, a decision was made to reallocate 12.3 million euros from the budget programmes and subprogrammes of ministries and other central government institutions to the contingency fund.
Funding under the “Funds for Unforeseen Events” programme is allocated to measures of particular national importance,
expenses not covered by existing state budget appropriations, disaster and natural calamity response measures, compensation for resulting damage, and other unforeseen circumstances.
Requests for funding must be submitted by the ministry responsible for the relevant sector.