Länder investment dashboard
Summary data for the special fund’s €100 billion Länder pillar.
The Länder are responsible for implementing the investment measures that are financed from the special fund’s Länder pillar. Detailed rules are laid down in the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act (Gesetz zur Finanzierung von Infrastrukturinvestitionen von Ländern und Kommunen – LuKIFG). By 31 March of every year, the Länder provide the federal government with data on committed funding up to 1 January, aggregated by infrastructure area and investment stage. After a measure is completed, the responsible Land must provide the Federal Finance Ministry with measure-specific information during the second year after the measure is concluded (see the administrative agreement on the implementation of the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act [in German, PDF, 617 KB]). Available data is presented in a user-friendly way on the dashboard, and raw data can be downloaded. The data on committed funding is updated on an annual basis. Due to the relative lack of data, performance monitoring for the Länder pillar is less detailed than performance monitoring for the federal pillar. The simplified reporting requirements for the Länder are largely in line with other funding programmes and aim to fulfil the goal – agreed between the federal government and the Länder – of ensuring that funding rules are user-friendly and unbureaucratic.
Currently, the Länder dashboard provides an initial impression of the early-stage implementation of the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act. Most of the currently available data relates to committed funding for planned measures. When the most recent data was submitted (by 1 January 2026), many Länder had not yet committed or disbursed any funding because they were still in the process of adopting the necessary funding rules. Each Land also submitted a one-time report describing their implementation of the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act up to 31 March 2026. These reports can be downloaded by clicking on the name of each Land under “Länder investments in detail” below.
The Länder dashboard also shows disbursed funding amounts, which are updated on a quarterly basis. The Länder can draw down funding as soon as money is needed to pay invoices that are due within three months. However, they are also permitted to finance some measures in advance. Disbursed funding is thus a lagging indicator that provides limited information on the status of a given Land’s implementation of the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act.
- “Committed funding” under the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act refers to the amount of funding that has been legally committed to planned, commenced and completed measures by a specific reference date. This is funding that is reserved for specific measures even though the money might not be disbursed until a later date.
- “Disbursed funding” refers to funding that has been paid to the Länder and posted on government accounts. The corresponding data on the dashboard is updated on a quarterly basis. These amounts may differ from the actual investment amounts, for example if the Länder provide advance financing for some measures.
- €100 billion from the special fund is earmarked for investments by the Länder. This funding is distributed among the individual Länder using the “Königstein formula” (which is based mainly on population and tax revenue data) in accordance with section 2 (1) of the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act and section 1 (1) of the administration agreement on the implementation of the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act.
- Funding from the Länder pillar can be invested in specific infrastructure areas. A non-exhaustive list of these areas is set out in section 3 (1) of the Länder and Local Authority Infrastructure Financing Act. Investments must contribute to the performance of Länder and/or local authority tasks. In addition, they must be designed to ensure the long-term use of the target infrastructure, taking anticipated demographic developments into account.
- A measure is classified as “planned” as soon as it is registered with the responsible Land authority. Committed funding for planned measures refers to the amount of funding that is reserved for specific measures even though the money might not be disbursed until a later date.
- A measure is classified as “commenced” as soon as the first service contract is concluded. In the case of construction measures, the beginning of on-site construction can be considered the commencement of a measure.
- A measure is classified as “completed” as soon as all services in connection with an investment measure are conclusively inspected and approved.