Eco
Economic expert Nabil Al-Marsoumi revealed today, Wednesday, preliminary figures for the 2027 budget draft, indicating that total public expenditures will reach 217.239 trillion dinars, compared to estimated general revenues of 174.234 trillion dinars. Expenditures are divided into 47.897 trillion dinars allocated for investments and 169.342 trillion dinars for operational expenses. Employee compensations on the permanent payroll amount to 68.125 trillion dinars, with an increase of 8.951 trillion dinars, while social welfare allocations reach 33.032 trillion dinars, up by 8.329 trillion dinars. Thus, total salaries and social welfare reach 101.157 trillion dinars. On the revenue side, general revenues are estimated at 174.234 trillion dinars, including 144.720 trillion dinars from oil revenues and 29.514 trillion dinars from non-oil revenues. Oil revenues include 127.020 trillion dinars from crude oil exports, based on exporting 4 million barrels per day, at a price of 58 dollars per barrel and an exchange rate of 1500 dinars per dollar. The budget draft also includes a new item related to selling crude oil to refineries, valued at 17 trillion dinars, calculated on a basis of 40 dollars per barrel and a quantity of 776 thousand barrels per day. Expected revenues from other minerals amount to 700 billion dinars. According to the preliminary figures, the projected deficit in the 2027 budget is approximately 43 trillion dinars.
