The Ministry of Finance of the National Unity Government revealed a surplus achieved during the first half of this year, with a value of more than 20 billion dinars, indicating that the total oil and sovereign revenues during this period amounted to 56.5 billion dinars, while expenditures amounted to about 36.3 billion dinars.
The ministry stated in a statement today, Tuesday, that the total public financial resources of the state during the first half of the current year 2022 amounted to 56 billion and 546 million dinars, most of which came from oil revenues, which, despite the closure of oil fields since last April, exceeded 54.5 billion dinars, or more than 96% of the total revenues, while sovereign revenues amounted to one billion and 170 million dinars, in addition to the presence of remaining balances from previous years worth 812 million dinars.
As for government spending, according to the ministry’s statement, it amounted to about 36.3 billion dinars, of which the salary section was 55%, which is a value of more than 20.2 billion, while support expenditures amounted to 12.7 billion dinars, and administrative expenses exceeded three billion dinars, in addition to 118 million dinars for development.