The Ministry of Finance of the Government of National Unity revealed in a statement published today, Friday, the volume of government spending during the past nine months of the current year 2022, which exceeded 70 billion dinars, compared to revenues of 79 billion and 356 million dinars, which represents a surplus of more than 9.3 billion dinars.
The ministry explained in its statement that the largest percentage of spending was on salaries, which exceeded 32 billion dinars in nine months, followed by the chapter of Support, which amounted to 15 billion dinars. As for operating expenses, it amounted to about 7 billion dinars, and more than 400 million dinars for development projects, in addition to 15 billion dinars as exceptional financial arrangements for the National Oil Corporation.
As for revenues, the ministry clarified that 97% of the state’s revenues this year came from oil revenues that exceeded 77.1 billion dinars, while other sovereign revenues did not exceed the amount of one billion and 347 million dinars, in addition to the amount of 834 million in the remaining account balances for previous years.