During the first quarter of 2025, the state budget recorded a surplus of around 2 billion dinars (approximately 591.4 million euros), an increase of 74% compared to the same period in 2024 (1.2 billion dinars), according to the provisional results of the budget execution published by the Ministry of Finance. This performance is mainly due to a 3.9% increase in revenues, which reached 12.5 billion dinars, including: tax revenues +7.7% (11.2 billion dinars), non-tax revenues +2% (nearly 1.2 billion dinars).
Expenses remained relatively stable at 10.3 billion dinars (-0.6%). However, certain categories saw changes, including: salaries +3% (increasing from 53.1 to 54.8 billion dinars), interventions +16% (2.4 billion dinars), investment -33.7% (0.5 billion dinars), current management -27.7% (0.2 billion dinars).
Debt interest decreased by 10.4%, to 1.6 billion dinars, compared to 1.8 billion a year earlier. In total, the breakdown of expenses is as follows: salaries 53.2%, interventions 23.3%, financing charges 15.9%, investment 5%, current management 2.6%.
In terms of treasury, movements reached 5.5 billion dinars (+49.8%), mainly for debt principal repayment. Furthermore, the total public debt service increased by 26%, from 7.2 to 9 billion dinars in the quarter, with external debt representing 57% of the total outstanding debt (approximately 5.2 billion dinars).
