Tunisia: State Budget, Estimated At Over Tnd 82 Billion, Covers Expenditure, Debt Repayment and Financing Requirements (Expert)

Tunis — A rigorous economic analysis of the 2027 draft State budget requires a distinction to be made between the overall budget size, the State’s actual expenditure, its own resources and its financing requirements, academic and economist Safouane Ben Aïssa said, adding that confusion between these different concepts risks leading to inaccurate conclusions about the true state of public finances.

The overall size of the 2027 State budget, estimated at TND 82.402 billion, does not correspond…