BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 16. The main
expenditure areas of the state budget have been determined based on
national expenditure priorities, in line with the medium-term
resource envelope and taking into account the challenges facing
budget policy and socioeconomic targets.
This is reflected in the Statement on the Initial Indicators of
the State and Consolidated Budgets for 2027 released by
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Finance.
Thus, state budget spending in 2027–2030 will be directed toward
ensuring the financing of the state’s main functions.
Overall, the main expenditure areas of the state budget over the
medium term will include supporting sustainable and high economic
growth by increasing investment in digitally oriented and
innovation-intensive sectors, boosting agricultural production,
developing entrepreneurship, stimulating local production, and
improving the business and investment environment.
The spending policy will also focus on strengthening the
country’s defense capabilities, including measures to restore and
ensure the inviolability of borders, modernize the army’s material
and technical equipment, clear territories of mines, and improve
the social protection and service conditions of military personnel.
Reconstruction, restoration and resettlement measures in the
territories liberated from occupation will also continue.
Other priorities include digital development, the application of
artificial intelligence technologies, the establishment of data
centers and the acceleration of digital transformation. The
government also plans to strengthen social protection and welfare,
particularly for vulnerable groups, while continuing direct and
indirect financial support to the economy through state
obligations, government orders, subsidies, subventions and
grants.
The expenditure policy will provide funding for protected
expenditures, including wages, pensions, allowances, scholarships
and other social payments, as well as state programs and measures
planned to be financed from the state budget. Ensuring a clean
environment and promoting “green growth,” including the expansion
of green energy sources, will also remain among the key expenditure
priorities.
