The budget of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs rises to 500 million dinars

The draft state budget for 2027 allocates 500 million dinars to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in addition to the allocations of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Family and Tourism.

This allocation represents a marked increase in the expenditure of the ministry compared to previous financial years.

The new budget has a growth rate of 8.5% compared to 2026, with loans to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs estimated at around 461 million dinars.

A comparison of the figures in the project shows that the allocations for cultural affairs have become equivalent to about three times the appropriations scheduled for the Ministry of Tourism and Traditional Industries, amounting to 176.8 million dinars. These loans also exceed those for other sovereign and social ministries in the same draft budget.

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs' budget exceeds the proposed State Department appropriations of 404 million dinars, plus it outperforms the allocations of the Ministry of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly, which were set at about 331.7 million dinars in the same document.

Data from the State Budget Project for 2027 showed an increase in the appropriations of the Foundation of the Presidency of the Republic to about 248 million 576 thousand dinars, along with an increase in accreditations of the Ministry of Justice.

These figures are part of the discussion process of the Finance and State Budget Bill for 2027, in preparation for the presentation of the final distribution of sectoral allocations and their official adoption before they come into effect with the start of the new financial year.