GOVERNMENT CURRENT EXPENDITURES ACCORDING TO THE AFFAIRS

AND CHAPTER OF THE BUDGET

 

Table 48                                                                                                     (Billion rials)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage change

Share (percent)

 

1995/96

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99(1)

1999/000(1)

1998/99

1999/00

1998/99

‘ 1999/00

General Affairs

2,551.2

3,810.5

4,546.1

5,631.9

6,896.5

23.9

22.5

10.5

10.4

Security and order

1,112.5

1,616.3

2.017.0

2,534.5

3,143.3

25.7

24.0

4.7

4.7

Information and communication

328.0

494.2

608.1

744.7

930.0

22.5

24.9

1.4

1.4

Judiciary, notarial and endowment affairs

289.0

392.8

519.7

648.6

726.4

24.8

12.0

1.2

1.1

Others

821.7

1,307.2

1,401.3

1,704.1

2,096.8

21.6

23.0

3.2

3.2

National Defense Affairs

2,773.7

4,616.1

6.547.6

7,936.8

8,245.1

21.2

3.9

14.8

12.5

Social Affairs

10,834.8

15,928.7

21,333.9

25,501.0

27,259.4

19.5

6.9

47.6

41.3

General education

4;640.0

7.314.8

9.292.6

11.203.8

11,563.1

20.6

3.2

20.9

17.5

Culture and art

255.6

402.7

505.2

616.0

701.4

21.9

13.9

1.2

1.1

Health, medical care and nutrition

1,851.0

2,389.5

2.894.9

3,197.9

3,452.2

10.5

8.0

6.0

5.2

Social security and social welfare

2,612.1

3,784.2

5.349.9

6,642.8

7,483.9

24.2

12.7

12.4

11.4

Physical education and youth services

87.7

130.4

168.4

188.2

205.5

11.8

9.2

0.4

0.3

Urban development

9.4

12.0

12.4

12.8

14.2

3.2

10.9

*

*

Renovation and development of rural areas

71.0

88.8

169.6

227.7

231.3

34.3

1.6

0.4

0.4

Provision of housing

14.1

30.1

37.0

53.0

61.2

43.2

15.5

0.1

0.1

Environment protection

21.4

27.2

37.1

54.0

62.5

45.6

15.7

0.1

0.1

Reclamation

6.8

11.8

14.8

16.8

16.1

13.5

-4.2

 

 

Technical and professional education

11.7

0

666.7

740.9

930.5

11.1

25.6

1.4

1.4

Higher education(2)

1.254.0

1.448.1

1,830.7

2,102.0

1.984.8

14.8

-5.6

3.9

3.0

Research (2)

0

289.1

354.6

4-45.1

552.7

25.5

24.2

0.8

0.8

Economic Affairs

7,074.5

2,405.0

2,761.5

3,188.9

3,306.4

15.5

3.7

6.0

5.0

Agriculture and natural resources

998.7

555.7

710.0

762.3

823.8

7.4

8.1

1.4

1.3

Water resources

19.7

26.5

21.5

15.9

16.5

-26.0

3.8

0.1

*

Electricity

10.8

8.8

10.6

10.9

11.1

2.8

1.8

*

*

Industries

39.4

48.8

74.4

117.3

127.3

57.7

8.5

0.2

0.2

Oil (3)

1,347.6

1,064.1

1,015.1

1,437.2

1,373.9

41.6

-4.4

2.7

2.1

Mines

9.6

12.9

17.7

23.3

25.3

31.6

8.6

0.1

*

Commerce

4,391.7

115.5

170.7

175.7

176.4

2.9

0.4

0.3

0.3

Road and transportation

114.0

283.7

365.5

412.7

339.4

12.9

-17.8

0.8

0.5

Post and telecommunication

18.2

29.4

46.7

12.7

14.4

-72.8

13.4

*

*

Tourism

124.8

259.6

329.3

220.9

398.3

-32.9

80.3

0.4

0.6

Miscellaneous Expenditures

2,448.4

9,788.0

9,096.1

10,576.1

18,162.5

16.3

71.7

19.8

27.5

Commission fee and loans’ guaranteed profit

6.8

12.3

87.3

464.9

1,212.1

432.5

160.7

0.9

1.8

Repayments for loans, debt payments and prepayments

2,758.7

1,010.6

594.4

246.0

970.9

-58.6

294.7

0.5

1.5

Total

28,448.1

37,571.2

44,966.8

53,545.6

66,052.9

19.1

23.4

100.0

100.0

Source: General budget laws

(1) Figures are based on the 2000/01 Budget Law.

(2) Until 1996/97, these two chapters appeared as “ Higher education and Research” and included only research on social affairs; Since 1996/97 research related to all chapters and affairs has come under research.

(3) In 1999/00, includes Rls. 262.5 billion expenditures for the gas sector.