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35% of expenditures in Azerbaijanâ€™s state budget-2013 falls to share of capital investment

15 October 2012 11:20 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Vahab Rzayev â€“ APA-Economics. Most of expenditures in Azerbaijanâ€™s state budget-2013 are government capital investment. According to Ministry of Finance, these expenditures make AZN 6,915.2 mln and 34.9% of total budget expenditures (AZN 19,810 mln). Annual growth rate of government capital investment is expected to be 19.8%.

Besides, main expenses in state budget are for social protection and social security (AZN 1,813.6 mn or 9.2%), common government services (AZN 1,802 mln or 9.1%), education (AZN 1,530.4 mln or 7.7%), defense (AZN 1,528.6 mln or 7.7%), judicial administration, law enforcement and prosecutorâ€™s office (AZN 1,081.8 mln or 5.5%).

Compared with this yearâ€™s forecasts, social protection and social security expenditures are expected to increase by 1.6%, common government services â€“ by 52.7%, education â€“ by 1.2%, defense â€“ by 8.6%, judicial administration, law enforcement and prosecutorâ€™s office â€“ by 12.2%.