113.7 billion dirhams in salaries and benefits for government employees

“Finance”: 32.6 billion dirhams in subsidies provided by the “Federal” and local governments during 2021

“Finance”: Taxes constituted the largest share of government revenues.

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The Ministry of Finance revealed that the federal government, along with the local governments of the seven emirates, provided financial subsidies during 2021 worth 32.6 billion dirhams, while the value of social benefits that were spent on expenditure items amounted to 55.4 billion dirhams, according to the compiled government financial statistics, which includes items The combined revenues and expenditures of the federal government, along with local governments.

The "Finance" added that the total compensation received by federal government employees and local government employees, during the past year, including: wages or salaries, allowances, bonuses, and other benefits, in addition to social contributions paid to social insurance programs amounted to 113.7 billion dirhams, an increase Its value is 3.7 billion dirhams, or 3.4%, compared to 2020, which recorded 110 billion dirhams.

Compensation of workers in federal and local government agencies ranked first in terms of expenditures, accounting for 29% of them.

According to the data, the consolidated revenues of the UAE, which includes the revenue of the federal government, in addition to the revenue of local governments for each emirate, recorded a significant increase during the past year, estimated at 112 billion dirhams, equivalent to more than 30%, to reach 480 billion dirhams, compared to 368 billion dirhams. In the year of the spread of the “Corona” virus 2020.

Consolidated expenses also increased by 36 billion dirhams, recorded at the end of last year, 389 billion dirhams, with an annual growth rate of 10% compared to 2020 expenditures estimated at 353 billion dirhams.

According to statistics, revenues exceeded expenditures with a surplus of 90 billion dirhams during 2021, while taxes constituted the largest share of government revenues, as they contributed 196 billion dirhams of total revenues.

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