What the money is spent on

Pay, running costs, interest and building, over 4 years of the Treasury's own tables.

ZiG 440.86 billionspent in all, 2028

ZWL$ 117.34 trillionspent in all, 2026

What the spending goes on, in ZiG

ZiG 440.86 billion spent in all in 2028, up 15.7% on 2027. Pay is the largest part of it, 29.7 of every 100.

What the spending goes on, in ZiG, year by year

2025 to 2028, of 4 on record.

Up 39% between 2025 and 2028, from ZiG 316.39 billion to ZiG 440.86 billion.Pay is the largest part in 2028, 30 of every 100, followed by Building and equipment at 27 and Social benefits at 13. Everything else makes up the remaining 7.7. Pay held 42 of every 100 in 2025. 2027 and 2028 are the Treasury's own projections, not yet voted.

The 2028 total, part by part

ZiG 440.86 billion spent in all

Pay30%
Running costs10%
Interest on debt1.8%
Grants9.9%
Social benefits13%
Subsidies0.3%
Building and equipment27%
Everything else7.7%

Out of every ZiG 100 in 2028, ZiG 30 is Pay.Building and equipment is next at 27 of every 100, then Social benefits at 13. Everything else makes up the remaining 7.7.

The figures behind itDownload CSV

Year	Pay	Running costs	Interest on debt	Grants	Social benefits	Subsidies	Building and equipment	Everything else	TOTAL
2028	131,090,700,000	45,324,937,000	7,882,800,000	43,640,053,000	58,374,578,000	1,188,652,000	119,578,426,000	33,777,876,000	440,858,022,000
2027	112,137,652,000	44,385,427,600	6,621,600,000	36,530,771,400	52,273,252,000	1,115,730,000	88,321,860,000	39,731,215,000	381,117,508,000
2026	98,584,903,000	42,713,439,000	8,473,000,000	31,859,203,000	46,262,488,000	1,973,000,000	52,205,445,000	19,537,569,000	301,609,047,000
2025	132,626,459,500	33,902,848,000	5,614,000,000	25,437,527,000	20,373,003,000	1,401,000,000	49,448,014,000	47,584,793,500	316,387,645,000

The same, in the old dollar

ZWL$ 117.34 trillion spent in all in 2026, up 21.0% on 2025. Building and equipment is the largest part of it, 22.1 of every 100.

The same, in the old dollar, year by year

2020 to 2026, of 7 on record.

Up 166224% between 2020 and 2026, from ZWL$ 70.55 billion to ZWL$ 117.34 trillion.Building and equipment is the largest part in 2026, 22 of every 100, followed by Pay at 20 and Running costs at 20. Everything else makes up the remaining 10. Building and equipment held 30 of every 100 in 2020. 2025 and 2026 are the Treasury's own projections, not yet voted.

The 2026 total, part by part

ZWL$ 117.34 trillion spent in all

Pay20%
Running costs20%
Interest on debt1.8%
Grants13%
Social benefits11%
Subsidies1.1%
Building and equipment22%
Everything else10%

Out of every ZWL$ 100 in 2026, ZWL$ 22 is Building and equipment.Pay is next at 20 of every 100, then Running costs at 20. Everything else makes up the remaining 10.

The figures behind itAll 7Download CSV

Year	Pay	Running costs	Interest on debt	Grants	Social benefits	Subsidies	Building and equipment	Everything else	TOTAL
2026	23,948,964,866,000	23,941,378,011,000	2,065,897,180,000	15,031,619,337,000	12,898,682,917,000	1,273,220,468,000	25,874,599,914,724	12,304,451,735,000	117,338,814,428,724
2025	20,472,996,398,000	18,207,308,398,000	1,583,636,884,000	11,521,772,244,000	10,398,631,724,000	609,332,238,000	21,719,122,704,000	12,493,543,483,000	97,006,344,073,000
2024	17,818,276,743,040	7,908,510,709,960	1,176,218,570,000	7,639,225,140,000	6,776,209,830,000	473,925,401,000	15,092,289,310,500	5,994,042,582,500	62,878,698,287,000
2023	1,594,498,457,000	817,366,040,000	24,967,500,000	926,253,526,000	138,014,731,000	44,000,000,000	585,464,377,000	318,400,023,000	4,448,964,654,000
2022	582,519,272,000	336,350,012,800	17,367,000,000	389,038,468,378	96,636,954,822	18,294,610,000	457,246,712,000	32,283,000,000	1,929,736,030,000
2021	113,338,090,000	68,410,458,000	1,462,000,000	92,119,047,000	12,091,405,000	2,600,000,000	121,916,300,000	17,404,000,000	429,341,300,000
2020	12,113,727,000	11,134,522,679	704,320,000	10,967,011,000	4,659,865,000	881,901,321	21,375,689,000	8,711,108,000	70,548,144,000

Questions people ask

How much of Zimbabwe's budget goes on salaries?

ZiG 440.86 billion spent in all in 2028, up 15.7% on 2027. Pay is the largest part of it, 29.7 of every 100.

What did the government spend before the currency changed?

ZWL$ 117.34 trillion spent in all in 2026, up 21.0% on 2025. Building and equipment is the largest part of it, 22.1 of every 100.

Read from the Ministry of Finance, Approved 2026 Estimates of Expenditure. Every source we read

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