هەواڵ
Oil and internal income revenue in 75 days?
بڵاوکراوەتەوە لە : 14 تەمموز 2025
قەبارەی دەقەکان
قەبارەی دەقەکان
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بڵاوکراوەتەوە لە : 14 تەمموز 2025
قەبارەی دەقەکان
قەبارەی دەقەکان
Public sector employees in the Kurdistan Region have not received their salaries for 75 days — equivalent to two and a half months. The monthly salary requirement is 998 billion IQD, which means for 75 days, the total required is approximately 2 trillion and 495 billion IQD. If an employee’s monthly salary is 1 million IQD, then over 75 days, the salary owed would be 2 million and 500 thousand IQD.
According to the reports from the Iraqi Ministry of Finance and the audit bureaus of both Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region for the first four months of 2025:
Internal revenues for those 75 days amounted to 730 billion IQD
Oil revenues were 980 billion IQD
Allied (donor) funds were 50 billion IQD
Meanwhile, governmental non-salary expenses in the same 75 days totaled only 395 billion IQD
The Kurdistan Region derives its income from four main sources:
Funds from Baghdad
Internal revenues
Oil revenues
Allied financial aid
In 2025, the last monthly transfer from the Iraqi Government to the Kurdistan Region was used to cover April’s salary expenses. The following amounts were transferred:
For April: 954,514,000,000 IQD on 13/5/2025
For March: 954,880,467,779 IQD on 26/3/2025
For February: 957,925,880,078 IQD on 12/3/2025
For January: 958,012,332,759 IQD on 4/2/2025
According to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance, a total of 4.117 trillion IQD was sent to the Kurdistan Region over the first four months of 2025. However, a portion of that was deducted for loans and salary advances.
Based on reports from the Iraqi Ministry of Finance and audit bureaus:
For Jan–Apr 2025, Kurdistan's total internal revenue was 1.166 trillion IQD, or roughly 292 billion IQD per month
However, the KRG claims its internal revenue is about 320 billion IQD monthly, of which 65 billion IQD is spent on security forces
Total internal revenue for the past 6 months: 1.752 trillion IQD
Internal revenue for the 75 days in question: 730 billion IQD
KRG officials claim oil revenue is zero, but:
In May, the Kurdistan Region produced an average of 299,705 barrels per day, sold at $33 per barrel
This means monthly revenue reached approximately $297 million, or about 400 billion IQD
According to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance:
In the first four months of 2025, Kurdistan generated 1.568 trillion IQD in oil revenue, or 392 billion IQD monthly
However, a portion of this goes to oil companies and operating costs
If we take the Ministry's figure of 392 billion/month, then for 6 months: 2.352 trillion IQD, and for 75 days: 980 billion IQD
Monthly support from international allies: 20 billion IQD, mostly to support the Peshmerga
Over 6 months: 120 billion IQD
For 75 days: 50 billion IQD
Internal revenue: 1.752 trillion IQD
Oil revenue: 2.352 trillion IQD
Allied aid: 120 billion IQD
Transfers from Baghdad: 4.117 trillion IQD
Total funds available to the Kurdistan Regional Government in the first half of 2025: 8.342 trillion IQD
Salary expenditure over 6 months: 4.117 trillion IQD
Remaining amount (as per Iraqi MoF reports): 4.225 trillion IQD
From Baghdad: 0 IQD
Internal revenue: 730 billion IQD
Oil revenue: 980 billion IQD
Allied aid: 50 billion IQD
Total available funds: 1.76 trillion IQD
Ongoing obligations: 60 billion
University and education lecturer salaries: 24 billion
Contract employee salaries after 1/7/2024: 2.5 billion
Waste management: 10 billion
Hospital and prison food: 7 billion
Fuel: 8 billion
Medicines and medical supplies: 7 billion
Transportation costs: 900 million
Water disinfection materials: 800 million
Grants: 4 billion
Miscellaneous item repairs: 30.8 billion
Total: 158 billion IQD
Total 75-day expenditures (excluding salaries): 395 billion IQD
75-day oil and internal revenue: 1.76 trillion IQD
75-day non-salary expenditure: 395 billion IQD
One-month salary bill: 998 billion IQD
Salary expenditure methods in the Kurdistan Region
KRG salary and revenue status after oil export halts
Oil production and income from Kurdistan oil fields
How much the KRG owes Baghdad and vice versa
KRG total revenues (2023–2024)
Iraq has transferred $12.5 billion to the Kurdistan Region in 3 years
KRG oil and internal revenues over the past 3 years: 20 trillion IQD
