Tunisia's diplomatic missions face reduced spending and resources in 2024: Court of Accounts

Tunisia's diplomatic and consular missions abroad experienced a notable reduction in both expenditures and resources during 2024, according to a report by the Court of Accounts. The findings, released yesterday, detail a significant decrease in spending compared to the previous year, indicating a tightening of budgets for overseas representation. Expenditures under Title I for these missions fell to 182.755 million dinars in 2024, down from 220.227 million dinars in 2023. This represents a decrease of 37.472 million dinars, or 17.02%. The consumption rate of collected revenue remained high at 98.02%, but year-end surpluses declined to 3.690 million dinars from 5.235 million dinars in the prior fiscal year. Concurrently, the initial projections for Title I resources for the 90 diplomatic and consular centers were lowered to 174.069 million dinars in 2024, a drop of 38.075 million dinars, or 17.95%, from 212.144 million dinars in 2023. After a revision of credits amounting to 12.376 million dinars, the final projections reached 186.445 million dinars and were fully utilized. Revenue under Title II amounted to 8.258 million dinars, comprising 1.990 million dinars from the current year's revenue and 6.268 million dinars in carry-over surpluses from 2023. Expenditures for this section totaled 2.715 million dinars, representing 32.88% of the total revenue, leaving an excess of 5.543 million dinars. The Court of Accounts compiled its report based on various official financial documents and reports related to the execution of the 2024 state budget.