Azerbaijan 2027 budget: 67 cities and districts to cover local spending from own revenue

Azerbaijan's draft 2027 state budget envisages financing local expenses of 67 cities and districts from their own revenues. The proposal comes as restoration and reconstruction work continues in the liberated territories. Deputy Rovshan Muradov told Modern.az that the approach is important for integrating Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur into the national economy and strengthening the economic foundations of the Great Return.

Muradov said the draft plans 9.25 million manat in revenue against 5.348 million manat in local spending for Lachin, while revenues and local spending in Khojavend are equal at 2.529 million manat. The Accounts Chamber's opinion on the 2026 draft had stated that 66 cities and districts were planned to cover their expenses without state budget subsidies. Over 2020–2026, more than 25 billion manat was allocated from the state budget for reconstruction of the liberated territories, and 3.4 billion manat is planned for this purpose in 2027.

Deputy Vugar Bayramov said Khojavend received a state budget subsidy in 2026, but under the next year's draft its local revenues will equal its spending, so no subsidy will be needed. The draft also provides that if local revenues do not cover expenses, state budget funds up to 10 percent of those expenses may be allocated.