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Mali’s cabinet adopted a draft 2027 finance law on September 18. Government projections put budget revenue at FCFA 3,866.635 billion and expenditure at FCFA 4,462.646 billion.

Compared with the revised 2026 budget, the draft projects revenue growth of 14.64% and expenditure growth of 11.75%. It puts the deficit at FCFA 596.011 billion, 3.93% below the revised 2026 figure of FCFA 620.425 billion. This is a cabinet-approved draft, not an enacted budget law.