The Republic of Congo’s Council of Ministers approved a 2025 budget settlement bill and a draft budget for 2027 on 7 October 2026. The official record, published by state news agency ACI the next day, says both texts would be sent to Parliament for examination and adoption. The 2027 figures are therefore plans submitted by the government, not spending authority already in force. The same cabinet record also contains technical decisions on hydrocarbon permits, so the account treats these actions as part of one meeting.

According to the 2025 settlement bill, realized budget receipts were CFAF 2,276.544 billion and disbursed spending was CFAF 2,012.335 billion. Domestic non-oil revenue stood at CFAF 1,182.950 billion and oil revenue at CFAF 1,031.612 billion. Investment spending reached CFAF 224.958 billion, equal to 53.9% of the forecast. These are 2025 execution figures. Revenue, expenditure and investment categories are reported within budget classifications, and combining unlike categories into one total could mislead.

The 2027 draft provides for CFAF 3,120.8 billion in budget resources and CFAF 2,638.4 billion in expenditure. The record also states a surplus of CFAF 432.4 billion, but the difference between the published resource and expenditure figures is CFAF 482.4 billion, an internal arithmetic inconsistency. This account reports the two amounts separately, makes no undocumented correction and does not derive a replacement balance. The draft includes CFAF 680 billion in structural public investment, of which CFAF 327.7 billion is planned from domestic resources.

The government assumes oil output of 112 million barrels in 2027 and an average crude price of $71 a barrel; these are budget assumptions, not realized production or a market quotation. The draft links public investment to infrastructure, energy, transport and agriculture. Its projection that public debt will fall from 88.6% of GDP in 2026 to 80.9% in 2027 is also a government forecast. Delivery will depend on budget execution, oil revenue, growth and financing conditions.

At the same meeting, the cabinet approved a decree extending the Lidongo production permit by ten years, through 25 September 2046, and harmonizing the boundary between Lidongo and Marine XXIX-A. It also approved revised coordinates for the Eni Congo-operated Marine XXIV permit to remove a partial overlap with the protected area of Conkouati-Douli National Park. These are permit-area and boundary decisions; the meeting record does not describe them as a new production-volume announcement.