Public salaries against oil revenue, year to date

CALCULATED · 2026-07 · RUN 2026-10-04

Public salaries as a share of oil revenue, both since 1 January. Above 100%, the payroll alone cost more than every barrel the state sold brought in.

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Year to date: each line runs from January, the total since 1 January at each month’s end. The last six years are drawn; the CSV has the full record.