While some ministries are overspending, others have barely begun to use their allocated funds. This is the case for the Ministries of Public Administration, Labour and Social Security, and of Youth and Sports, which recorded execution rates of just 1% and 2%, respectively.
The Ministries of Public Works and Defense have already spent nearly two-thirds of their 2026 budgets allocated through the State Budget (OGE), making them the government bodies with the highest budget execution rates among the country’s 67 state institutions at the end of the first quarter.
According to the budget execution report, the Ministry of Public Works, Urbanism and Housing has already spent Kz 580.6 billion of the Kz 891.9 billion allocated under the 2026 State Budget. This represents 65% of its projected annual expenditure being spent in just three months.
The same applies to the Ministry of National Defense, Former Combatants and Veterans of the Homeland. In the first quarter alone, it spent Kz 409.8 billion of the Kz 629.1 billion allocated for the entire year, also reaching a 65% execution rate.
Among government institutions—including sovereign bodies, ministerial departments, provincial governments, and other state entities—these two ministries lead in budget execution. To avoid further overruns by the end of 2026, the Ministry of Public Works has Kz 311.3 billion remaining, while the Ministry of Defense has Kz 219.3 billion left from their respective annual allocations.
The Supreme Court ranks third among state institutions with the highest execution rate in the first quarter, having already spent 58% of its annual budget allocation.
Such high levels of spending within a single quarter often lead to substantial budget overruns later in the year, forcing the government to increase funding allocations for these institutions. In the case of the Defense Ministry, this has become a recurring practice.
The budget execution report does not explain the reasons behind such elevated spending within a short period. However, an examination of the Public Investment Program (PIP) section provides some indication of the factors contributing to these expenditure levels.
Source: Expansão
