Azerbaijan plans 12.4% increase in science funding for 2027

Azerbaijan plans to allocate 257.9 million manats ($151.71 million), or 0.6% of state budget expenditure, to science in 2027.

Report informs, citing the draft law on the 2027 state budget, that the allocation is 12.4% higher than the approved forecast for 2026.

Next year's budget revenue is expected to total 39.254 billion manats ($23.09 billion), while expenditure is projected at 42.4 billion manats ($24.94 billion).