{"id":"2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","language":"en","title":"Congo reports 2025 oil revenue and projects higher 2027 output","summary":"Cabinet minutes show CFAF 1,031.6bn in oil revenue for 2025 and forecast 112m barrels of production for 2027.","body":["Republic of Congo’s Council of Ministers reviewed the 2025 budget settlement and 2027 finance bill on 7 October. The minutes, published by ACI the next day, report 2025 oil revenue of CFAF 1,031.612 billion, equal to 83.9% of the forecast.","The same account lists total 2025 budget revenue at CFAF 2,276.544 billion against a CFAF 2,327 billion forecast. These are government-reported outturn figures; the release does not provide a revised revenue series or independent audit assessment.","For the outlook, the government’s macroeconomic and budget framework projects real GDP growth of 6.9% in 2027, compared with 5.6% in 2026. It estimates crude production at 112 million barrels in 2027 versus 105 million in 2026.","The 2025 revenue figures are reported results, while growth and production values are projections. The minutes do not make the 2027 estimates actual output or a guarantee; they are assumptions submitted with the draft budget for parliamentary review."],"keyPoints":["2025 oil revenue was reported at CFAF 1,031.612bn, or 83.9% of forecast.","Total 2025 revenue was CFAF 2,276.544bn against a CFAF 2,327bn forecast.","2027 GDP growth and oil output figures are government projections, not results."],"sections":[],"text":"Congo reports 2025 oil revenue and projects higher 2027 output\n\nCabinet minutes show CFAF 1,031.6bn in oil revenue for 2025 and forecast 112m barrels of production for 2027.\n\n2025 oil revenue was reported at CFAF 1,031.612bn, or 83.9% of forecast.\n\nTotal 2025 revenue was CFAF 2,276.544bn against a CFAF 2,327bn forecast.\n\n2027 GDP growth and oil output figures are government projections, not results.\n\nRepublic of Congo’s Council of Ministers reviewed the 2025 budget settlement and 2027 finance bill on 7 October. The minutes, published by ACI the next day, report 2025 oil revenue of CFAF 1,031.612 billion, equal to 83.9% of the forecast.\n\nThe same account lists total 2025 budget revenue at CFAF 2,276.544 billion against a CFAF 2,327 billion forecast. These are government-reported outturn figures; the release does not provide a revised revenue series or independent audit assessment.\n\nFor the outlook, the government’s macroeconomic and budget framework projects real GDP growth of 6.9% in 2027, compared with 5.6% in 2026. It estimates crude production at 112 million barrels in 2027 versus 105 million in 2026.\n\nThe 2025 revenue figures are reported results, while growth and production values are projections. The minutes do not make the 2027 estimates actual output or a guarantee; they are assumptions submitted with the draft budget for parliamentary review.","category":"fiscal","region":"world","topics":["statistics","oil","inflation"],"eventDate":"2026-10-07","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-08","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"attribution":"Agence Congolaise d’Information (ACI), Council of Ministers minutes of 7 October 2026","checkedAt":"2026-10-09","licence":"Copyright 2026; all rights reserved. No open license stated.","licenseUrl":"https://www.aci.cg/","name":"Agence Congolaise d’Information (ACI), Council of Ministers record","publishedAt":"2026-10-08","url":"https://www.aci.cg/compte-rendu-du-conseil-des-ministres-du-mercredi-7-octobre-2026/"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-africa-cg-2025-budget-2027-macroeconomic-projections-oct7"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","forecast"],"geographies":[{"countryCode":"CG","role":"economic-scope","subdivisionCode":null},{"countryCode":"CG","role":"event-location","subdivisionCode":null}],"measurementPeriod":null,"version":"1"}}