The funds was formally authorised by Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and is designed to help long-term improvement throughout cultural, scientific, financial and social sectors, whereas guaranteeing safety, social security and the sustainability of power, water and meals assets.
The 2026 common funds goals to strengthen the federal government’s capability to finance strategic initiatives and tasks, present acceptable housing options for numerous classes of residents, and develop tourism infrastructure that helps cultural, leisure and social tourism.
These initiatives are anticipated to contribute considerably to sustainable financial improvement throughout the emirate.
Sharjah funds 2026
Structured across the twin goals of monetary sustainability and financial competitiveness, the funds additionally focuses on addressing social and employment wants, whereas persevering with capital tasks throughout Sharjah’s cities and areas amid ongoing city, cultural and tourism-led improvement.
Expenditures within the 2026 funds elevated by 3 per cent in contrast with 2025. Capital tasks account for 35 per cent of complete spending, underlining the federal government’s continued dedication to infrastructure funding.
Key expenditure allocations embrace:
- Salaries and wages: 30 per cent
- Working bills: 25 per cent
- Subsidies and assist: roughly 12 per cent
- Mortgage repayments and curiosity: 15 per cent, reflecting a 1 per cent lower from 2025
- Capital expenditures: roughly 2 per cent of the overall funds
This construction is meant to bolster monetary stability whereas guaranteeing the federal government can meet its operational and improvement obligations.
Finances by financial sector
Classifying the funds by financial sector highlights Sharjah’s strategic priorities for 2026:
- Infrastructure sector: 35 per cent of the overall funds, the most important allocation, reflecting its central position in improvement, sustainability and funding attraction
- Financial improvement: roughly 30 per cent, representing a 17 per cent enhance from 2025
- Social improvement: round 23 per cent, up 6 per cent year-on-year
- Authorities administration, safety and security: about 12 per cent, marking a 16 per cent enhance in contrast with 2025
These allocations underscore a balanced concentrate on financial progress, social well-being and institutional capability.
Income progress and diversification
On the income aspect, the federal government has prioritised increasing income sources and enhancing assortment effectivity by good, technology-driven instruments.
Whole public revenues within the 2026 funds elevated by 26 per cent in contrast with 2025. Working revenues account for 69 per cent of complete revenues, up 16 per cent, whereas capital revenues symbolize 10 per cent, rising 35 per cent year-on-year.
Tax revenues account for roughly 16 per cent of complete public revenues, greater than doubling with a 101 per cent enhance from 2025. Customs revenues contribute 3 per cent, whereas oil and gasoline revenues account for round 2 per cent of complete revenues.
Finance perspective
Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Finance Division, mentioned the funds establishes a transparent framework of strategic and monetary priorities aligned with the directives of the Ruler of Sharjah, the imaginative and prescient of the Govt Council and the division’s strategic goals.
He mentioned the initiatives purpose to attain excessive ranges of monetary sustainability and effectivity in managing authorities assets, enhancing Sharjah’s competitiveness throughout financial, social, infrastructure, cultural and tourism sectors, whereas strengthening the monetary capability of presidency entities to ship companies that meet world requirements.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud additionally highlighted the funds’s emphasis on digital transformation, together with digital fee and assortment methods, developed in collaboration with related entities. These efforts help course of re-engineering, scale back bureaucratic inefficiencies and improve service high quality, whereas strengthening the position of the Sharjah Digital Division.
Three-dimensional funds
Outlining the funds’s core framework, Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud mentioned: “The 2026 common funds adopts a three-dimensional method. The primary dimension focuses on creating financial and social goals and techniques to boost the well-being and prosperity of the emirate’s residents.
“The second dimension is strategic in nature, emphasising the enhancement of the federal government’s monetary sustainability and its capability to fund strategic and operational actions, initiatives, and tasks.
“The third dimension pertains to the refinement of the federal government companies system and the advance of macroeconomic indicators, incorporating strategic priorities to stimulate the emirate’s financial system by the availability of reductions and a assessment of varied service charges, thereby lowering the price of doing enterprise for purchasers and buyers.”
Lengthy-term resilience
The 2026 funds prioritises employment creation, abilities improvement and human capital funding, whereas strengthening Sharjah’s place as a hub for tradition, science, tourism and financial exercise. It additionally goals to mitigate world and regional challenges, together with inflation, rising rates of interest, financial slowdown and geopolitical dangers.
Aligned with the federal government’s monetary plan for 2023–2030, the funds focuses on rationalising expenditure in areas with restricted influence on competitiveness, enhancing spending effectivity and diversifying funding sources to make sure long-term sustainability.
