This note provides basic analysis of allocations and trends in on-budget public expenditurein Afghanistan since 1389. This report provides an overview snapshot of public expenditure in Afghanistan. The report presents analysis of: i) the overall fiscal situation and the extent of fiscal sustainability challenges; ii) aggregate budgetary allocations and expenditure trends over the proportion of public spending that is delivered on-budget; and ii) summary analysis of expenditure trends within five large key ministries (Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Martyrs, Disabled, and Social Affairs, and Ministry of Public Health). Analysis is based on expenditure data included in the BOOST public expenditure analysistool. The BOOST tool is jointly maintained by the World Bank and the Afghanistan Ministry of Finance. This tool uses expenditure data directly from the government’s Financial Management Information System (AFMIS), which is considered the most reliable source of expenditure information. Data from AFMIS and presented in this report, however, does not always fully reconcile with other printed documents. The analysis examines actual expenditure at year-end, rather than planned budget allocations. Data is reported using Afghan fiscal years, with the year 1397 approximately corresponding to the 2018 calendar year. Off-budget expenditure is excluded from the analysis.