BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 25. During the first
five months of 2025, foreign financial sources poured a whopping
1.64 billion manat ($971 million) into Azerbaijan’s fixed capital,
making quite a splash in the investment pool.
The data obtained by Trend from the State Statistics Committee shows that
this metric experienced an augmentation of 391.9 million manat
($231.3 million), representing a 31.3 percent escalation, relative
to the analogous timeframe in 2024.
Out of the aggregate foreign capital influx, 1.19 billion manat
(equivalent to $705 million) was allocated to the hydrocarbon
sector, while 451.9 million manat (approximately $266 million) was
channeled into the non-hydrocarbon sector.
In juxtaposition to the initial quintet of months from the
preceding year, capital allocations within the hydrocarbon sector
experienced an uptick of 9.6 percent, whereas investments in the
non-hydrocarbon sector exhibited a remarkable growth trajectory of
2.4 times.
In aggregate, spanning the timeframe from January to May 2025, an
aggregate capital infusion of 6.7 billion manat (equivalent to
$3.95 billion) was allocated to Azerbaijan’s economic and social
sectors from diverse financial streams, reflecting a decrement of
0.8 percent relative to the corresponding interval in 2024. Capital
allocations within the hydrocarbon sector experienced a contraction
of 21.9 percent, whereas capital infusions into the non-hydrocarbon
sector witnessed an uptick of 11.7 percent.
