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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2025)		10 398^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		125.8^a,b
Capital city		Baku
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		2 313.1^d,e
UN membership date		2 March 1992
Surface area (km2)		86 600^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		96.2^a,b
National currency		Azerbaijan manat (AZN)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.7^f

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	53 076	42 693	72 356^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.1	-4.2	1.1^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 442.0	4 193.0	7 012.0^c
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	6.8	7.4	6.1^c
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	49.3	46.3	51.3^c
Economy: Services and other activity^h,j (% of GVA)	43.9	46.2	42.6^c
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	36.4	35.9	35.5^c
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	14.1	14.6	14.8^c
Employment in services^k (% employed)	49.6	49.5	49.7^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	5	7.2	5.5^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	61.1 / 66.3	64.4 / 70.3	59.7 / 65.0^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	118	161	218^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	128	134^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	12 646	13 733	26 554^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	9 214	10 731	21 055^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	3 432	3 002	5 499^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-222	-316	4 671^f

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	1.2	0.6	0.6^a
Urban population^b (% of total population)	54.7	56^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7^b,l	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2.1	1.8	1.7^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	75.3 / 69.1	73.8 / 66.8	77.4 / 71.9^a
Population age distribution^b,m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	23.5 / 9.2	23.4 / 11.9	21.2 / 14.8^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	224.3 / 2.3	198.9 / 2.0	218.5 / 2.1^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	628.1	657.1	666.6^f
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	26.8	20	16.4^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	4.3	5.8	4^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.3	3.1	3.2^o
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	105.6 / 107.4	99.9 / 96.8	101.6 / 102.3^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.2 / 91.7	86.1 / 87.0	92.7 / 93.1^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	102.9 / 107.3	86.2 / 97.9^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.2	2.2	2.2^c
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	15.6	16.8^p	20.8^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	77	84.6^q	89^q,c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2	0.2	0.2^o
Threatened species (number)	92	102	105^f
Forested area (% of land area)	13	13.7	14^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	33.7 / 3.5	33.7 / 3.3	38.0 / 3.7^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	2 474	2 412	2 626^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	62	63	70^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 922	587	1 508^o
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	55.9	57.4	57.4^f
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	91.5 / 72.6	92.3 / 78.7	92.3 / 81.1^o
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	56.5 / ...	60.2 / ...	63.0 / ...^o
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed (% of GNI)	...	0.1	0.15^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.14	0.29	0.18^c

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
c		2023
d		Including communities under the authority of the Town Council.
e		2019
f		2024
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
i		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
j		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		2022
p		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
q		Population aged 7 years and over.