Azerbaijan's motor fuel cost hits ten-year peak

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 14. A whopping 271 million manat ($159.7 million) worth of automotive gasoline and diesel fuel were sold to consumers in Azerbaijan in January 2025, which is a record level in the last ten years.

Data obtained by Trend from the State Statistics Committee shows that this figure has increased by 43.9 million manat ($25.7 million) or 19.3 percent compared to the same month last year and by 138.5 million manat ($81.2 million) or two times since January 2016.

For instance, in January 2024, fuel expenditures by the population amounted to 227.1 million manat ($133.3 million), while in January 2016, it stood at 132.5 million manat ($77.9 million).

Fuel expenses of the population in the last 10 years:

To note, this January, Azerbaijan's retail trade networks sold consumer goods worth 4.5 billion manat ($2.65 billion), including food, beverages, and tobacco products worth 2.5 billion manat ($1.47 billion) and non-food products worth 2 billion manat ($1.18 billion).