BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 17. A total of 2.3 billion manat ($1.3 billion) was invested in Azerbaijan's fixed capital from external financial sources during the first seven months of 2025.
The data obtained by Trend from the State Statistical Committee shows that compared to the same period in 2024, this figure rose by 33.1 percent.
Of the total foreign investments in fixed capital, 1.665 billion manats ($976 million) went to the oil and gas sector, while 648.2 million manats ($380 million) were directed to the non-oil and gas sector.
Compared to the first seven months of 2024, foreign investments in Azerbaijan's fixed capital increased by 14.3 percent in the oil and gas sector and more than doubled (2.3 times) in the non-oil and gas sector.
To note, 9.91 billion manat ($5.83 billion) was invested in Azerbaijan's fixed capital from January through July 2025, which is 3.4 percent more than in the same period last year.
Capital allocations in the hydrocarbon sector dropped by 18.4
percent, while capital flowing into the non-hydrocarbon sector
picked up by 15 percent.
From the total, 5.05 billion manat ($2.97 billion), making up 50.9
percent, was set aside for production sectors; 3.34 billion manat
($1.96 billion), accounting for 33.7 percent, was put aside for
service sectors; and 1.53 billion manat ($900 million), coming to
15.4 percent, was marked out for residential construction.
