BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 17. In the first half of 2025, net financial assets from foreign direct investments saw a healthy uptick of $516.3 million, while net financial liabilities took a step back, dropping by $195.8 million.
Data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) indicates that total foreign direct investment attracted from abroad amounted to $3.2 billion, while outward foreign direct investments directed to the external economy reached $1.3 billion.
In aggregate, a shortfall of approximately $712.1 million was
documented in the ledger of foreign direct investments.
The analytics indicated that the hydrocarbons sector represented
77.2 percent of the foreign direct investment influx.
“In the first half of 2025, the decline of $652.2 million in net financial liabilities in the oil and gas sector resulted from the difference between attracted investment of $2.4 billion and capital repatriation of $3.1 billion, mainly in the form of crude oil and natural gas belonging to international oil and gas consortiums,” the CBA said.
The bank also reported that foreign direct investment in the non-oil and gas sector grew by 25.4 percent, reaching $733.9 million, of which about $240.4 million was linked to reinvested earnings in the domestic economy.
