BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 17. Foreign direct investment (FDI) from the United States (U.S.) in Azerbaijan reached $89.4 million in the first half of 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan indicates that this represents an increase of $25.4 million, or 39.7 percent, compared to the same period last year. U.S. investments accounted for 2.8 percent of the total FDI attracted by Azerbaijan during this period.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan invested $77.6 million in the U.S. economy during the first half of the year, marking a 3.9-fold increase, or $57.9 million, compared to the same period last year.
Azerbaijani investments constituted 5.8 percent of the aggregate
foreign direct investment in the United States, positioning it as
the fourth-largest beneficiary of Azerbaijani financial
inflows.
Furthermore, the aggregate of U.S. foreign direct investment in
Azerbaijan reached $64 million during the initial semester of 2024,
whereas the capital influx from Azerbaijan into the U.S. was
quantified at $19.6 million.
To note, total FDI in Azerbaijan in the first half of 2025 exceeded $3.2 billion, marking an increase of $244.2 million, or 8.2 percent, compared to the same period last year. During the same period, Azerbaijani investments abroad reached $1.35 billion, an increase of $351.5 million, or 35.2 percent, from the first half of 2024.
