BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 18. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan totaled $12.8 million in the first half of 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan indicates that this represents an increase of $10.7 million, or sixfold, compared to the same period last year, and accounts for 0.4 percent of Azerbaijan’s total FDI for the reporting period.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani investment in Kazakhstan reached $6.5 million, a decrease of $960,000, or 12.8 percent, year-on-year, representing 0.5 percent of Azerbaijan’s outbound FDI.
Moreover, last year Kazakhstan’s FDI in Azerbaijan totaled $2.11 million, while Azerbaijani investment in Kazakhstan amounted to $7.5 million.
Overall, Azerbaijan’s total FDI inflows exceeded $3.22 billion in the first half of the year, up $244.3 million, or 8.2 percent, from the same period last year, while outbound FDI reached $1.35 billion, up $351.5 million, or 35.2 percent, year-on-year.
