11:56 - 17.09.2025

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September 17, Fineko/abc.az. In the first 6 months of 2025, a total of 3.2 bn of foreign direct investments were made in the oil & gas and non-oil sector of Azerbaijan.

ABC.AZ informs that Samir Nasirov, the director of the CBA Statistics Department, stated about this at a briefing on the presentation of the balance of payments.

According to Nasirov, the UK, Turkey, Cyprus, Switzerland and Iran have become the largest investors in the country.

“During one period or another, capital outflow in the amount of $3.4 bn was carried out from Azerbaijan abroad, a significant part of which is related to the export of crude oil and natural gas. Azerbaijan has sent $1.349 bn in direct investments to foreign economies. Top 5 of countries with the largest number of direct investments from Azerbaijan includes Israel ($542 million), Turkey (.177 million), the UAE ($156 million), and the U.S. ($177 million) and Georgia ($77 million),” Nasirov said.