As of October 1, 1 million 516.4 thousand employees worked in Azerbaijan’s economy. This is 3,800 less than a month earlier.
According to the State Statistics Committee, the public sector employed 886,700, and the non-public sector employed 628,700 people. The number of employees in state enterprises and organizations decreased over the month by 1.1 thousand, and in private entities – by 2.7 thousand people.
The number of employees in the past few years varies around 1.5 million, although the government says about the opening of hundreds of thousands of permanent jobs. ---08D
Economics
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An investigation led by Ghalib Toghrul, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Economic Research, has highlighted budgetary expenditures in the Azerbaijani districts of Aghdam, Fuzuli, and Khojavend, focusing on civil service projects linked to the reconstruction of territories liberated from Armenian occupation.
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On February 4, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov met with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Anna Bordeaux, head of the IMF mission in Azerbaijan, to discuss economic cooperation, financial sector issues and structural reforms, the ministry said.
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Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (AZD) transported 713,699 passengers in January 2025, marking a 15% increase compared to the same period last year, the company said on Tuesday.
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Last week, Azerbaijani media reported an impending increase in retail bread prices, attributing the rise to an increase in product weight. The following day, an official notification confirmed that the government had no intentions of sanctioning a bread price hike in the country. However, the threat of a price increase for this staple food remains for another reason.
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