Salary of about 50% of builders in Azerbaijan are cut
In 2016, the employees of the construction sector, involved in the private local companies; an average of 389 manats and 10 gepiks per month, which is by 7.4% less than in the previous year, the State Statistics Committee told Turan. This is despite the fact that consumer prices rose by an average of 12.4% in the country. The average number of employees of private local companies in 2016 amounted to over 45.000 people. The number of employees decreased by 4.2%. In December, in the private sector were employed 39.800 people. According to the SSC, the average monthly wage in the construction sector in 2016 amounted to 811 manat 90 gepiks. This is by 20.4% more than in 2015. Wage growth in construction was mainly due to companies with foreign capital, which employ 24.900 people (2016). They were credited past year, on average 1781 manats gepiks 60 per month, and by 41.2% more than in the previous year. The number of construction workers in state-owned companies in 2016 remained virtually unchanged, and amounted to 25.600 people. They were given a month on average 525.4 manat (including taxes and social contributions). In 2016 the average number of construction sector in Azerbaijan amounted to 95.6 thousand. (-2.6%). 08B
Economics
-
Azerbaijan's financial standing continues to strengthen as the country's foreign currency reserves have surged to $71 billion as of January 1, 2025, according to the Ministry of Finance. This figure, which includes reserves held by the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) and the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA), far exceeds the nation's external debt, which stands at a fraction of its reserves, specifically nearly 14 times less. This robust reserve position reflects Azerbaijan's fiscal stability and the government’s strategic economic management.
-
According to operational data from the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan, in January 2025, the country produced 2.3 million tons of oil, including condensate, and 3.9 billion cubic meters of gas.
-
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has opened a representative office in Albania and is set to launch a specific project this year, the Albanian company "Albgaz" announced.
-
"Azerbaijan is currently among 54 middle-income countries," said Shahmar Movsumov, head of the Economic Affairs and Innovative Development Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, during the presentation of the World Bank’s World Development Report 2024 in Baku on February 10.
Leave a review