Average monthly income per capita in Azerbaijan by August 1 of this year amounted to 319,87 manat (minus 5% by the end of last year, when it was at the level of AZN 336.6).
According to the State Statistics Committee, the worst this year for this indicator was June - 291.1 manat, the best - March with 367.4 manat for each citizen. In this case, the real money incomes were below average - in July 314.8 in June - 260.1 manat.
According to Turan’s experts, the State Statistic Committee uses the procedure of averaging income in order to overstate the standard of living. In Azerbaijan, there are half-million state employees and 1.2 million pensioners receiving monthly 140 - 250 manat. Also in the country there are about 60 thousand disabled people who receive state benefits from 40 to 50 manat, depending on the degree of disability. Many of them do not have a guardian and live below the poverty line. At the same time the country has a layer of millionaires and officials "supervising" them - the oligarchs whose incomes are incompatible with the income of the majority of the citizenry.
From 1 January 2014 the head of state set a limit criterion of need in the country at 100 manat. According to the law on the subsistence level, the average rate was set at 125 manat, for the working-age population - 136, for pensioners – 103, and for children - 103 manat. -17D-
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The latest data from the State Statistics Committee reveals that as of December 1, 2024, the total number of salaried workers in Azerbaijan stood at 1.775 million, with 884,400 employed in the public sector and 890,900 in the private sector. This figure falls significantly short of the government's ambitious targets set seven years ago, raising concerns about employment opportunities, particularly for the country's burgeoning youth population.
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Azerbaijan's legal and physical entities engaged in trade operations with partners from 176 countries between January and November 2024, exporting goods to 120 nations and importing from 167, according to the State Customs Committee.
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Azerbaijan's retail trade turnover climbed 3.9% in real terms in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching a total of 62.2 billion manats, the State Statistics Committee revealed. Food, beverages, and tobacco accounted for 34.1 billion manats, while non-food products contributed 28.1 billion manats to the total.
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