Foreign investment in Azerbaijan's oil and gas sector rises nearly 11% in 2025

BAKU. Jan 23 (Interfax) - Overall capital investment in Azerbaijan's oil and gas sector in 2025 amounted to 5.34 billion manat, $3.1 billion at the current exchange rate, down 10.3% year-on-year, the State Statistics Committee told Interfax.

According to statistics, foreign fixed capital investment in Azerbaijan's oil and gas sector increased 10.8% year-on-year to 3.195 billion manat, accounting for 59.8% of all investment in this sector of the economy.

Domestic investment dropped 30.1% to 2.145 billion manat.

The official exchange rate as on January 23, 2026, is 1.7 manat/$1.