Azerbaijan recorded a government budget surplus of 4051.40 AZN Million in August of 2025. This dataset provides - Azerbaijan Government Budget Value- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Azerbaijan recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 0.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - Azerbaijan Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The budget balance in relation to the gross domestic product (GDP) in Azerbaijan stood at approximately 3.23 percent in 2024. Between 1994 and 2024, the budget balance rose by around 0.02 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend. The budget balance is forecast to decline by about 5.03 percentage points from 2024 to 2030, fluctuating as it trends downward.The indicator describes the general government net lending / borrowing, which is calculated as revenue minus total expenditure. The International Monetary Fund defines the general government expenditure as consisting of total expenses and the net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. The general government revenue consists of the revenue from taxes, social contributions, grants receivable, and other revenue.

Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From SOFAZ to State Budget data was reported at 1,206.800 AZN mn in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12,781.000 AZN mn for Dec 2024. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From SOFAZ to State Budget data is updated monthly, averaging 5,184.700 AZN mn from Apr 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12,781.000 AZN mn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 321.000 AZN mn in Jan 2023. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From SOFAZ to State Budget data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbajan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.F002: Consolidated Government Budget: ytd.

Military Expenditure in Azerbaijan increased to 3777.10 USD Million in 2024 from 3561.70 USD Million in 2023. Azerbaijan Military Expenditure - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on September of 2025.

Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From State Budget to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic data was reported at 20.000 AZN mn in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 185.200 AZN mn for Dec 2024. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From State Budget to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic data is updated monthly, averaging 183.600 AZN mn from Apr 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 425.000 AZN mn in Dec 2022 and a record low of 15.000 AZN mn in Jan 2023. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From State Budget to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbajan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.F002: Consolidated Government Budget: ytd.

Historical dataset showing Azerbaijan military spending/defense budget by year from 1992 to 2023.

Abstract

The Household Budget Survey conducted by the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the main source of information for analysis of living standards of separate population groups, income differentiation and poverty levels in the country. The survey was introduced in 2001 and has been carried out annually since then.

The Azerbaijan HBS is based on a random probability sample, which was designed to give nationally representative results and allow comparison between main regions of the country and different categories of the population. Approximately 8,700 households are interviewed annually. The annual sample is divided into about 2,200 households per quarter, with a full rotation of households occurring each quarter.

The survey collects information on household income and expenditure, housing conditions, ownership of consumer durables, access to agricultural land and demographic characteristics of household members.

Results of HBS 2001 served as the basis for estimates of poverty in Azerbaijan, using a relative poverty line and a new revised absolute poverty line. Using an absolute poverty line of 120,000 AZM (25.8 USD) per capita per month, it was estimated that 49% of the country population was living in poverty. Using a relative poverty line set at 72,000 AZM (15.5 USD) it was estimated that 17% of the population was living in extreme poverty.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

• Private households;

A household is defined as a single person or a group of persons with a common budget and residence (house, flat, etc.). The members of the household may not be relatives even if living together and sharing a common household. Persons living in institutional households (elderly houses, hospitals, military barracks etc.) are excluded from the survey.

Since the first half of 90-ties about 800,000 persons migrated within Azerbaijan because of the war in Nagorno-Karabach region. There have been some 250,000 refugees mainly from the other republics of previous USSR, too. This population part is included in the sampling frame according to their actual living place at the time of the population census in 1999.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sample of Azerbaijan HBS is based on territorial random probability principles. This allows stratifying the population by urban/rural category and by geographical characteristics (8 regions - economic zones). Taking into account that one fourth of the population is concentrated in the capital city Baku this population was included into a separate stratum.

Data from the population census 1999 was used in the survey. Three-stage sampling was implemented to select participating households.

Detailed description of the sampling procedure is available in "Azerbaijan HBS: Methodology" (p.2-6) in external resources.

Sampling deviation

In 2001 the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SSC) had to re-allocate existing interviewer staff to new sampling regions. However, existing employment legislation did not allow them to fire existing interviewers, or to re-hire them on more flexible contract basis. This led to compromises in the original sample implementation, with some interviewers having to work nearer to the place of residence. The compromises have led to some distortions in the final sample, with perhaps the most damaging being the under-representation of IDPs (internally displaced persons) in the 2001 sample. Throughout the year, the SSC has worked to re-allocate and re-employ interviewers in accordance with the new sample, and from 2002 there were no compromises.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The following survey instruments are used in Azerbaijan HBS:

1) Household Composition Checklist (to be filled for each household at the outset of the survey). If a household has agreed to participate in the survey, an interviewer must complete a household composition checklist.

2) Main Interview Questionnaire (also to be filled at the outset of the survey). It is completed during an interview with the head of the household at the outset of the survey. The questionnaire contains four chapters: - Housing conditions; - House-side plot; - Education and employment of household members; - Health conditions.

3) Daily Expenditure Diary (to be filled by the household during two weeks). The interviewer must explain to the household how to properly record expenses, namely: - Expenses are recorded on the date they are incurred. - Every expense is recorded in a separate line. - Records must be as accurate and detailed as possible.

4) Quarterly Expenditure Register (to be used throughout the entire quarter and as a supplement for the quarterly expenditure and income interview). The interviewer asks the surveyed households about their regular expenses and income on a quarterly basis. He/she poses questions about main (large) buys and regular expenses over the quarter. Since the family would have problems recollecting all expenses incurred over this period it is assumed that during the quarter the household will record expenses exceeding a certain amount in this document.

5) Expenditure and Income Questionnaire (to be filled quarterly in the course of the interview with the household members). The expenditure and income questionnaire includes the following chapters: - Clothing and shoe expenditure; - Household commodity expenditure; - Furniture, service and other large expenditure; - Housing and utility expenditure; - House-side land plot; - Health care expenditure; - Other expenses; - Individual questionnaire; - Control of completing the individual questionnaire; - Household's income.

While the questionnaires were piloted in the last quarter of 2000, there was not sufficient time to analyze the results of the pilot before launching the survey in January 2001. It was considered vital to begin data collection in January, in order to start the pattern of obtaining calendar year survey results. However, as the first results were entered and analyzed, it became clear that some of the questions were being interpreted in different ways by different interviewers. This was corrected through repeated training sessions and a revision of the questionnaires. The updated questionnaires were introduced in January 2002.

Response rate

Interviewers under the old (before 2001) survey were asked to interview the same households indefinitely. In 2001, they were asked to contract new households each quarter. Given that households were paid only a nominal sum for their participation, interviewers were required to develop and use communication skills in gaining the trust of the households.

The first 2001 survey results showed that too much emphasis and control was being made on overall response rate, but response rates to individual questions were very low. Particularly damaging was the fact that interviewers were allowed to submit questionnaires with incomplete expenditure diaries, since household per capita expenditure was the main indicator used to evaluate welfare levels.

Azerbaijan: Government spending, billion USD: The latest value from 2023 is 10.14 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 9.17 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 109.33 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 146 countries. Historically, the average for Azerbaijan from 1990 to 2023 is 3.58 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 0.08 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1992 while the maximum of 10.14 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2023.

Government Spending in Azerbaijan decreased to 4470.40 AZN Million in the first quarter of 2025 from 5260.70 AZN Million in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Azerbaijan Government Spending- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Revenue: Year to Date: State data was reported at 4,051.400 AZN mn in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 37,164.200 AZN mn for Dec 2024. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Revenue: Year to Date: State data is updated monthly, averaging 15,946.100 AZN mn from Apr 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37,164.200 AZN mn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 2,320.500 AZN mn in Jan 2021. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Revenue: Year to Date: State data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbajan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.F002: Consolidated Government Budget: ytd.

Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From State Budget to Unemployment Insurance Fund Budget data was reported at 1.600 AZN mn in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 26.200 AZN mn for Dec 2024. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From State Budget to Unemployment Insurance Fund Budget data is updated monthly, averaging 11.900 AZN mn from Apr 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.200 AZN mn in Dec 2020 and a record low of 0.800 AZN mn in Jan 2023. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Transfers: Year to Date: From State Budget to Unemployment Insurance Fund Budget data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbajan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.F002: Consolidated Government Budget: ytd.

Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: State data was reported at 2,339.600 AZN mn in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 37,719.700 AZN mn for Dec 2024. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: State data is updated monthly, averaging 14,738.700 AZN mn from Apr 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37,719.700 AZN mn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 983.400 AZN mn in Jan 2022. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: State data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbajan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.F002: Consolidated Government Budget: ytd.

The ratio of military expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP) in Azerbaijan amounted to 4.6 percent in 2023. Between 1992 and 2023, the ratio rose by 2.2 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Abstract

The Household Budget Survey conducted by the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the main source of information for analysis of living standards of separate population groups, income differentiation and poverty levels in the country. The survey was introduced in 2001 and has been carried out annually since then.

The Azerbaijan HBS is based on a random probability sample, which was designed to give nationally representative results and allow comparison between main regions of the country and different categories of the population. Approximately 8,700 households are interviewed annually. The annual sample is divided into about 2,200 households per quarter, with a full rotation of households occurring each quarter.

The survey collects information on household income and expenditure, housing conditions, ownership of consumer durables, access to agricultural land and demographic characteristics of household members.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

• Private households;

A household is defined as a single person or a group of persons with a common budget and residence (house, flat, etc.). The members of the household may not be relatives even if living together and sharing a common household. Persons living in institutional households (elderly houses, hospitals, military barracks etc.) are excluded from the survey.

Since the first half of 90-ties about 800,000 persons migrated within Azerbaijan because of the war in Nagorno-Karabach region. There have been some 250,000 refugees mainly from the other republics of previous USSR, too. This population part is included in the sampling frame according to their actual living place at the time of the population census in 1999.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sample of Azerbaijan HBS is based on territorial random probability principles. This allows stratifying the population by urban/rural category and by geographical characteristics (8 regions - economic zones). Taking into account that one fourth of the population is concentrated in the capital city Baku this population was included into a separate stratum.

Data from the population census 1999 was used in the survey. Three-stage sampling was implemented to select participating households.

Detailed description of the sampling procedure is available in "Azerbaijan HBS: Methodology" (p.2-6) in external resources.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The following survey instruments are used in Azerbaijan HBS:

1) Checklist of Household Composition (to be filled for each household at the outset of the survey). If a household agrees to participate in the survey, an interviewer must complete a household composition checklist.

2) Questionnaire for Basic Interview (to be filled at the outset of the survey). It is completed during an interview with the head of the household at the outset of the survey. The questionnaire contains four chapters: - Household Composition; - Housing Conditions; - Personal Subsidiary Plot; - Durable Goods.

3) Daily Expenditure Diary (to be filled by the household during two weeks). The daily diary contains the following sections: - Number of Present Members of Households; - Purchase of Food and Non-Food Goods, Services; - Food and Non-Food Goods and Services Received Free of Charge (Consumed/Received during 14 Days); - Expenses for Dining Out.

4) Quarterly Questionnaire on Incomes and Expenditures of Households (to be filled quarterly in the course of the interview with the household members). The expenditure and income questionnaire includes the following chapters: - Expenses for Clothing and Shoes; - Expenditure for Household Goods; - Expenses for Furniture, Different Services and Other Large Expenses; - Expenses for Utilities and Housing; - Personal Subsidiary Plot; - Health Expenditure; - Other Expenses; - Household Income.

5) Notebook to Record Quarterly Expenditures and Incomes (to be used throughout the entire quarter and as a supplement for the quarterly expenditure and income interview). The interviewer asks the surveyed households about their regular expenses and income on a quarterly basis. He/she poses questions about main (large) buys and regular expenses over the quarter.

The first version of questionnaires was introduced during 2001 survey. The survey instruments were updated in 2002.

Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic data was reported at 21.800 AZN mn in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 426.700 AZN mn for Dec 2024. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic data is updated monthly, averaging 256.050 AZN mn from Apr 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 600.300 AZN mn in Dec 2022 and a record low of 21.800 AZN mn in Jan 2025. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbajan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.F002: Consolidated Government Budget: ytd.

Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date data was reported at 2,750.200 AZN mn in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 42,866.200 AZN mn for Dec 2024. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date data is updated monthly, averaging 16,357.450 AZN mn from Apr 2020 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42,866.200 AZN mn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 1,213.500 AZN mn in Jan 2022. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbajan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.F002: Consolidated Government Budget: ytd.

Information on development assistance financed through the EU budget in Azerbaijan. The Directorate-General for International Partnerships is responsible for formulating the EU’s international partnership and development policy, with the ultimate goal to reduce poverty, ensure sustainable development, and promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law across the world. Its main purpose is to implement most of the European Commission’s external assistance, through instruments such as the the Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI). This vital task requires DG INTPA to deliver the EU’s development assistance budget in an open and accountable fashion. For this reason, it publishes its data in the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Registry since 2011.

Time series data for the statistic Government expenditure on tertiary education as % of GDP (%) and country Azerbaijan. Indicator Definition:Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on tertiary education (current, capital, and transfers), expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Divide total government expenditure for a given level of education (ex. primary, secondary, or all levels combined) by the GDP, and multiply by 100. A higher percentage of GDP spent on education shows a higher government priority for education, but also a higher capacity of the government to raise revenues for public spending, in relation to the size of the country's economy. When interpreting this indicator however, one should keep in mind in some countries, the private sector and/or households may fund a higher proportion of total funding for education, thus making government expenditure appear lower than in other countries. Limitations: In some instances data on total public expenditure on education refers only to the Ministry of Education, excluding other ministries which may also spend a part of their budget on educational activities. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/The indicator "Government expenditure on tertiary education as % of GDP (%)" stands at 0.4498 as of 12/31/2018. Regarding the One-Year-Change of the series, the current value constitutes an increase of 10.85 percent compared to the value the year prior.The 1 year change in percent is 10.85.The 3 year change in percent is 18.90.The 10 year change in percent is 62.53.The Serie's long term average value is 0.309. It's latest available value, on 12/31/2018, is 45.63 percent higher, compared to it's long term average value.The Serie's change in percent from it's minimum value, on 12/31/2006, to it's latest available value, on 12/31/2018, is +151.34%.The Serie's change in percent from it's maximum value, on 12/31/1992, to it's latest available value, on 12/31/2018, is -33.50%.

Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: Unemployment Insurance Fund Budget data was reported at 192.700 AZN mn in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 165.000 AZN mn for Nov 2024. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: Unemployment Insurance Fund Budget data is updated monthly, averaging 64.400 AZN mn from Apr 2020 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 207.600 AZN mn in Dec 2023 and a record low of 0.300 AZN mn in Jan 2022. Azerbaijan Consolidated Govt Budget: Expenditure: Year to Date: Unemployment Insurance Fund Budget data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbajan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Azerbaijan – Table AZ.F002: Consolidated Government Budget: ytd.