Economic growth in Azerbaijan: 1.5% (GDP growth, 2025 · 157th of 204). Economic growth (GDP growth) in Azerbaijan: 1.5% in 2025, ranking 157th of 204 countries. In 2010 it was 4.8%.
Data last updated · Period: 2010–2025
Understanding the chart
The line chart above tracks economic growth (GDP growth) in Azerbaijan for each year from 2010 to 2025, 16 data points in all. Each dot is one year; the first and last years and the highest point are labelled with their values, and the vertical scale is in annual %. A dashed line marks zero, and the 3 years below zero are shown in red. The data table below the chart lists every value, and you can download the data, embed the chart or share it from the buttons above. The figures cover 2010–2025 and come from World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).
Key insights
- Between 2010 and 2025, Azerbaijan's GDP growth fell from 4.8% to 1.5%, a fall of 3.3 percentage points.
- The highest value in this period was 5.8% in 2013; the lowest was -4.2% in 2020.
- Recently, the figure has moved up and down over the last three years (2024: 4.2%; 2025: 1.5%).
- The value was negative in 3 of the 16 years shown.
- That is 1.5 percentage points below the world figure of 2.9%.
- Azerbaijan has the 157th-highest value of 204 countries with recent data.
- In Western Asia, Azerbaijan has the 14th-highest value of 17 countries with recent data; the highest is Georgia (7.5%), and the typical (median) value is 2.9%.
Analysis
Averaged over periods, the figure was 2.8% in 2010 to 2014, 0.4% in 2015 to 2019 and 2.2% in 2020 onwards. The value went up in 7 of the 15 year-to-year steps and down in 8. The biggest one-year rise came in 2021 (+9.8 percentage points). The biggest one-year fall came in 2020 (−6.7 percentage points). Year to year, the figure typically varied by about 2.9 percentage points around its average of 1.8%, a moderately variable pattern.
What it means
Growth in this range is moderate: demand in Azerbaijan is rising, but slowly enough that businesses compete mainly by taking share rather than riding a boom. Compared with its neighbours in Western Asia, where the typical value is 2.9%, Azerbaijan is 1.5 percentage points lower.
Related figures
- GDP growth (annual %) by country, 2025: 19.3% (highest: Guyana). The yearly change in the value of goods and services produced, adjusted for inflation.
- Economic growth (GDP growth) in United Arab Emirates, 2010–2024: 4.0% (GDP growth, 2024 · 76th of 204). Economic growth (GDP growth) in United Arab Emirates: 4.0% in 2024, ranking 76th of 204 countries.
- Economic growth (GDP growth) in Armenia, 2010–2025: 7.2% (GDP growth, 2025 · 17th of 204). Economic growth (GDP growth) in Armenia: 7.2% in 2025, ranking 17th of 204 countries.
About this statistic
The yearly change in the value of goods and services produced, adjusted for inflation. Faster growth often brings rising demand. Growth figures are revised and can swing sharply from one year to the next.
For businesses, the size and growth of an economy shape demand: faster growth usually means rising incomes, more customers and more investment, while high inflation raises costs and makes planning harder. The figures come from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, which compile official national statistics in a consistent form so countries can be compared.
Questions and answers
What is the economic growth (GDP growth) in Azerbaijan?
1.5% (GDP growth, 2025 · 157th of 204). Economic growth (GDP growth) in Azerbaijan: 1.5% in 2025, ranking 157th of 204 countries. In 2010 it was 4.8%.
How has GDP growth in Azerbaijan changed since 2010?
Between 2010 and 2025, Azerbaijan's GDP growth fell from 4.8% to 1.5%, a fall of 3.3 percentage points. The highest value in this period was 5.8% in 2013; the lowest was -4.2% in 2020.
Where does this data come from?
From World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), covering 2010–2025. The yearly change in the value of goods and services produced, adjusted for inflation. Faster growth often brings rising demand. Growth figures are revised and can swing sharply from one year to the next.
Data
| Year | GDP growth (annual %) |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 4.8% |
| 2011 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 5.8% |
| 2014 | 2.8% |
| 2015 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 5.6% |
| 2022 | 4.7% |
| 2023 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 4.2% |
| 2025 | 1.5% |
Source and notes
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Period: 2010–2025. Coverage: Azerbaijan.
The yearly change in the value of goods and services produced, adjusted for inflation. Faster growth often brings rising demand. Growth figures are revised and can swing sharply from one year to the next.
Cite this statistic
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