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Azerbaijan's GDP declines in 2020

Finance Materials 13 January 2021 13:02 (UTC +04:00)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan.13

By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:

The gross domestic product (GDP) of Azerbaijan made up slightly over 72.4 billion manat ($42.6 billion) in 2020, down by 4.3 percent compared to 2019, Trend reports on Jan.13 citing the Azerbaijani State Statistical Committee.

According to the committee, in the reporting year value-added in the oil and gas sector of the economy decreased by 2.6 percent.

Meanwhile, the country’s GDP per capita made up 7,262 manat ($4,270), which is 5 percent less than in the previous year.

Azerbaijan's GDP in 2019 amounted to over 81.6 billion manat ($48 billion), and the real economic growth – 2.2 percent.

(1 USD = 1.7 manat on Jan.13)

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