BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 4. Households accounted for the largest share of issued loans in Azerbaijan on January 31, 2024, accounting for 57.86 percent of the total volume of lending, Trend reports.
According to the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA), the volume of loans issued to households increased by 2.6 billion manat ($1.5 billion), or 23.57 percent (from 11.4 billion manat ($6.7 billion) to 14 billion manat ($8.2 billion)) in the period.
At the same time, the crediting of the trade and services sector increased by 259.2 million manat ($152.4 million) or 7.98 percent to 3.5 billion manat ($2 billion) against 3.2 billion manat ($1.8 billion) in the same period last year. The share of the trade and services sector in the total volume of lending amounted to 14.39 percent.
Distribution of the loan portfolio by economic sectors (in manat):
| Sphere of economy | Loan volume, 2024 (as of January 31) | Loan volume, 2023 (as of January 31) | Share (percent), 2024 | Share (percent), 2023 |
| Trade and services | 3 506 677 518 ($2 billion) | 3 247 416 169 ($1.8 billion) | 14,39 | 16,03 |
| Energy, chemistry, and natural resources | 899 592 444 ($528.9 million) | 635 898 762 ($373.8 million) | 3,69 | 3,14 |
| Agriculture and processing | 520 699 883 ($306.1 million) | 617 094 380 ($362.7 million) | 2,14 | 3,05 |
| Construction and property | 1 144 342 041 ($646 million) | 1 111 158 359 ($640 million) | 4,70 | 5,48 |
| Industry and manufacturing sector | 1 408 990 788 ($823 million) | 1 075 013 328 ($588 million) | 5,78 | 5,31 |
| Transportation and connection | 1 395 971 629 ($764 million) | 785 516 239 ($461.6 million) | 5,73 | 3,88 |
| Households | 14 095 868 171 ($8.2 billion) | 11 407 063 741 ($6.7 billion) | 57,86 | 56,31 |
Meanwhile, as of January 31, 2024, lending to the real sector of Azerbaijan's economy increased by 20.25% or 4.1 billion manat ($2.4) compared to the same period in 2022 (from 20.2 billion manat ($11.8 billion) to 24.3 billion manat ($14.2 billion)).
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