During today’s plenary session of the Parliament, Prime Minister
Ali Asadov announced that the country’s strategic currency reserves
have risen by roughly $14.1 billion, or 20%, since the start of the
year, surpassing $85 billion, Trend reports.
Prime Minister Asadov highlighted that the reserves now total
around $91 billion, representing 12% of GDP and ranking among the
highest per capita reserve levels globally. He emphasized that this
figure is 18 times greater than the country’s external public debt
of $4.8 billion.
The Prime Minister also noted that inflation in 2025 remained
within the target range, with annual inflation at 5.2% and average
annual inflation at 5.6%.
“The quality of macroeconomic management is also clearly
reflected in our fiscal discipline and financial stability
indicators,” Asadov added.
In 2025, government budget revenues reached approximately 39.2
billion manats, up 5.4% year-on-year, while expenditures totaled
38.6 billion manats, an increase of 2.4%.
