Territory		Neighbours
86.6 thsd. square km, (11.5 of area covered by forests, 1.6% water, 50% agricultural lands, of which 27% pastures, 36.9% other lands) . The country is situated in 440 and 520 of east longitude, 380 and 420 of north latitude, Baku is situated in 400 parallel.		State borders in the south with Iran 756 km and Turkey 13 km, Russia in the north 390 km, Georgia in the north- west 480 km, Armenia in the west 1007 km. The length of widest area of Azerbaijan section of Caspian sea is 456 km.
Cost line length 713 km
The distance from Baku to North Pole is 5550 km, to equator is 4440 km
The biggest lakes are	sq. km	Longest islands,	sq. km
Sarisu- Aggel- Agzibirchala- Mehman- Boyukshor- Hajigabul-	67.0 56.2 37.0 35.0 9.2 8.4	Pirallahi Chilov Khara-Zira Boyuk-Zira	14.4 11.5 3.5 1.4
Caspian sea is the biggest lake in the eworld, its area 400000 km2, depth -1025m.		The rivers	km:
The highest peak is		Kur Araz Alazan (Ganikh) Iori (Gabirri)	1515 1072 413 389
Bazarduzu, height	- 4466 m	Terter Samur	200 216

Main socio-economic indicators (mln. manat)¹
	1995	1997	1998	1999	2000	Percent change in 2000 to 1999
Number of population (end of the year),
thsd. person	7726.2^x)	7876.7^x)	7953.4^xx)	8016.2	8081.0	100.8
Gross domestic product	10669.0²	15791.4²	17203.1²	18576.2²	21939.8²	111.4
Industrial products	8856.0²	12568.6²	11619.7²	11876.6²	15949.7²	106.9
Investments	1139.9²	4551.2²	5512.1²	4642.7²	4683.9²	102.4
Agricultural products	3566.9²	4122.4²	4421.7²	4731.0²	5303.4²	112.1
Freight circulation by type of public transport, mln. ton-km	12948.0	14514.0	15684.0	18034.0	19792.1	109.7
Retail trade turnover circulation at all branches of sale total	5293.4²	8485.6²	9238.8²	9448.1²	10599.4²	109.8
Paid services for opulation by all kind of services	837.3²	1763.9²	2102.5²	2267.3²	2385.9²	105.8
Volume of foreign trade, ln US dollars	1304.8	1575.6	1682.7	1965.1	2917.0	148.4
of which:
export	637.2	781.3	606.2	929.2	1744.9	187.8
import	667.6	794.3	1076.5	1035.9	1172.1	113.1
Money income of population	6702.7²	12367.1²	14423.8²	16134.4²	17923.2²	111.1
Money income per capita, thsd. Manat	886.0	1602.3	1850.9	2052.0	2261.1	110.2
Average nominal monthly wage, manat	62467.4	141643.4	168419.2	184367.5	205112.0	111.3
Number of registered unemployed, person	28314	38306	42329	45211	43739	96.7
Consumer price indices of goods and services (in comparison with the previous year %)	511.8	103.7	99.2	91.5	101.8
Wholesale index of industrial production (average annual, in comparison with to the previous year, times)					1.3
¹⁾ Information in value is given in current prices. ²⁾ Bill manat. ^x) Number of reestimated population on the base of population census held in 1999. ^xx) On the base of data of population census held on 27 January 1999.

Exchange rate of manat in National Bank of Azerbaijan Republic (at the and of the year; manat as unit of national currency)
Foreign currency	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
1 USD	4417.50	3986.80	3868.8	4373.0	4565.0
1 australian dollars	3287.01	2547.34	2385.54	2840.26	2530.6
1 austrian schilling	439.17	311.44	331.61	320.07	307.98
1 german mark	3099.69	2187.83	2332.83	2251.87	2166.81
1 belgian franc	150.51	106.26	113.08	109.18	105.06
1 âanish krone	796.58	575.93	612.65	591.79	567.95
1 ECU	5682.11	4336.87	4573.08	4404.3	4237.921
1 pound sterling	6909.43	6514.75	6512.25	7072.7	6795.23
1 iran rial	1.89	2.23	2.22	2.50	2.61
1 ireland pound	7156.52	5735.36	5793.57	5592.27	5381.05
1 swedish krona	671.91	500.55	480.89	514.30	479.16
1 canada dollars	3259.19	2705.26	2509.68	3011.09	3022.18
1 kuwegt dinars	15863.30	13453.29	12897.88	14370.69	14950.06
1 lebanon pound	4.97	4.35	2.58	2.90	3.03
1 eqypt pound	1309.58	1147.07	1142.5	1276.8	1173.52
1 norvegian krone	701.86	533.26	517.29	545.74	513.82
1 portugol	29.61	21.43	22.75	21.97	21.14
1 singapore dollars	3124.10	2647.96	2346.2	2628.0	2636.21
10 turkish lires	0.88	0.19	0.12	0.08	0.07
1 finnish mark	1026.85	722.78	767.38	740.74	712.77
1 french franc	903.54	654.36	695.57	671.43	646.07
1 netherland	2768.77	945.95	2070.53	1998.57	1923.08
1 belarus ruble	0.39	0.13	0.02	0.01	3.87
1 kyrgyzctan som	394.67	223.77	132.42	96.26	94.26
1 estonian kroon	384.26	273.8	290.69	282.10	271.04
1 kazakhstan tenge	69.43	51.24	46.31	38.46	31.61
1 georgia lari	3566.26	2967.94	1809.3	2283.55	2311.39
1 latvian lat	8237.48	6578.68	6836.56	7513.75	7446.98
1 lithuanian lit	1108.00	972.00	972.5	1093.25	1141.25
1 moldova lei	986.23	834.25	466.48	376.66	368.74
1 russian ruble	0.95	0.65	498.28	161.96	162.11
1 ukraine griven	0.25	2049.55	1135.1	838.17	839.93
1 tajikian manat	15.13	5.21	4.31	3.05	2075.0

Number of population (at the end of the year, thsd. person)
Years	Total population	Men	Women	Women per 1000 men
*1990^)**	7218.5	3524.1	3694.4	1048.3
*1991^)**	7324.1	3579.2	3744.9	1046.3
*1992^)**	7440.0	3641.2	3798.8	1043.3
*1993^)**	7549.6	3702.5	3847.1	1039.0
*1994^)**	7643.5	3754.6	3888.9	1035.8
*1995^)**	7726.2	3802.7	3923.5	1031.8
*1996^)**	7799.8	3845.3	3954.5	1028.4
*1997^)**	7876.7	3883.2	3993.5	1028.4
1998^)**	7953.4	3883.1	4070.3	1048.2
1999	8016.2	3918.3	4097.9	1045.8
2000	8081.0	3954.5	4126.5	1043.5
^*) Number of reestimated population based on population census data held in 1999.
^) Based on 27 January 1999 population census

Population density by economic zones
Economic zones	For the 1 January, 2001 area, thsd. km²	Population density per 1 km²
Azerbaijan Republic	86.6	93
Absheron	5.4	404
Gyadza	5.4	98
Kazakh	7.1	80
Mil-Karabakh	6.5	107
Mugan-Salyan	9.0	69
Shirvan	11.2	59
Sheki	9.0	59
Lenkoran	6.1	122
Khachmas	7.0	65
Priarak	4.3	75
Kelbadjar	7.4	35
Nakhchivan AR	5.5	66
*Upper-Karabakh^)**	2.7	53
*^) Hodshali, Schuscha, Hodshavent, Hankendi**

Structure of population by age groups in 2000 (thsd. person) Total population - 8 081.0
Men - 3 954.5	Age	Women- 4 126.5
378.8	0-4	343.6
481.3	5-9	453.7
469.4	10-14	446.2
387.9	15-19	380.6
318.7	20-24	339.9
302.9	25-29	336.3
327.8	30-34	365.6
342.1	35-39	368.2
265.0	40-44	276.4
170.0	45-49	179.1
97.7	50-54	105.1
100.4	55-59	114.5
131.3	60-64	155.6
93.7	65-69	109.1
53.4	70-74	71.9
18.6	75-79	36.3
7.5	80-84	20.0
4.8	85-89	13.8
1.6	90-94	5.7
1.2	95-99	3.7
0.4	100-..	1.2
In 2000 the mean age of men was 27.7 and of women 29.7 years.

Population by age groups (%) (1990-2001)
Age	1990	1991	1992	1993	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	*Projection: 2001*
0 - 14	32.9	33.0	33.0	33.0	32.5	32.2	31.8	31.6	31.8	31.8	31.8
15 - 64	62.3	62.2	62.1	62.0	62.0	62.3	62.5	62.7	62.7	62.7	62.7
65 - ...	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.5

Vital statistics (thsd. person)
	1995	‰ ^ч)	1997	‰ ^ч)	1998	‰ ^ч)	1999	‰ ^ч)	2000	‰ ^ч)
Live births	143.3	18.9	132.1	17.1	124.0	15.9	117.5	14.9	117.0	14.8
Deaths	50.8	6.7	47.0	6.1	46.3	5.9	46.3	5.9	46.7	5.9
Natural increase	92.5	12.2	85.1	11.0	77.7	10.0	71.2	9.0	70.3	8.9
Immigration	6.2	0.8	7.5	1.0	5.4	0.7	4.8	0.6	4.4	0.6
Emigration	16.0	2.1	15.7	2.0	10.5	1.3	9.1	1.2	10.0	1.3
Migration growth	-9.8	-1.3	-8.2	-1.0	-5.1	-0.6	-4.3	-0.6	-5.6	-0.7
Population growth	82.7	10.9	76.9	10.0	72.6	9.4	66.9	8.4	64.7	8.2
Marriages	43.1	5.7	47.0	6.1	40.9	5.2	37.4	4.8	39.6	5.0
Divorces	5.7	0.8	5.8	0.8	5.7	0.7	5.0	0.6	5.5	0.7
Life expectancy at birth	69.1		71.2		71.6		71.6		71.6
of which:
Men	65.2		67.4		67.7		68.1		68.1
Women	72.9		74.6		75.0		75.1		75.1
^ч) Per 1000 population.

Refugees, internally displaced population on 1 January 2001 (1) (thsd. person)
	Refugees, internally			of which:
`	Displaced population			Refugees			Internally displaced population
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
Resident population
who lived in territory of CIS countries	370.3	424.1	794.4	100.8	118.3	219.1	269.5	305.8	575.3
Of which:
Azerbaijan	269.5	305.8	575.3	-	-	-	269.5	305.8	575.3
Armenia	88.4	103.7	192.1	88.4	103.7	192.1	-	-	-
Kazakhstan	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	-	-	-
Russia	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	-	-	-
Uzbekistan	11.3	13.1	24.4	11.3	13.1	24.4	-	-	-
¹) Not taking into consideration above mentioned settlers from the front-line regions with Armenia, (with consideration of which total number of refugees and internally displaced population in Azerbaijan is 1 mln persons).

Employment by industries (thsd. person)
Industries	1995	1996	1997	1998*	in percent to total
Total	3613.0	3686.7	3694.1	3701.5	100
Industry	352.1	282.9	242.0	251.1	6.8
Agriculture and forestry	1112.8	1172.4	1071.3	1139.6	30.8
Construction	185.1	164.1	153.3	154.3	4.2
Transport and communication	159.1	168.3	166.3	166.2	4.5
Trade and public catering, material and technical equipment supply and sales, procurement	505.8	582.5	768.4	701.7	18.9
Communal dwelling services, living subsistence contribution	104.8	110.6	121.9	158.4	4.3
Health care, physical training and social security	174.5	181.9	184.5	183.0	4.9
Education, culture and art	372.6	374.6	365.8	376.9	10.2
Science and scientific services	34.1	33.6	32.5	31.2	0.8
Credit, finance and insurance	14.2	14.0	10.5	10.5	0.3
General administrative organisations	66.6	68.9	67.8	65.3	1.8
Other sectors	531.3	532.9	509.8	463.3	12.5

Employment by the kind of economic activities (thsd. person)
	1999	in percent to total	2000*	in percent to total
Total	3702.8	100	3704.5	100
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	1566.3	42.3	1566.5	42.3
Fishing	0.5	-	0.5	-
Mining and quarrying	39.6	1.1	39.6	1.1
Manufacturing	180.6	4.9	180.7	4.9
Electricity, gas and water supply	38.8	1.0	38.8	1.0
Construction	154.7	4.2	155.0	4.2
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	576.4	15.6	577.0	15.6
Hotels and restaurants	9.8	0.3	9.8	0.3
Transport, storage and communications	168.4	4.5	168.6	4.5
Financial mediation	15.2	0.4	15.2	0.4
Real estate, renting and business activities	98.7	2.7	98.7	2.7
Public administration and defence ; compulsory social	260.2	7.0	260.2	7.0
Education	299.6	8.1	299.6	8.1
Health and social services	168.2	4.5	168.4	4.5
Other community, social and personal service activities	125.5	3.4	125.6	3.4
Extra-territorial organizationû and bodies	0.3	-	0.3	-
* Number of employed in 2000 was 3704.5 of which 1937.5 thsd. person were men, 1767.0 women.

Employment by sectors of economy (thsd. person)
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Persons employed in economy, total	3613.0	3686.7	3694.1	3701.5	3702.8	3704.5
of which:
state sector	2027.2	1879.9	1717.7	1710.2	1342.0	1243.0
non state sector	1585.8	1806.8	1976.4	1991.3	2360.8	2461.5
of which:
co-operative sector	340.9	308.5	93.4	20.2	-	-
private sector	631.5	684.9	778.1	773.8	1426.5	1427.0
joint ventures	7.0	26.9	32.2	356.2	370.6	371.0
øn foreign investment organizations	-	5,6	8,2	24,6	28,0	28,5
religions person	5.0	5.5	5.5	35.0	35.0	35,2
self employed population	601.4	775.4	1059.0	781.5	500.7	599.8

Employment by sectors of economy (percent)
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Persons employed in economy, total	100	100	100	100	100	100
of which:
state sector	56.1	51.0	46.5	46.2	36.2	33.5
non state sector	43.9	49.0	53.5	53.8	63.8	66.5
of which:
co-operative sector	9.4	8.4	2.5	0.5	-	-
private sector	17.5	18.6	21.1	20.9	38.5	38.5
joint ventures	0.2	0.7	0.9	9.6	10.0	10.0
øn foreign investment organizations	-	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.8
religions person	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.0	1.0
self employed population	16.7	21.0	28.7	21.1	13.5	16.2

Average monthly wages of employees who worked all October in 2000 (by the results of survey)
	Average monthly wages (manat)	In percent to average monthly wages on Republic
Total on Republic	205225.1
of which:
Mining and quarrying	600905.6	292.8
Production of coke, oil-refining and nuclear fuel products	485853.6	236.7
Manufacture of chemical substances, chemical products, chemical fibres	281526.3	137.2
Air transport	514620.4	250.8
Communication	297883.0	145.1
Health and social services	75478.5	36.8
Education	166540.8	81.2

Average monthly wages of employees of different professions and posts for October in 2000 (by the results of survey)
Names of professions and posts of employees	Number of workers who worked all reporting month (person)	Average monthly wage (manats)
Mining and quarrying:
drilling engineers (drilling activity)	76	1108360.5
drilling foremen	68	1095850.0
foremen on oil, gas, condenser extraction	167	806638.9
assistants and drillers of oil and gas operating and prospecting wells	568	915059.7
Machinists of oil and gas installations	68	1014377.9
operators on capital and underground repair of wells	245	637596.7
operators on underground repair of wells	642	745980.8
Manufacture of chemical products, chemical substances and chemical fibres:
engineers- technologists	476	235024.8
shift foremen	167	345415.6
operators of petro-chemical production	599	252807.0
fitter-repairer	676	285444.4
electrical on repair and service of electrical installations	288	267468.8
Air transport
commanders of air crafts (pilots, flyers)	378	1914054.8
flight managers	9	2109988.9
controller of central department for air traffic	86	1086629.1
air mechanics, technicians	118	429609.3
air stewards	77	887187.0
Health and social services:
average medical personnel	11328	56382.8
junior nurses serving sinks	3309	30155.2

Distribution by sex of average monthly wages of employees who worked for all October in 2000 (by the results of survey)
Names of professions and posts of employees	Number of employees who worked all reference month (person)	Average monthly wage (manats)	Number of worked, (person – hours)
Manufacture of chemical products and substances:
operators of petrol-chemical production	222	327063.5	38333
of which:
male	140	404899.3	25007
female	82	194173.2	13326
Manufacture of oil refining products:
operators of petrochemical production	377	209080.4	64469
of which:
men	159	224382.4	27681
women	218	197919.7	36788
Manufacture of coke oil-refining and nuclear fuel products:
technologists of operators	550	508584.5	91561
of which:
men	388	554123.7	64504
women	162	399515.4	27057
Air transport:
Steward	77	887187.0	12700
of which:
men	29	811169.0	4800
women	48	933114.6	7900
Communication:
postmen	51	106313.7	8517
of which:
men	30	105430.0	5010
women	21	107576.2	3507
Electricians	925	224612.9	154475
of which:
men	552	224310.1	92184
women	373	225060.9	62291

Average monthly nominal wages on January -December 2000

Name of kinds of activities	Average monthly nominal wages and salaries (in manats)
	Total	of which:
	Total	state	non-state
By economy of the country	205112.0	188783.1	416410.5
of which:
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	66709.0	73707.0	53281.3
Fishing	55128.0	55975.1	31832.2
Mining and quarrying	687907.7	610414.1	1104178.8
Manufacturing	299523.8	284337.4	333766.4
Electricity, gas and water supply	267825.8	269421.3	92603.1
Construction	452839.3	386701.3	767744.6
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	121130.0	130232.1	75770.9
Hotels and restaurants	345420.0	80276.5	361148.5
Transport, storage and communication	282932.2	288257.1	245590.8
Financial mediation	592680.6	423649.6	746179.5
Real estate, renting and business activities	263665.7	174685.8	411440.5
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	187509.7	187509.7	-
Education	153234.4	152145.3	290652.6
Health and social work	73395.0	71167.5	371844.5
Other community social and personal service activities	112721.9	109934.5	133089.2

Unemployed having official status from employment agencies (person)
Years	Total	Of which:		Correlation of officially registered unemployed to economically active, in %
Years	Total	men	female
1991	3969	1452	2517	0.11
1992	6409	2771	3638	0.17
1993	19474	7699	11775	0.52
1994	23592	9178	14414	0.65
1995	28314	11411	16903	0.78
1996	31935	13086	18849	0.86
1997	38306	16227	22079	1.03
1998	42329	18234	24095	1.13
1999	45211	19622	25589	1.20
2000	43739	19283	24456	1.17

Number of pensioners (by the end of year, thsd. persons)
	1993	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total number of pensioners	1251	1227	1245	1206	1177	1202	1219
of which by:
all-age pension	797	768	752	737	727	737	734
disability pension	171	174	167	161	155	160	168
for losing head of family	157	147	181	160	148	139	137
social pensions and service	126	138	145	148	147	166	180

Average sum of fixed monthly pensions (by the end of year, manat)
	1993	1995	1996	1997^x)	1998	1999	*2000*
Average sum of fixed monthly pensions, total	1826	17314	25540	41549	52574	64968	71984
of which:
Old-age pension 1956		19201	29690	51198	61510	73049	77730
Disability pension 1824		16139	20359	38419	51721	67481	72029
For losing head of family	1457	13227	19208	15742	27134	38384	54096
Social pensions and service	1175	10038	12051	20266	31525	45992	60302
^x) Average sum of fixed monthly pensions is indicated physical persons since 1997

Main indicators characterising influence to environment
	1990	1993	1995	1997	1998	1999	2000
Water abstraction from natural water resources total, mln. m³	16176	16344	13971	12514	10235	11968	11000
Per capita, m³	2279	2200	1837	1613	1307	1516	1382
Throw of sewage waters to surface reservoirs, mln. m³	5026	4266	4247	4477	4377	4192	4097
of which polluted	303	255	134	179	157	167	160
Air polluting emissions, thsd. tons	2847	2086	1326	849	756	917	940
of which for:
stationary sources	2109	1533	879	390	443	575	600
motor transport	738	553	447	459	313	342	340

Health
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Pharmacies	1654	1581	1248	1240	1275	1400
Provisos	1991	2083	2019	1250	1217	1220
Pharmacists	2464	2596	2580	1367	1269	1270
Number of hospitals	768	763	759	746	739	739
Number of ambulance – polyclinic service organisations	1779	1722	1694	1630	1611	1611
Physicians	29217	29200	28873	28477	28485	28600
- physician per population	260	263	269	275	277	279
Average number of nurses	66973	65732	63217	60661	60565	60560
Dentists	2496	2484	2428	2279	2242	2240

Tourism statistics
Countries	Number of tourists				Number of annual changes in 1999-2000
Countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	%
Total	305830	483163	602047	680909	13.1
CIS countries	132151	301287	431151	346483	-19.6
Turkey	28709	19103	10390	12693	22.2
Great Britain	8636	5197	2281	-	-
USA	4392	3257	1763	-	-
Pakistan	1362	728	411	6	-98,5
Germany	3456	3283	1423	-	-
India	1097	431	216	-	-
Israel	8157	1898	822	-	-
France	1235	609	348	-	-
Syria	405	208	94	1	-98.8
Italy	162	-	-	-	-
Canada	503	93	52	-	-
Iran	103724	139300	121604	242354	99.3
Other countries	11841	7769	31492	79372	+2.5 t.

Graduates by education institutions in 2000
Type of institution	Number of graduates	Annual changes, %
Average day-schools	92157	8.8
Evening schools	9430	40.8
Technical-vocational schools	10883	0.6
Secondary education institutions	10846	9
Number of private secondary institutions	463	2.9 d.
Institutions of higher education	19631	19.5
The private higher institutions	4857	34.9

Cinema
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Number of cinema installations	2164	790	677	671	632	630
Number of seats in the auditoriums of permanent cinema installations, thsd.	357	149	140	139	124	120
Number of visits to the films, thsd.	30195	293	193	122	140	140
Average attendance per 1000 population, total	4280	39	25	16	18	18
Public libraries
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Number of libraries	4605	4794	4608	4522	4382	4380
Lending of books, mln. copies	66.8	57.3	56.4	54.4	51.8	50
Borrowings, mln.	4.1	3	3	2.9	2.9	2.9

Publication of books and pamphlets
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Number of books and pamphlets (printed unit)	829	498	496	444	400	400
of which in Azerbaijanian language	568	395	417	383	360	360
Circulation, mln.	12.5	3.6	2.7	1.7	1.5	1.5
of which in Azerbaijanian language	8.4	3	2	1.5	1.3	1.3
Published books and pamphlets per 1000 population, copies	1772	476	350	218	191	189

Crimes
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Recorded crimes- total	15411	19958	16402	14937	14400	13958
of which:
Against state and public property	2216	2586	1310	1158	848	799
Against private property	2886	4914	3494	3265	3572	3487
of which:
larceny	2195	3710	2351	2160	2043	1942
robbery and crimes	415	668	408	354	325	343
Deception of clients	1283	156	58	30	5	6
Intentional murders and attempted murders	482	604	449	408	346	325
of which:
intentional murders	329	443	284	280	242	226
Intentional heavy body injuries	434	414	304	315	304	290
Rape and attempted rape	65	70	66	55	64	46
Illegal preparation storage and selling of narcotics	474	1852	1904	1869	1922	1989
Hooliganism	715	977	1359	1312	1296	1148
Violation of traffic regulations	1701	1121	740	721	804	839
of which:
resulting with death of injured	606	448	251	275	263	309
Each of 33 % registered crimes in 2000 has a heavy character. In 2000 as a result of different crimes there were 688 persons killed (in 1995 - 1210).

Consumer price indices (1995-100)
	General indices	Food, beverages and tobacco	Non-food stuff	Services
1996	119.9	117.6	117	166.3
1997	124.3	117	123.6	250.3
1998	123.3	115.5	122.2	266
1999	112.8	102.8	119.1	272.2
*2000*	114.9	105.2	121.4	270.8

Price (tariff), indices of goods and paid services to population (in % to previous year)
	1991	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Total goods and paid services	206.6	511.8	103.7	99.2	91.5	101.8
of which:
Food stuff	198.3	522.4	99.5	98.7	89	102.3
Non-food stuff	239.8	408	105.6	98.9	97.5	101.9
Paid services to population	139	601.3	150.5	106.3	102.3	99.5
Price (tariff), indices of goods and paid services to population (in % to the December of the previous year)
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Total goods and paid services	184.6	106.8	100.4	92.4	99.5	102.2
of which:
Food stuff	190.3	100.2	99.3	91	98	104
Non-food stuff	168.6	109.8	100	97	99.9	101.7
Paid services for population	168.4	204.3	114.6	99.4	106.1	95.6

Average prices of selected goods (manat)
	Unit of measurement	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Milk	1 L.	3055	2915	2841	2895	2723	2625
Dairy butter	1 kq	17470	15464	14096	11360	11967	11362
Cheese	1 kq	24826	23798	20868	20810	19969	20799
Egg	10 pi.	6030	5413	4578	3889	3250	3173
Potatoes	1 kq	3507	1498	1921	1795	1365	1299
Wheat flour	1 kq	2453	2468	2328	2053	1654	1785
Bread	1 kq	957	1760	2024	2022	1642	1768
Beef	1 kq	9030	8939	9410	10088	8985	9572
Mutton	1 kq	11478	11665	11716	14700	11619	11918
Poultry	1 kq	12206	12209	10909	11503	9092	9229
Caster sugar	1 kq	3234	2492	2432	2127	1724	1731
Sugar	1 kq	5261	3365	3157	2522	2004	1947
Tea	1 kq	20145	22184	22752	22890	19934	20885

Price index of food and non-food stuff and paid services to population (in % to the previous month, in percent)
	All	of which:
	goods and services	Food stuff	out of them		Non-food stuff	Paid Services
	goods and services	Food stuff	food stuff	Alcoholic beverages	Non-food stuff	Paid Services
1999
January	99.5	99.4	99.7	99.3	99.9	100
February	99.6	99.6	99.6	100	99.6	100
Match	100	99.5	99.4	101.8	99.9	102.4
April	100.2	100.3	100.7	102.3	99.8	100
May	99.8	99.7	99.4	101.4	100	100
June	99.2	98.7	97.6	101.9	100	100
July	99.2	98.7	96	101.2	100	100
August	100	100.1	99.1	99.3	100	100
September	101.1	101.7	101	99.7	100	100
October	100.3	99.6	100	98.8	100.7	102.2
November	100.2	100	100.4	99.6	100	101.5
December	100.4	100.7	101.3	99.9	100	100
2000
January	100.7	100.4	101	101.2	102	100.2
February	101	101.7	101.8	107.5	100.1	99.5
Match	100.1	101.1	101.2	101.6	99.5	96.4
April	100	100.2	100.1	99.4	99.8	99.6
May	99.5	99.3	99	99.9	99.9	99.9
June	99.2	98.7	97.5	99.9	100	100
July	99.5	99.2	97.5	100	99.9	100
August	99.8	99.7	99.4	100	100	100
September	100.7	101.1	101.4	100.1	100.1	100
October	100.6	100.8	100.7	100.1	100.4	100
November	100.4	100.7	100.8	100	100.1	100
December	100.6	101	101.5	100	100	100

Gross domestic product at market prices
Year	Bill. manat	mln US $	Per capita
Year	Bill. manat	mln US $	manat	US $
1990	1.5	2443.3	207.8	346.3
1991	2.7	703.1	373.6	98.3
1992	24.1	1309.8	3318.6	180.4
1993	157.1	1326.9	21302	179.9
1994	1873.4	1629.3	250568.4	217.9
1995	10669	2415.2	1410329.3	319.3
1996	13663.2	3180.8	1787651.6	416.2
1997	15791.4	3960.9	2045968.7	513.2
1998	17203.1	4446.6	2207506.7	570.6
1999	18576.2	4511	2362542.6	573.7
*2000*	21939.8	4903.6	2767765.5	618.6

Gross domestic product by industries (%)
	1990	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	*1999*
Agricultural	29	28.4	32.9	27.2	27.5	21.6	18.7	19
Forestry	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0	0.1
Industry	24.1	26.2	20.8	29.6	28.8	27.3	22.9	21.9
Construction	8.9	7.7	7.4	4	10.4	12.6	13.5	5.4
Trade, hotels and restaurants	2.7	3.9	3.9	5.2	5.8	6.2	6.1	6.9
Transport and communications	8.8	8.3	12.5	18.7	11.3	11.4	12.5	15.8
Finance and insurance	0.3	7.5	5.7	2.9	1	0.8	1	1.1
Ownership of dwellings	2.1	0.7	1.1	0.4	2.2	3	3.6	2.3
Other services	24	23.8	20.6	14	14	17.5	22.3	28.2
Imputed bank service charges	0	-6.7	-5	-2.1	-1.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7
Gross domestic product at factor cost	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Primary production	62.1	62.7	61.2	60.9	66.8	64.5	63.3	46.4
Services	37.9	37.3	38.8	39.1	33.2	35.5	36.7	53.6

Resources balance
	Bill manat			*Persent*
	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	*2000*
Supply
GDP	17203.1	18576.2	21939.8	100	100	100
Import	9380.6	7900.4	8439.8	54.5	42.5	38.5
Total, supply	26583.7	26476.6	30379.6	154.5	142.5	138.5
Demand
Export	3905.3	5279.4	10084.6	22.7	28.4	46
Consumption	16370.4	17670.2	16865	95.2	95.1	76.9
Private consumption	13762.6	14131.5	13754.2	80	76.1	62.7
Pubic departments consumption	2607.8	3538.7	3110.8	15.2	19	14.2
Saving	5740.3	4270	4114.5	33.4	23	18.8
Gross fixed capital formation	6109.6	4642.7	4487.2	35.5	25	20.5
changes in inventories	-369.3	-372.7	-372.7	-2.1	-2	-1.7
Statistical Discrepancy	567.7	-743	-684.5	3.3	-4	-3.1
Total demand	26583.7	26476.6	30379.6	154.5	142.5	138.5
domestic demand	22678.4	21197.2	20295	131.8	114.1	92.5

Composition of enterprises and new enterprises by industries
	Number of enterprises to situation of 01.01.2001	of which new enterprises established in 2000
All industries	57098	6784
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	8793	1021
Fishing	70	8
Mining and Quarrying	255	28
Manufacturing	4263	293
Electricity, gas and water supply	351	17
Construction	4395	268
Wholesale and retail trade, Repair of motor vehicles motorcycles and personal household goods	17046	917
Hotels and restaurants	808	77
Transport, storage and communications	1392	96
Financial mediation	833	59
Real estate, renting and business activities	6467	646
State management & defence, compulsory social security	5235	2515
Education	587	26
Health and social welfare services	1325	91
Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation & similar activities	5235	718
Extra-territorial organisations and bodies	43	4

Private businessmen acting without establishing legal entity by their kind of activity
By the kinds of activity	Number of businessmen in 01.01.2001	By the kind of activity, %
Total	85915	100
of which:
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing	2120	2.5
Mining and Quarrying, manufacturing	2212	2.6
Electricity, gas and water supply	13	0
Construction	440	0.5
Wholesale and retail trade, Repair of motor vehicles motorcycles and personal household goods	61942	72.1
Transport, storage and communications	7765	9.1
Financial mediation	32	0
Other	11391	13.2

Indicators of industrial manufacture by main economic kinds of activity
	Number of enterprises		Number of (thsd. person) employees		Total volume of products (work and services), bill. manat
	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000
Total (C+D+E)	4611	4835	200.8	181.1	11876.6	15949.7
C. Mining & quarrying	220	256	33.6	31	4297.5	7102.4
D. Manufacturing industry	4047	4227	137.2	120.9	5110.2	6526.2
of which:
food-stuffs, drinks & manufacture of tobacco	1121	1229	17	17	1914.2	2288.8
Textile industry	322	319	22.1	22.9	160.5	159.4
manufacture of fur & fur Products	316	326	1.3	1.6	15.2	7.5
manufacture of wood & wood products	243	261	1.5	1.4	16.3	1.3
pulp & paper, & paper manufacture	410	335	3.4	2.3	42.1	10
oil refined products manufacture	38	35	6.7	5.8	2073.3	2801.3
chemical substances & fibre manufacture	168	190	15.3	12.5	397.5	460.4
resin & plastic masses manufacture	125	146	3.1	6.2	17.8	191.8
other non-metal mineral substances manufacture	435	451	18.2	8.7	101.7	81.6
metallurgy	239	255	9.9	9	88.1	57.7
Manufacture of machines & equipment n.e.c	123	125	19.3	15.4	116.1	159.5
Optical & electric equipment manufacture	142	144	10.1	8.6	45.6	53
Transport equipment manufacture	60	66	5.8	7.3	89.2	238.9
other manufacture n.e.c	305	345	3.5	2.2	32.6	15
E. Electric energy, gas & water supply	344	352	30	29.2	2468.9	2321.1
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Volume index of industrial manufacture calculated per working day (1995-100)	100	93.3	93.6	95.6	99	105.8

Indicators of industrial manufacture by main economic kinds of activity in small enterprises in 2000
	Number of enterprises	Number of employees (thsd. person)	Total volume of products (work and services), bil. manat	Average monthly wages, thsd. manat
Total (C+D+E)	4190	15.3	1950	161.5
C. Mining & quarrying	197	0.9	48.5	831
D. Manufacturing industry	3810	12.8	1884.1	121.2
of which:
food-stuffs, drinks & processing of tobacco	1129	4	1664.4	123.7
textile industry	258	1.5	12.7	73.3
manufacture of fur & fur products	301	0.2	3.7	49.1
manufacture of wood & wood products	255	0.5	9	58.6
Pulp & paper, & paper manufacture	323	1.2	23	88
oil refined products manufacture	32	0.1	1.3	242.2
chemical substances & fibre manufacture	173	0.5	54.8	252.4
resin & plastic masses manufacture	135	0.2	13.5	103.1
other non-metal mineral substances manufacture	407	1.8	20.3	65.8
metallurgic Industry	227	0.8	18.1	186.8
manufacture of machines & equipment not included in other categories	77	0.4	5.5	123
optical & electric equipment manufacture	111	0.5	15.6	103.4
transport equipment manufacture	47	0.4	20.8	287.7
other manufacture not included in other categories	335	0.7	21.4	93.8
E. Electric energy, gas & water apply	183	1.6	17.4	115.1

Agricultural lands in 1999
	1000 ha
Total	4692.4
of which:
arable land	1761.6
land under permanent crops	236.9
permanent grassland	2630.6
Wooded area	1037.9

Manufacture of main plant-growing products and their productivity (by all categories of households)
Manufacture, thsd. ton
Years	Gerald	of which:
	total	wheat	Rye	barley	oats	maize
1990	1413.6	911.9	2.2	463.2	4.9	18.4
1991	1346.4	889.4	4.7	413.1	4.2	21.6
1992	1337.2	943.3	0.6	354.2	4.8	21.3
1993	1147.9	841	0.9	276.8	3.2	14.1
1994	1039.2	739.3	3.1	262.2	4.3	14.3
1995	921.4	625.6	1.2	262.5	4.1	12.4
1996	1018.3	758.9	3.3	223.7	2.3	13.9
1997	1127.1	935.2	1.5	152.5	0.6	18.9
1998	950.3	819.6	0.5	79	0.1	28.8
1999	1098.3	865.7	0.3	105.7	0.5	100.3
*2000*	1540.2	1174.7	0	226.2	0.6	103.5

Production (thsd. ton)
Years	Cotton	Tobacco	Sugar beet	Pota-toes	Vegetables	Garden crops	Fruits	Grapes	Tea
1990	542.9	52.9	-	185.2	856.2	67.5	367.4	1196.4	30.7
1991	539.7	57.3	-	179.9	805.3	61.9	498.3	1125.6	26.6
1992	336.3	52.3	19.8	156	555.1	50.1	400.9	607	22.6
1993	284.5	44.9	14.5	152.2	487.8	46.9	346.4	411.3	24
1994	283.7	20.8	17.8	150.3	482.9	44.9	323.5	313.8	19.4
1995	274.1	11.7	28.1	155.5	424.1	41.9	324.4	308.7	9.4
1996	274.4	11.2	46.1	214.6	570	52.1	321.2	275	3
1997	124.6	15.1	33.7	223.4	495.4	57.1	330.9	145.3	1.6
1998	112.9	14.6	41.4	312.5	502.3	78.8	390.6	144.2	0.9
1999	96.8	8.6	42.2	394.1	670.8	206.3	436.5	112.5	2.7
*2000*	91.5	17.3	45.6	469	780.8	261	477	76.8	1.1

Yield (cent\ha)
Years	Cotton	Tobacco	Sugar beet	Pota-toes	Vegeta-bles	Garden crops	Fruits	Grapes	Tea
1990	20.6	32.7	.	78	200	74	28.1	76.5	39
1991	22	35.6	.	81	189	70	43.8	75.3	33.1
1992	14.4	30.5	89.8	87	167	65	36.8	45.8	26.6
1993	12.7	28.2	48.3	78	158	87	32.6	30.9	26.6
1994	13.2	19.7	47.2	83	153	71	30.5	29.8	20
1995	13	14.6	54.8	97	157	73	31.2	32.6	10.3
1996	12.9	14.1	61.1	101	178	71	38.5	34.7	3.9
1997	6.1	19.1	77.4	83	156	79	42	22.2	2.3
1998	7.3	17.8	153.3	95	140	68	54.7	32.3	1.3
1999	10.3	19.4	192.1	95	137	92	58.1	35.6	5.1
*2000*	9.1	22.2	215.7	84	133	98	62.2	37.7	2

Yield (cent\ha)
Years	Generals	of which:
	total	wheat	Rye	barley	oats	maize
1990	24.2	24.7	17.4	24.4	16	14.3
1991	20.7	21.9	13.2	19.3	15.4	13.5
1992	21.1	21.7	14.7	20.1	18.3	18.7
1993	16.8	16.9	9.4	14.7	12	13.9
1994	16.3	16.3	13.1	16.3	13.4	14.6
1995	15.1	14.9	6.3	15.7	11.2	11.9
1996	16.3	16.6	10.4	14.9	13.5	17.3
1997	17.4	17.6	8.3	15.2	10.3	24.3
1998	16.2	16.2	6.5	13.3	8.6	29.5
1999	21.2	20.5	17.4	18.7	13.8	35.3
*2000*	23.8	23.7	15.8	20.9	10.9	32.5

Consumption of food stuff (annual per capita, kg)
	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Meat and meat products calculated as meat ( in natural including fat and offal)	32	15	16	15	19	22¹⁾	22¹⁾
Milk and milk products (calculated as milk)	295	138	171	142	145	152¹⁾	154¹⁾
Eggs, piece	144	76	78	76	77	110¹⁾	112¹⁾
Sugar	35	12.2	13.2	14.1	13.9	16.1¹⁾	16.8¹⁾
Vegetable oil	2.5	2.1	1.6	2.3	1.7	2.7¹⁾	3.1¹⁾
Fish and fish products	4.2	1.3	1	1.6	3.1	2.7¹⁾	2.7¹⁾
Potatoes	27	23	25	27	31	38	47
Vegetables and market garden products	68	69	84	73	76	109	129
Fruit and berries (excluding wine production)	33	62	63	60	68	64	61
Cereal products (flour, pulses, bread and macaroni calculated as flour)	153	141	150	143	143	150	155
*1) On the base of research information on households.*

Self-sufficiency in food stuffs (manufacture as % of consumption)
Products	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Milk	46.4	79.4	63	80.5	82.3	83.7	89.9
Meat, beef, paltry	70.2	72.7	70.2	75.4	66.2	65.5	78.4
Eggs	96.2	79.9	83.2	84.9	84.7	74.5	92.8

Number of cattle and manufacture of main livestock products
Number of cattle, thsd. head
	Cattle	Sheep	Pigs	Poultry	Horses	Asses	Camels	Mules
1990	1831.6	5418.7	156.7	29050.8	36.9	29.9	0.3	0.3
1991	1826.2	5292.3	137.3	27665	34.6	27.4	0.2	0.3
1992	1730.9	4901.3	66.9	21704.3	34.8	24.1	0.2	0.2
1993	1621.3	4539	47.9	17032.2	34.8	20.1	0.2	0.1
1994	1632.8	4557.6	33.4	14417.8	37.9	22.4	0.1	0.1
1995	1681.7	4644.4	30.4	13333.4	43.1	24.8	0.1	0.1
1996	1779.9	4922	23.4	12030.7	48.6	28.3	0.2	0.2
1997	1843.5	5267	21	13234	53	31.1	0.2	0.1
1998	1913.2	5511.9	26.1	13873.7	55.8	32.8	0.1	0.1
1999	1953.3	5735.3	19.7	14711.1	60.8	35.5	0.1	0.1
*2000*	2021.6	6086	18.6	14740.5	63.7	37.7	0.2	0.1

Manufacture (thsd. ton)
	Milk	Beef (slanght weight)	Pork	Poultry	Eggs, mln. unit
1990	970.4	73.9	12.6	53.6	985.3
1991	947.7	62.5	8.8	49.2	958.2
1992	850.4	50	5.3	30.9	812.2
1993	798.5	43.8	2.6	19.9	584.5
1994	783.7	43.6	2	16.7	494
1995	826.5	41.2	2.1	14.3	455.8
1996	843.3	43.6	1.6	14.9	477.3
1997	881.5	48.4	1.6	14.7	492.4
1998	946.5	50	1.3	16.5	509
1999	993.4	52	1.5	16.3	526.3
*2000*	1031.1	54	1.6	17	542.6

Main indicators of construction

Main socio-indicators of construction

(at current prices, mln. manat)

	1995			1996	1997	1998	*1999*
Basic fixed assets submitted into use	378176			1414311	1585495	1779071	1818513
total floor area of residential buildings, thsd. m²		601		536	519	533	371
general education school pupils seats	300			864	1951	2369	2700
pre-school establishments seats			-	-	-	-	-
hospital, beds	110			3	-	370	25
ambulance-polyclinic services, reception turn	350			-	-	-	-
Investments total	1139886			3222268	4551187	5512128	4426209
of which by facilities:
production oriented	623769			2500679	3533337	4615912	3762575
non-production oriented	516117			721589	1017850	896216	663634
Volume of contract work	669708			1165866	1814001	1606304	1378660
Average number of workers in construction, this. persons	130.2			121.4	95.6	68.1	72.4

Main socio-indicators of construction

(at current prices, mln. manat)

	1995			1996	1997	1998	*1999*
Basic fixed assets submitted into use	378176			1414311	1585495	1779071	1818513
total floor area of residential buildings, thsd. m²		601		536	519	533	371
general education school pupils seats	300			864	1951	2369	2700
pre-school establishments seats			-	-	-	-	-
hospital, beds	110			3	-	370	25
ambulance-polyclinic services, reception turn	350			-	-	-	-
Investments total	1139886			3222268	4551187	5512128	4426209
of which by facilities:
production oriented	623769			2500679	3533337	4615912	3762575
non-production oriented	516117			721589	1017850	896216	663634
Volume of contract work	669708			1165866	1814001	1606304	1378660
Average number of workers in construction, this. persons	130.2			121.4	95.6	68.1	72.4

Fixed assets submitted into use by productive (at real prices mln. manat) and non-productive areas
	Total	of which by objects:
	Total	productive areas	non-productive areas
1990	233	137	96
1991	222	131	91
1992	2158	778	1380
1993	13055	7164	5891
1994	533789	475470	58319
1995	378176	217192	160984
1996	1414311	909463	504848
1997	1585495	1143534	441961
1998	1779071	1064125	714946
1999	2651082	2081271	569811
*2000*	2261777	1701081	560696

Capital investments by industries of the economy
	Investments
	1999		2000
	Mln manat	Ratio,%	Mln manat	Ratio,%
Total, by industries of economy	4642739.6	100	4683933.7	100
Of which:
State sector	1887310.4	40.7	1708440.5	36.5
Non-state sector	2755429.2	59.3	2975493.2	63.5
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	54834.8	36923	32357.3	0.7
Industry	2864249.6	61.7	2997178.0	64.0
of which:
1. Mining industry and quarries	1932707.1	41.6	2384438.9	50.9
of which:
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	1932707.1	41.6	2384277.9	50.9
II. Manufacturing	307676.4	37048	361866.9	37079
of which:
Manufacture products leverages and tobacco products	219792.9	37076	194334.2	36895
Manufacture pulp, paper and paper products and publication	396.0	0.0	1712.7	0.0
Manufacturing oil refining products	60289.7	36951	99215.1	36893
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	4055.6	0.1	5382.6	0.1
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	724.6	0.0	21368.4	0.5
III. Electricity, gas and water supply	623866.1	37024	250872.2	36986
of which:
Manufacture and distribution of electricity	530358.8	37022	174560.3	37075
Collection, purification and distribution of water	93507.3	2.0	72068.1	37043
Construction	53313.2	36892	17175.6	0.3
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personnel and household goods	433151.6	36959	322109.1	37140
Hotels and restaurants	91815.4	2.0	13187.0	0.3
Transport and communication	661788.0	36964	467463.4	10.0
Transport	418661.0	9.0	256425.1	37016
Land transport, transport via pipelines	204659.7	36985	211945.8	37015
Water transport	13845.0	0.3	2525.6	0.1
Air transport	189993.6	36895	41115.7	0.9
Communication	243127.0	36955	211038.4	37015
Real estate activities	375361.0	36899	540343.4	37022
of which:
Âwelling houses	368588.2	8.0	488828.1	36991
Education	24249.5	0.5	19184.7	0.4
Health and social work	16321.9	0.3	157211.4	36984
Other community, social and	54555.5	36923	87317.4	37135
personal service activities

Dwellings construction Residential buildings submitted into use
	Total residential buildings constructed, thsd. m2	of which financed by individuals:		Share in, %
	Total residential buildings constructed, thsd. m2	by housing cooperatives	population	by housing cooperatives	population
1990	2848	75	1955	37044	68.6
1991	2604	53	1892	2.0	72.7
1992	2224	54	1515	36983	68.1
1993	1430	50	850	37014	59.4
1994	779	-	563	-	72.3
1995	601	-	536	-	89.2
1996	536	-	462	-	86.2
1997	519	-	414	-	79.8
1998	533	-	463	-	86.9
1999	416	-	361	-	86.8
2000	487	-	370	-	76.1
of which in rural localities
1990	1553	1	1411	0.1	90.9
1991	1469	1	1277	0.1	86.9
1992	1176	-	941	-	80.0
1993	732	-	576	-	78.7
1994	433	-	364	-	84.1
1995	377	-	361	-	95.8
1996	244	-	242	-	99.6
1997	225	-	222	-	98.7
1998	286	-	285	-	99.5
1999	187	-	184	-	98.4
2000	177	-	172	-	97.6

Residential buildings submitted into use by type of ownership (total area, thsd m²)
	Total	of which by types of ownership
	Total	state	collective	private	foreign
1991	2604	637	75	1892	-
1992	2224	623	86	1515	-
1993	1430	524	56	850	-
1994	779	209	7	563	-
1995	601	65	-	536	-
1996	536	73	1	462	-
1997	519	76	2	414	27
1998	533	70	-	463	-
1999	416	45	-	361	10
*2000*	487	73	-	395	19

Number of constructed dwellings and their average size
	At the expense of all financial resources, total			of which financed by individuals and
	number of apartments,thsd	average size and floor space of dwellings, sq.m	specific gravity of living space relatively to total space, %	number of apartments, thsd	average size and floor pace of dwellings, sq.m	specific gravity of living space relatively to total space, %
1990	34.3	83.0	63.5	37032	90.9	64.6
1991	29.0	89.8	63.2	37000	97.6	63.2
1992	37035	90.8	64.8	36995	105.3	63.7
1993	36908	83.8	65.9	37080	97.5	63.6
1994	36990	82.9	62.5	36928	90.3	58.6
1995	37048	91.5	59.9	37047	96.0	58.8
1996	37047	96.3	59.7	36985	105.6	59.2
1997	36986	96.7	55.9	37137	106.0	54.1
1998	37016	96.8	57.3	37046	101.7	56.7
1999	36954	96.4	59.4	37045	99.8	59.6
*2000*	37107	91.8	58.5	37045	93.3	57.3

Pre-school establishments, general education and vocational schools submitted into use
	General education schools				Pre-school establishments, seats		Technical vocational schools, pupil seats
	Number of schools, unit		Pupil seats		Total	of which in rural
	Total	of which in rural localities	Total	of which in rural localities	Total	localities
1990	80	71	39387	29415	5595	3315	630
1991	74	63	26759	20448	5275	2245	-
1992	23	19	17161	11451	2250	1140	480
1993	20	14	11695	7517	1920	690	-
1994	3	1	1144	280	110	60	-
1995	2	1	300	120	-	-	-
1996	4	3	864	704	-	-	-
1997	5	4	1951	1331	-	-	-
1998	7	6	2369	1585	-	-	-
1999	8	7	2700	2055	-	-	-
*2000*	8	8	2410	2410	-	-	-

Social buildings submitted into use
	Hospital beds		Ambulance-polyclinic service, reception in a shift		Sanatoriums and rest homes,	Bording homes for elderly and
	total	of which in rural localities	total	of which in rural localities	seats	disabled persons, seats
1990	1366	301	3337	1325	180	200
1991	1417	433	3165	1550	-	-
1992	925	490	1075	635	170	300
1993	466	41	2565	495	100	-
1994	240	-	-	-	-	-
1995	110	50	350	350	-	-
1996	3	3	-	-	-	-
1997	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	370	-	-	-	-	-
1999	25	25	-	-	-	-
*2000*	40	-	70	-	-	-

Dwelling stocks
	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	*1999*
Total dwelling stocks, mln m² general floor area	88.7	90.4	90.6	92.2	94.2	94.7
Number of residential buildings, thsd units	902.8	946.2	950.2	962.3	963.1	982.8
Number of residential dwellings, thsd. units	1497.4	1512.2	1504.2	1532.3	1525.8	1533.0
Number of multi-store residential buildings, units	4031	5652	5694	5901	6142	604.6
Living space per flat, m²	39.2	39.9	40.6	40.5	42.0	42.1
Living space per capita, m²	36930	36899	36899	36930	36899	36930
Number of persons per room	-	36893	36893	36893	36893	36924

Privatisation of dwelling fund
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Number of privatised dwellings, thsd. unit	8.0	47.5	41.7	37068	36907	36904
Total area of privatised dwellings, thsd. m2	409.2	2439.1	2210.4	1480.8	892.5	725.0
Share of privatised dwellings in number of made public dwellings, %	36982	37141	37112	7.0	37015	37137

Motor vehicles
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Passenger cars, thsd.	260.2	278.3	271.3	281.1	311.6	332.1
Passenger car per 1000 person.	36	37	36	37	40	41
Lorries	99.5	79.6	71.9	77.8	69.7	78.3
Other cars	39.0	34.3	31.4	37037	28.0	37101
Total	398.7	392.2	374.6	392.8	409.3	440.1
per 1000 person	52	52	50	51	53	55
Motorcycles, piece	...	13307	3204	9271	9269	6417
Tractors, piece	38876	33174	31594	20272	13100	13100
Road traffic
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Public roads, thsd. km	37129	36974	37158	37158	37158	37158
Passenger tuurnover, mln. passenger-km	4490	4315	4928	5207	7917	9153
Freight turnover, mln. tonne-km	3287	527	902	1392	2968	3512.9
Accidents	3176	2513	1988	1984	1996	1987
Resulting in body injuries	4827	3776	2888	2884	2870	2795
Alcohol-related	127	96	84	73	74	94
Deaths, total	1264	990	605	594	554	596
deaths per 100000 persons	18	13	8	8	7	7
Persons injured, total	3563	2786	2283	2290	2316	2199
injured per 100000 persons	50	37	30	30	29	27
Railways
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	2000
Length of line thsd. km	37105	37227	37227	37227	37227	37227
-electrified	36923	36951	36951	36951	36951	36951
Passenger turnover, mln passenger-km	1827	791	491	533	422	493.2
Freight carried, thsd. ton	80485	9073	11271	13531	14163	15877
Freight circulation, mln. tonne-km	37288	2384	3515	4702	5052	5770

Navigation
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Number of vessels, unit		69	69	69	69	68
Imports, thsd. ton		925	2007	3967	4015	5118
Exports, thsd. ton		1751	1737	1483	624	703
Passengers transported, thsd.	445	64.5	42.8	37062	37147	37114

Air traffic
	1990	1995	1998	1999	2000	of which:
						Internal	International
Passengers transported, thsd.	2207	1131	833	696.7	701.1	399.7	301.4
Freight, thsd ton	26	22	64.5	48.2	36.7	36925	33.5

Communications
	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Posts
Post offices	1821	1616	1703	1616	1546	1352
Postal consignments, mln. unit	876.8	57.3	53.7	71.8	35.3	37097
*Telecommunication ^)**
Telephone connections, thsd	648.5	656.5	671.6	685.0	736.8	797.7
Mobile telephones, thsd		36983	69.7	100	162	431
Telephone connection 100 inh.	9	9	9	9	9	10
Mobile telephones 1000 inh.		0.3	9	13	21	54
^)According to the data of Ministry of Communication*

Main indicators of retail trade turnover (bill. manat)
Indicators	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Total volume of retail trade turnover	36923	5293.4	8485.6	9238.8	9448.1	10599.4
of which:
Retail trade	36892	5238.6	8425.4	9157.3	9363.6	10507.2
Public catering	0.1	54.8	60.2	81.5	84.5	92.2
Turnover per capita, thsd. manat	0.2	699.7	1099.4	1185.5	1212.4	1332.4
Volume of retail trade turnover by type of ownership:
State property	0.4	930.2	697.5	266.1	194.4	182.3
Non-state property	0.8	4363.2	7788.1	8972.7	9253.7	10417.1
of which:
Consumers co-operatives	0.2	108.4	50.7	35.6	37157	36914

Macrostructure of retail trade turnover (bill. manat)
Indicators	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Total retail trade turnover	36923	5293.4	8485.6	9238.8	9448.1	10599.4
Food commodities	0.6	3972.5	5956.9	6384.0	6490.9	7235.5
Non-food commodities	0.6	1320.9	2528.7	2854.8	2957.2	3363.9
of which:
Organised trade	0.9	1668.1	3115.7	3029.0	2812.1	2990.2
Food commodities	0.4	806.4	1414.4	1403.0	1110.8	1148.1
Non-food commodities	0.5	861.7	1701.3	1626.0	1701.3	1842.1
Non-organised trade	0.3	3625.3	5369.9	6209.8	6636.0	7609.2
Food commodities	0.2	3166.1	4542.5	4981.0	5380.1	6087.4
Non-food commodities	0.1	459.2	827.4	1228.8	1255.9	1521.8
of which:
Agricultural markets	0.1	1072.4	1246.5	1378.7	1311.6	1431.9
Food commodities	0.1	1060.0	1181.9	1311.7	1252.1	1366.9
Non-food commodities	0.0	36993	64.6	67.0	59.5	65.0

*Volume indices of retail trade turnover ( in comparison to previous year)*
Indicators	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Total retail turnover	102.3	114.1	114.9	110.3	113.3	109.8
of which:
Registered sector	104.3	124.8	106.1	98.5	102.8	104
Non-Registered sector	101.1	106.4	119.9	117.2	118.3	112.2
Including
Agricultural markets	88.8	103.7	98.2	108.8	105.4	106.8
In general volume of retail trade:
Food goods	100	109.4	115.7	108.6	114.2	109
Including:
foodstuffs	93.2	108.9	108	112.3	114.8	109.5
alcoholic beverages	99.9	187.6	114.8	100.1	101.2	102.2
Non-food goods	108.2	128.3	110.7	114.2	106.2	111.6
Including retail turnover :
Retail trade	102.6	114.3	115.1	110.4	113.2	109.8
Public catering	76	100.7	92.1	100.9	116.4	106.7

*Share of food and non-food stuff in total retail trade turnover (percent)*
	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Food	46.9	75	70.5	70.2	69.1	68.7	68.3
Non-food	53.1	25	29.5	29.8	30.9	31.3	31.7
	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Main indicators of paid services for population
Indicators	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Volume of paid services, for population mln. manat	108	837323	1763856	2102516	2267318	2385926
of which:
officially registered organisations	97	651996	1205640	1461236	1542315	1591384
Physical volume indices by paid services in percent to previous year (comparative prices)	101.3	75.6	111.1	114	105.4	105.8
of which:
officially registered organisations	100.8	75.6	115.4	115.9	103.2	103.7
Volume of paid services per capita, manat	15	75794	146977	175782	288404	299916
Volume of subsistence services, mln. manat	27	147450	389407	532022	565539	586923
Physical volume indices by subsistence services in percent to previous year (in comparative prices).	96	78.7	92.3	82.1	105.7	104.3

Foreign trade turnover indicators of Azerbaijan 2000
(thsd. US dollars)
	Foreign trade turnover	Import	Export	Balance
Total	2916969	1172069.1	1744899.9	572830.8
of which:
I. Countries with transition economy	706461.3	425862.5	280598.8	-145263.7
of which:
Baltic countries	17472.4	1727.1	15745.3	14018.2
CIS countries	610775.1	375537	235238.1	-140298.9
Countries of Central and Eastern Europe	78213.8	48598.4	29615.4	-18983
of which:
SEFTA countries	48566.7	34693.1	13873.6	-20819.4
II. Countries with developed market economy	1736613.5	427711.9	1308901.6	881189.6
Countries of Western Europe	1454677.7	289667.3	1165010.4	875343.1
of which:
EU countries	1280838.4	227173.2	1053665.2	826491.9
Other countries of Western	173839.3	62494.1	111345.2	48851.2
Europe
Other countries with	281935.8	138044.6	143891.2	5846.5
Developed market economy
III. Developing countries	473894.2	318494.7	155399.6	-163095.1
of which:
Countries with transition and centrally planned economy	30045	23228.1	6816.9	-16411.6
Other developing countries	443849.2	295266.6	148582.7	-146683.5

Azerbaijan’s main trading partners, 2000
Thsd. US $
Countries	Turnover	%	Import	%	Export	%	Trade balance
Total	2916969	100	1172069.1	100	1744899.9	100	572830.8
Italy	790643.3	27.1	28098.6	2.4	762544.8	43.7	734446.2
Russia	347628.1	11.9	249326.6	21.3	98301.5	5.6	-151025.1
Turkey	233473.3	8	128492.2	11	104981	6	-23511.2
France	224152.9	7.7	18961.1	1.6	205191.8	11.8	186230.7
Israel	141254.2	4.8	6098.4	0.5	135155.8	7.7	129057.4
USA	112136.5	3.8	104131.8	8.9	8004.7	0.5	-96127.1
Switzerland	102082.1	3.5	56239.4	4.8	45842.7	2.6	-10396.7
Georgia	84978	2.9	10317.3	0.9	74660.7	4.3	64343.4
Great Britain	77656.8	2.7	58871.6	5	18785.1	1.1	-40086.5
Germany	75845.3	2.6	67552.3	5.8	8293	0.5	-59259.3
Iran	64513.6	2.2	56830.2	4.8	7683.4	0.4	-49146.8
Kazakhstan	64239.5	2.2	57575.5	4.9	6664.1	0.4	-50911.4
Ukraine	59445.1	2	35824.2	3.1	23620.9	1.4	-12203.3
The Netherlands	45125.3	1.5	18912.3	1.6	26213	1.5	7300.7
Iceland	31539.6	1.1	0	0	31539.6	1.8	31539.6
China	27969.3	1	23090.5	2	4878.9	0.3	-18211.6
United Arab Emirates	27006.6	0.9	19889.7	1.7	7116.9	0.4	-12772.8
Greece	26059.5	0.9	3379.4	0.3	22680	1.3	19300.6
Malta	25593.3	0.9	216.3	0	25377	1.5	25160.7
Poland	23816.5	0.8	20744.5	1.8	3072	0.2	-17672.5
Other countries	331810.2	11.4	207517	17.7	124293.2	7.1	-83224

Import and export by groups of goods in 2000
Names of groups	Imports thsd. US$	%	Exports thsd. US$	%
Total	1172069.1	100	1744899.9	100
Alive animals	31628.7	2.7	462.3	0
Vegetables a plaiting materials	119488.2	10.2	28457.9	1.6
Animals and vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products	11242.4	1	3606	0.2
Food products, beverages, spirits and vinegar, tobacco	59457.5	5.1	24182.5	1.4
Mineral products	115180.2	9.8	1485341.1	85.1
Products of chemical industry	84125.7	7.2	36195.6	2.1
Plastic, rubber and articles thereof	22769.3	1.9	20524.3	1.2
Row hides and skeins and articles of leather	809.4	0.1	1667.8	0.1
Wood and articles of wood	22879	2	780.2	0
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp of paper or of paperboard	18458.4	1.6	594.6	0
Textile materials	25166.8	2.1	40774.9	2.3
Footwear, headwear, umbrellas artificial flower	4148.3	0.4	20.2	0
Articles of stone, cement and ceramic	17708.6	1.5	272.2	0
Pearls, precious stones, precious metals; and articles there	110.5	0	3.2	0
Miscellaneous articles of base metal	123416.2	10.5	32031.8	1.8
Machine, electrical technological equipment	362780.8	31	30683.8	1.8
Vehicle other than railway or tramway rolling stock, ships and air-transport facilities	100004.7	8.5	34763.8	2
Musical instruments, medical and other equipment	35841.3	3.1	3135.1	0.2
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	16837.2	1.4	1242.2	0.1
Works of art, collection pieces and antiques	15.8	0	160.3	0

State budget revenues and expenditures
		Budget								Change, %
		1997		1998		1999		2000		1998-2000
Revenue, bill. manat		2565.2		2327.3		2797.6		3577.3		27.9
of which:
value added taxes		589.6		719.2		790.6		956.7		21
excise taxes		226.6		95.8		114.4		112.2		-1.9
profit taxes		439.4		341.1		366.9		628.6		71.3
rents (royalty)		331.1		174.3		179.6		251.8		40.2
income taxes from individuals		313.2		411.9		450.4		469		4.1
taxes from international trade and transactions		338.5		293.1		317.6		494.3		55.6
non-tax revenues		224.5		206.9		397.5		412.3		3.7
taxes on land.		22.4		24.8		42.3		33.4		-21
ùthers		79.9		60.2		138.3		219		58.4
Expenditure – total, bill manat		2943.5		2641.7		3257.2		3819		17.2
of which:
finance of national economy		423.2		270.7		331.3		446.7		34.8
finance of social and cultural activities		1360.3		1430.8		1674.3		1913.2		14.3
of which:
education		563.9		581.5		795.1		906		13.9
culture and mass media and sport		78.6		79.2		89.1		106		19
health care		193.8		155.4		186.2		203.8		9.5
fund of social security and fund of welfare		524		614.7		603.9		697.4		15.5
law enforcement bodies		255.3		288.5		344.4		371.6		7.9
expenses for state administration bodies		138.8		139.4		178.2		186.1		4.4
others		765.9		512.3		729		901.4		23.6
Credit investments in economy (at the end of year, bill. manat)
	1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000
Total credit investment to economy	1449		1819.7		2042		2133.6		2215.5		2321.8
of which:
Short-term	1264.8		1675.8		1901.1		2087.7		2160.5		1672
in percent to total	97.3		92.1		93.1		97.8		97.5		72
Long-term	184.2		143.9		140.9		45.9		55		649.8
in percent to total	12.7		7.9		6.9		2.2		2.5		28

Deposit banks
December (bill. manat)	*Advances to the public*
	1996	1997	1998	1999	*2000*
Commercial banks	1727.8	1946.6	2042.2	2127.6	2315.8
Savings banks	91.9	95.4	91.4	87.9	6.0*
Total	1819.7	2042	2133.6	2215.5	*2321.8*
*Joint Universal Srock Bank

Total world population: 1980 to 2050(As of midyear, 4 454 represents 4 454 000 000)
Year	*Average annual )**
	Population (mil.)	Growth rate(percent)	Population change (mil.)
1980 ….	4454	1.69	76.1
1985 ….	4851	1.68	82.4
1990 ….	5277	1.55	82.5
1995 ….	5682	1.37	78.6
1999 ….	5996	1.27	76.9
2000 ….	6073	1.25	76.3
2005 ….	6453	1.16	75.5
2010 ….	6832	1.11	76
2020 ….	7562	0.9	68.2
2030 ….	8215	0.76	62.4
2040 ….	8810	0.62	54.5
2050 ….	9298	(NA)	(NA)
NA Not available.
*) Represents change from year shown to immediate succeeding year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050,” published 28 December 1998;

Comparative data on some world countries
	Area, 1000 km2	Mld-year popul., (mln.)	Popul. growth, % year	Life expectancy (years)
	1997	1999	1990-1998	1998
Azerbaijan ¹⁾	86.6	8.1	1.1²⁾	72
Australia	7741	18.7	1.3	79
Austria	84	8.2	0.7	78
Argentina	2780	36.6	1.5	73
Bangladesh ³⁾	144	120.1	1.6	58
Belgium	31	10.2	0.3	78
Belarus ³⁾	208	10.2	0.1	69
Bulgaria ³⁾	111	8.4	-0.7	71
Brazil	8547	168	1.6	67
Great Britain	243	58.7	0.4	77
Denmark	43	5.3	0.4	76
Hungary	93	10.1	-0.3	71
Germany	357	82.2	0.5	77
Greece	132	10.6	0.5	78
Egypt	1001	67.2	2.3	67
Israel	21	6.1	3.5	78
India	3287	998.1	2	63
Indonesia	1905	209.3	1.9	65
Ireland	70	3.7	0.7	76
Iceland	103	0.3	1	79
Spain	506	39.6	0.2	78
Italy	301	57.3	0.2	78
Canada	9971	30.9	1.4	79
China	9573	1266.8	1.2	70
Latvia	65	2.4	-1.3	70
Lithuania	65	3.7	-0.1	72
	1997	1999	1990-1998	1998
Luxembourg	3	0.4	1.6	77
Mexico	1958	97.4	2	72
Nigeria	924	108.9	3.3	53
Sweden	450	8.9	0.5	79
Netherlands	42	15.7	0.7	78
Norway	324	4.4	0.6	78
New Zealand	271	3.8	1.7	77
Pakistan	796	152.3	2.8	62
Poland	323	38.7	0.2	73
Portugal	92	9.9	0.1	75
Czech Republic	79	10.3	-0.1	75
Russia	17075	147.2	-0.1	67
Romania	238	22.6	-0.4	69
USA	9364	276.2	1.1	77
Turkey	775	65.5	1.8	69
Ukraine	604	50.7	-0.5	67
France	552	58.9	0.5	78
Finland	338	5.2	0.5	77
Chilli	757	15	1.8	75
Switzerland	41	7.3	0.8	79
Estonia	45	1.4	-1.2	70
South Africa	1221	39.9	2.3	63
Yugoslavia	102	10.6	0.1	72
South Korea	99	45.5	1	72
Japan	378	126.5	0.3	81
1) 2000
2) 1990-2000
3) 1996

Comparative international data
	Gross domestic product		Unemployment (%)	Inflationrate(%)
	Per cap. (US $)	Purchasing power parity (US $)	Unemployment (%)	Inflationrate(%)
	1998	1998	1998	1998
Azerbaijan1)	618.6	942⁴	1.2	1.8
Australia	20300	20130	8	0.9
Austria	26850	22740	7.2	0.9
Argentina	8970	10200	15.7²⁾	0.9
Bangladesh ⁴⁾	260	…	…	…
Belgium	25380	23480	12.6	1
Belarus ⁴⁾	2070	…	3.9	…
Bulgaria ⁴⁾	1190	…	12.5	…
Brazil	4570	6160	7.8²⁾	3.2
Great Britain ⁴⁾	20870	…	1.9	…
Denmark	33260	23830	6.6	1.8
Hungary	4510	…	7.8	14.4
Germany	25850	20810	12.3	1
Greece	11650	13010	10.3²⁾	4.8
Egypt	1290	3130	11.3²⁾	4.2
Israel	15940	17310	8.6	5.4
India	430	1700	…	13.2
Indonesia	680	2790	5.5	57.6
Ireland	18340	18340	7.8	2.4
Island	28010	22830	2.7	1.7
Spain	14080	16060	18.8	1.8
Italy	20250	20200	12.3²⁾	2
Canada	20020	24050	8.3	1
China	750	3220	3.1	-0.8
Latvia	2430	…	13.8	4.7
Lithuania	2440	4310	13.5	5.1
	1998	1998	1998	1998
Luxembourg	43570	37420	3.1	1
Mexico	3970	8190	2.3	15.9
Nigeria	300	820	25.0³⁾	10.3
Sweden	25620	19480	6.5	-0.1
Netherlands	24760	21620	4.1	2
Norway	34330	24290	2.4	2.3
New Zealand	14700	15840	7.5	1.3
Pakistan	480	1560	6.1²⁾	6.2
Poland	3900	6740	10	11.7
Portugal	10690	14380	5	2.8
Czech Republic	5040	…	6.1	10.7
Russia	2300	3950	11.9	27.7
Romania ⁴⁾	1600	…	6.7	…
USA 4)	29340	29340	4.5	1.6
Turkey	3160	…	6.2	84.6
Ukraine	850	…	11.3	15.9²⁾
France	24940	22320	11.8	0.7
Finland	24110	20270	11.4	1.4
Chilli	4810	12890	6.4	5.1
Switzerland	40080	26620	3.9	0.1
Estonia	3390	…	9.6	8.2
South Africa	2880	6990	5.4²⁾	6.9
Yugoslavia ⁴⁾	…	…	26.1	…
South Korea ⁴⁾	10610	…	2	…
Japan	32380	23180	4.1	0.6
1) 2000
2) 1997
3) 1995
4) 1996

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