Banking assets rose by 20 percent last year, the banking sector's liquidity rose by 31.8 percent year-on-year and amounted to 13.883 billion manats.

Buta Art & Sweets, founded in 2017, addresses social exclusion by empowering women with special needs through training programmes which provide them with an additional income.

The National Statistics Office explained the growth in FDI by growth in all main directions - equity capital, debt obligations and reinvestment.