In January-September 2026, 1 million 831.8 thousand foreigners and stateless persons from 191 countries of the world visited Azerbaijan. This is 6 percent less compared to the same period last year.
Modern.az reports that, according to the State Border Service, 27.1 percent of those who came to the country were citizens of Russia, 19.4 percent of Turkey, 7.7 percent of Iran, 4.9 percent of Georgia, and 4.5 percent of Kazakhstan.
The next places were occupied by Israel (3.7 percent), Pakistan (3.5 percent), Uzbekistan (3.1 percent), China (2.8 percent), India (2.6 percent) and Saudi Arabia (2.4 percent).
During the reporting period, the number of arrivals from European Union countries increased by 6.1 percent to 94.2 thousand people, and the number of arrivals from CIS countries increased by 4.3 percent to 699 thousand people. The number of arrivals from Gulf countries decreased by 32 percent to 218.3 thousand people.
73.5 percent of those who came to Azerbaijan used air transport, 25.2 percent used rail and road, and 1.3 percent used sea transport.
In January-September, the number of Azerbaijani citizens going abroad also decreased. This indicator decreased by 1.8 percent compared to the same period last year and amounted to 1 million 575.3 thousand people.
Turkey was the most visited country by our citizens. 44 percent of those who went abroad visited Turkey, 14.6 percent visited Russia, 13 percent visited Georgia, 5.1 percent visited Iran, and 23.3 percent visited other countries.
The number of people going to Turkey increased by 2.3 percent, and the number of people going to Georgia increased by 17.6 percent. The number of people visiting Russia decreased by 2 percent, and the number of people going to Iran decreased by 44.5 percent.
70.4 percent of Azerbaijani citizens going abroad used air transport, 27.6 percent used rail and road, and 2 percent used sea transport.
