According to the State Border Service data, in January-September 2026 the Republic of Azerbaijan received 1831,8 thousand or 6,0% less foreigners and stateless persons from 191 countries of the world compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. 27,1% of the arrivals were from the Russian Federation, 19,4% – Türkiye, 7,7% – Iran, 4,9% – Georgia, 4,5% – Kazakhstan, 3,7% - Israel, 3,5% - Pakistan, 3,1% - Uzbekistan, 2,8% – China, 2.6% – India, 2,4% – Saudi Arabia, 1,6% – Ukraine, 1,3% - Turkmenistan, per 1,1% Germany and Great Britain, 1.0% - Belarus, and 12,2% – were citizens of other countries and stateless persons. 66,8% of the arrivals were men and 33,2% were women.

In January-September 2026 compared to January-September 2025, the number of arrivals from EU member countries increased by 6,1% and amounted to 94,2 thousand persons, from the CIS countries it increased by 4,3% and amounted to 699,0 thousand persons, from Gulf countries decreased by 32,0% and amounted to 218,3 thousand persons and arrivals from other countries decreased by 5,5%, reaching 820,3 thousand persons.

73,5% of foreigners and stateless persons arriving in our country used air transport, 25,2% - railway and car, and 1,3% - sea transport.

In January-September 2026 compared to January-September 2025, the total number of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan who travelled to foreign countries decreased by 1,8% and amounted to 1575,3 thousand persons. 44,0% of our citizens travelled to Türkiye (2,3% more compared to the same period of the previous year), 14,6% - Russian Federation (2,0% less), 13,0% - Georgia (17,6% more), 5,1% - Iran (44,5% less), 23,3% to other countries (2,0% less). 64,1% of the travellers were men and 35,9% were women.

In January-September 2026, 70,4% of the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan who travelled to foreign countries used air transport, 27,6% railway and car, and 2,0% - sea transport.