A total of 979,900 foreigners and stateless persons from 178 countries arrived in Azerbaijan in January-May 2025, 1.5% more compared to the same period last year, EDnews reports, citing the State Statistical Committee.

Some 24.6% of the arrivals were from Russia, 17.7% from Türkiye, 10.7% from India, 8.6% from Iran, 4.4% from Georgia, 3.6% from Kazakhstan, 2.9% from Saudi Arabia, 2.8% from Pakistan, 2% each from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, 1.9% each from Uzbekistan and China, 1.4% from Ukraine, 1.3% from Turkmenistan, 1% each from Belarus and Kuwait, 12.2% from other countries. Of them, 68.9% were men and 31.1% were women.

Compared to a year ago, the number of arrivals from Israel increased by 2.5 times, from Tajikistan - 1.7 times, from China - 1.5 times, from Jordan - 44.3%, from Kyrgyzstan - 39.5%, from Japan - 35.4%, from Pakistan - 21.1%, from Kazakhstan - 20.4%, from South Korea - 18.2%, from the Netherlands - 17.7%, from Saudi Arabia and the UAE - 17.5%, from Canada - 17%, from the USA - 16%, from Spain - 15.7%, from India - 15.1%, from Italy - 13.2%, from Egypt - 10.6%.

Over the past year, the number of arrivals from European Union member states increased by 2.9% to 39,000 people, the number of arrivals from Gulf countries decreased by 1.6% to 153,700 people, the number of arrivals from CIS countries decreased by 7.8% to 326,700 people, and the number of arrivals from other countries increased by 10.4% to 460,500 people.

A total of 73.4% of foreigners and stateless persons arriving in Azerbaijan used air transport, 25.2% used rail and road transport, and 1.4% used sea transport.