In January-September 2026, Azerbaijan was visited by 1,831,800 foreigners and stateless persons from 191 countries, 6% fewer than in the same period last year.
According to the State Statistical Committee, based on data from the State Border Service, Russian citizens accounted for 27.1% of arrivals, Turkish citizens for 19.4%, Iranian citizens for 7.7%, Georgian citizens for 4.9% and Kazakh citizens for 4.5%.
Arrivals also included citizens of Israel (3.7%), Pakistan (3.5%), Uzbekistan (3.1%), China (2.8%), India (2.6%), Saudi Arabia (2.4%), Ukraine (1.6%) and Turkmenistan (1.3%). Citizens of Germany and the United Kingdom each accounted for 1.1%, and Belarus for 1%. Citizens of other countries and stateless persons made up 12.2%.
Compared with the same period last year, the number of arrivals from European Union member states increased by 6.1% to 94,200, while arrivals from CIS countries rose by 4.3% to 699,000.
At the same time, arrivals from Persian Gulf countries fell by 32% to 218,300, and from other countries by 5.5% to 820,300.
Men accounted for 66.8% of total arrivals, women for 33.2%.
Of the arrivals, 73.5% used air transport, 25.2% used rail and road transport, and 1.3% used sea transport.