During the period from 2003 to April 2023, Azerbaijan's foreign exchange reserves grew by 41 times to $65.9 billion, Natig Amirov, Assistant to the President - head of the Department of Economic Policy and Industrial Affairs of the Presidential Administration, said at the event held by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan on the occasion of Heydar Aliyev's 100th anniversary, Report informs.
In addition, he said that ovr past 20 years, the gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 22 times to 133.8 billion manats ($78.7 billion), and the GDP per capita surged 17.8 times to 13,292 manats ($7,819).
"In 20 years, the nominal income of the population rose by 13.7 times to 68.9 billion manats ($40.53 billion), and the average monthly salary climbed by 13.3 times to 839 manats ($493.5)," Amirov said.