Cost of paid services to population in Azerbaijan up 15%

During January-October this year, the cost of paid services to the population in Azerbaijan grew by 15.3% compared to the same period last year, to over 9.1 billion manats ($5.35 billion).

Report informs, referring to the State Statistics Committee, that legal entities accounted for nearly 6.9 billion manats (nearly $4.05 billion) or 75.9% of the total cost of services.

During the reporting period, the public sector accounted for 2.1 billion million manats ($1.2 billion) of the cost of paid services, and the private sector for 7.1 billion ($4.17 billion).

During 10 months, each resident of the country used various paid services in the amount of 895.2 manats ($526.58) on average, or 177.1 manats ($104.17) more than a year earlier.