Last updated: 16.11.2020
Gender Indicators
Women and men in Azerbaijan
Methodological explanations
Population size and vital statistics in 1926–2020
Number of women and men
Population by sex and age, as of January 1, 2020
Median age of population
Age dependancy ratio
Share of women among all persons aged 15 and above
Distribution of women and men by main age groups by towns and regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as of January 1, 2020
Life expectancy at birth in urban and rural areas 1970–2019
Healthy life expectancy
Life expectancy of population at age 60 in urban and rural areas 2000–2019, number of age
Life expectancy at birth by towns and regions, 2019
Total fertility rate in urban and rural areas 1975–2019
Reproduction rates
Birth rate of women aged 15-19 in urban and rural areas 2000-2019
Average age of mother at childbirth
Sex ratio at birth in urban and rural areas 1990–2019
Number of twin and triplet births by sex
Death rate by sex and age groups, 2019
Main causes of deaths among population 2019
Deaths by cause and age groups 2019
Maternal mortality in urban and rural areas 1980–2019
Infant mortality in urban and rural areas 1960–2019
Child mortality under 5 years in urban and rural areas 1990–2019
Perinatal, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality rate
Death rate due to road traffic injuries
Number of births and deaths by towns and regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2019
Live births by marital status of mother
Officially registered marriages and divorces
Average age at officially registered marriage
Number of officially married brides and grooms under 18 years old
Distribution of women by marital status and number of birth
Divorces by duration of marriage and by age groups of spouses in 2019
Marital status by age groups,2009
Distribution of households by number of children
Households consist of single parent and children
Migrants by sex and age groups in 2019
Sex distribution of citizens of Azerbaijan travelled to foreign countries and foreigners and stateless persons travelled to Azerbaijan for tourism purposes in 2019
Methodological explanations
Distribution of smokers by age groups
Morbidity of population with malignant neoplasm by age groups and sex, 2019
Morbidity of population with malignant neoplasm by different localizations, 2019
Morbidity of population with active tuberculosis by age groups
and sex, 2019
Sex distribution of HIV infected population aged of 15-49 years old
Hepatitis B incidence by sex
Morbidity cases with narcological and mental disorders, 2019
Morbidity among pregnant women, number of antenatal clinics and antenatal clinics attached to enterprices
Abortions by age groups, 2019, use of contraception among married women based on the data of the «Demographic and Health Survey in Azerbaijan -– 2011
Number of physicians
Distribution of children under 18 years old newly recognized as disabled, by age groups and sex, 2019
Distribution of persons newly recognized as disabled at age 18 years old and over by age groups and sex, 2019
Distribution of children with obesity by age groups and sex, 2019
Sex distribution of persons going to physical culture and sport
Methodological explanations
Educational attainment of population aged 15 and over
Share of pupils started education from 1 class and ended at 5 class
Number of children aged under 3 years old in nurseries
Number of children aged 3-5 years old in preschool institutions at the beginning of the year 2020
Gender equality index in education
Sex distribution of pupils and students by types of education at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic year
Distribution of students by age and sex in vocational educational institutions at the beginning of 2020
Distribution of students of state specialized secondary institutions by field of study at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic years
Distribution of students of non-state specialized secondary institutions by field of study at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic years
Distribution of students of state higher educational institutions by field of study at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic year
Distribution of students of non-state higher educational institutions by field of study at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic year
Distribution of students of the Republic of Azerbaijan graduated ful-time general educational schools and received school-leaving certificate and admitted to higher educational institutions in 2019 by sex
Directors and deputies of full-time general educational institutions at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic year
Teacher staff of state higher educational institutions at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic year
Teacher staff of non-state higher educational institutions at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic year
Teachers of state and non-state institutions by types of school at the beginning of 2019/2020 academic year (key staff)
Proportion of teachers in: (a) pre-primary; (b) primary; (c) lower secondary and (d) upper secondary education
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age)
Students on PhD program by fields of science at the beginning of 2020
Distribution of students studying on PhD program by age groups at the beginning of 2020
Number of students studying on DSc program by fields of science at the beginning of 2020
Distribution of students studying on DSc program by age groups at the beginning of 2020
Scientific degree of the scientists trained post-graduate students, at the beginning of the year
Researchers by fields of science at the beginning of 2020, number of academicians and corresponding members at the beginning of 2020
Methodological explanations
Employment and unemployment in 2019
Unemployment rate
Number of employees by types of economic activity in 2019
Structure of unemployment persons registered in state employment agency in 2019
Distribution of persons received official unemployment status in employment service offices by education level, by age groups in 2019, in per cent to total and sex
Sex distribution of persons receiving unemployment benefits
Average monthly nominal wages of employees by types of economic activity in 2019
Average monthly nominal wages of women and men by types of economic activity in 2019
Occupational injuries by types of economic activity in 2019
Death cases by types of economic activity in 2019
Women and men working in harmful labour conditions in industry in 2019
Women and men working in harmful labour conditions in construction in 2019
Distribution of employees holding the civil service positions by sex and age groups, as of 1 January 2020
Distribution of women and men holding administrative posts in civil service, according to 4-7 classifications, by age groups, as of 1 January 2020
Sex distribution of managerial positions in civil service, according to 4-7 classifications
Distribution of employees holding supplementary posts in civil service, by sex and age groups, as of 1 January 2020
Number of private entrepreneurs by gender distribution and types of activity, as of 1 January 2020
Number of private entrepreneurs by gender distribution, towns and regions of Republic of Azerbaijan, as of 1 January 2020
Sex distribution of judges
Number of women in managerial positions
Methodological explanations
Distribution of economically active population by sex
Economic activity of population by sex and age groups
Employed population by sex and age groups
Employed population by sex and economic activity at main workplace
Employed population by sex and education level
Unemployment level by residence and age groups
Unemployed population by sex and age groups
Unemployed population by sex and education level
Distribution of economically non-active population by categories and sex
Proportion of employed working part-time, by sex and working hours during the week
Methodological explanations
Income structure by sex head of household in 2018 and 2019
Disribution of per capita income of population by sex and
age groups head of household in 2019
Structure of consumption expenditures by sex of the head of household in 2018 and 2019
Consumption of food products by their main group by sex of the head of household in 2018 and 2019
Gender Development Index (GDI), Gender Emprowerment Measure (GEM), Gender Inequality Index (GII)
Number of persons received pension for the first time, at the beginning of the year, Number of pensioners, at the beginning of the year
Gender distribution of persons received driving license
Gender distribution of internet users
Gender distribution of persons who have mobile phones
Average time use for activities
Methodological explanations
Sex distribution of persons committed crimes in 2019
Sex distribution of persons committed crimes by types of crime in 2019
Sex distribution of persons convicted of crimes in 2019
Children aged 14-17 convicted by types of crime in 2019
Sex distribution in domestic violence victims in 2019
Victims in the result of registered crimes in 2019
Distribution of women committed crime by type of crime
Sex distribution of children aged 14-17 committed the crime
Methodological explanations
Population by sex
Live expectancy at birth
Maternal mortality
Infant mortality rate
Deaths by causes among by women and men
Distribution of different educational levels of students and pupils by sex
Illiteracy rate
Number of economically active population by sex
Economic activity level of women and men
Unemployment level of women and men
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The main objectives and tasks envisaged under the policy of equal rights and equal opportunities of women and men in Azerbaijan are:
Protection and reflection of the rights of both sexes in the context of universal human rights, adoption of adequate measures, assisting women and men to use these rights.
Development and improvement of the democratic representation, establishment of the conditions for equal participation of women and men at all levels of administration and decision making.
Establishment of conditions for the development of economic independence of each citizen, contribution for the realization of equal rights of women and men in labour market, in business, in the sphere of finances.
Establishment of the conditions for the use of opportunities to:
- increase life expectancy of women and men;
- reduce infant and maternal mortality;
- improve reproductive health of women and men.
Support to vulnerable population groups and contribution to the solution of their problems (refugees and displaced persons, invalids, single mothers, families whose head of household are women, etc).
Provision of the conditions for equal participation of women and men in the system of education. Adoption of the measures for maintenance of equal access to education and strengthening of the social understanding of the notion of equal significance of education for girls and boys. Development of the education system as a tool for the dissemination of an idea of the equality of sexes in society.
Contribution to harmonization and effective combination of professional activity and family life for women and men as well.
Prevention of violence against women:
- Elimination of domestic violence;
-Addressing the consequences of violence in case of refugees and displaced persons.
Contributing to understanding the necessity of correcting social divisions an disbalances and balances distribution of responsibility between women and men.
The legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan reflects the ideas of equality of women and men in all spheres of life. All these are the bases for development of gender - balanced policy and elimination of gender asymmetries in society.
In 1995 the Republic of Azerbaijan ratified Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and also other principal international documents on protection human rights.
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Protection and reflection of the rights of both sexes in the context of universal human rights, adoption of adequate measures, assisting women and men to use these rights.
Development and improvement of the democratic representation, establishment of the conditions for equal participation of women and men at all levels of administration and decision making.
Establishment of conditions for the development of economic independence of each citizen, contribution for the realization of equal rights of women and men in labour market, in business, in the sphere of finances.
Establishment of the conditions for the use of opportunities to:
- increase life expectancy of women and men;
- reduce infant and maternal mortality;
- improve reproductive health of women and men.
Support to vulnerable population groups and contribution to the solution of their problems (refugees and displaced persons, invalids, single mothers, families whose head of household are women, etc).
Provision of the conditions for equal participation of women and men in the system of education. Adoption of the measures for maintenance of equal access to education and strengthening of the social understanding of the notion of equal significance of education for girls and boys. Development of the education system as a tool for the dissemination of an idea of the equality of sexes in society.
Contribution to harmonization and effective combination of professional activity and family life for women and men as well.
Prevention of violence against women:
- Elimination of domestic violence;
-Addressing the consequences of violence in case of refugees and displaced persons.
Contributing to understanding the necessity of correcting social divisions an disbalances and balances distribution of responsibility between women and men.
The legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan reflects the ideas of equality of women and men in all spheres of life. All these are the bases for development of gender - balanced policy and elimination of gender asymmetries in society.
In 1995 the Republic of Azerbaijan ratified Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and also other principal international documents on protection human rights.
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« 0 and/or 0,0 » negligible magnitude.
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