Azerbaijani poverty levels drop 9% in last decade

Azerbaijani Minister for Economic Development Shakhin Mustafayev said
that the dependence of the country on oil has dropped. Economic growth
rate was 8% in the non-oil sector. 70,000 new jobes were created, and
wages increased by 30%. Unemployment a decade ago was at a level of
49%, it has dropped to 9.1%/ Currency reserves have reached $38
billion, Salam News reports.