OREANDA-NEWS. January 20, 2010. President Aliyev claimed that today’s poverty level in Azerbaijan was 11% versus 50% six years ago.

“If to compare with the results of 2008, we can see that during the past year poverty reduced from 13.2% to 11%. This is also a very good indicator testifying that poverty was fought seriously in the country even in the crisis year. This combat has practical results and life of Azerbaijani citizens improves with every day,” he said.