Note: This material was originally prepared in Azerbaijani. This English version was translated using artificial intelligence. The credible version is the Azerbaijani version.
MP Jeyhun Mammadov stated in an interview with Demokrat.az that the share of young people in the civil service is increasing every year:
“On the eve of national holidays, distinguished civil servants are awarded various orders and medals. This is another indication of the government's attention to this sector. The share of young people in the civil service is also increasing year by year.”
According to the Law on Civil Service, signed by former President Heydar Aliyev in 2000, civil service is defined as employment in a civil service position involving the performance of the state's objectives and functions in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and other normative legal acts.
The law defines a civil servant as an employee of a state institution who receives a salary from the state budget or extra-budgetary funds, holds an administrative or auxiliary civil service position in accordance with the law, and takes an oath of loyalty to the Republic of Azerbaijan upon their first appointment to permanent civil service.
Under Azerbaijan's Law on Youth Policy, young people are defined as individuals aged 14–29. Therefore, the relevant figures are those concerning civil servants within this age group.
The State Statistical Committee has published data on the age distribution of civil servants since 2003. These statistics show that the number of civil servants under the age of 30 has not increased every year. On the contrary, since 2016, the figure has declined compared with the preceding year, except in 2019 and 2023. In 2016, there were 5,570 civil servants under the age of 30, compared with 3,988 in 2026.
The chart was created using artificial intelligence.
Furthermore, the share of civil servants under the age of 30 in the total civil service workforce has also declined.
The chart was created using artificial intelligence.
As the chart shows, civil servants under the age of 30 accounted for 18.51% of the total civil service workforce in 2016, compared with 14.61% in 2026.
Therefore, the number of young civil servants has not increased year by year. Instead, it has generally declined over the past decade, with only a few exceptions.
Fakt Yoxla concludes that the claim is false.
