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Turkmenistan GDP and Economic Data

Country Report 2017 - Includes Turkmenistan real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Turkmenistan economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Turkmenistan best banks and safest banks are also available.

Countries by Income Group

Countries by Income Group

Major international organizations classify countries by different factors. One criterion that is often used is gross national income (GNI) per capita – the dollar value of a country’s final income in a year, divided by its population

 
 
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Central bank

Central Bank of Turkmenistan

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International Reserves

USD 2.9 billion (2015)

International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017

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Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 39.6 billion (2017, estimate)

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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

Intl$ 102.0 billion (2017, estimate)

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Real GDP growth
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
11% 11.1% 14.8% 6.1% 9.2% 14.7% 11.1%
2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017*    
10.2% 10.3% 6.5% 5.4% 5.4%    

*Estimate

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GDP per capita - current prices

USD 7,144.1 (2017, estimate)

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GDP per capita - PPP

Intl$ 18,414.8 (2017, estimate)

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GDP (PPP) - share of world total
1980 1990 2000 2010 2017*
N/A N/A 0.02% 0.06% 0.08%

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GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 13.2% 
  • industry: 47.7% 
  • services: 39.2%

(2016 estimate)

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Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

N/A

 

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Inflation
2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017*
6.8% 6.0% 6.4% 5.5% 5.0%

*Estimate

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Unemployment rate
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

 

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Household saving rates

N/A

 

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Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017*
20.8% 17.4% 23.2% 23.2% 23.4%

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Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017*
1.2% 0.8% -0.7% -0.8% -0.4%

*Estimate   

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Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's: N/A

Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)

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Market value of publicly traded shares
2013 2014 2015
N/A N/A N/A
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Largest companies

N/A

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Current account balance

USD -7.1 billion (2017 estimate)

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Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-18.0% (2017 estimate)

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Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

73.3% (2012)

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Shares in world total merchandising export

0.08% (2015)

 

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Shares in world total commercial services export

N/A

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Total exports

USD 8.8 billion (2016 estimate)

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Export commodities

Gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber

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Total imports

USD 7.5 billion (2016 estimate)

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Import commodities

Machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs

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Exports - major partners

China 68.6%, Turkey 4.9% (2015)

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Imports - major partners

Turkey 24.9%, Russia 12.3%, China 10.9%, UAE 9.1%, Kazakhstan 5.1%, Germany 4.6%, Iran 4.4% (2015)

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FDI inflows
2013 2014 2015
USD 3,732 million USD 4,170 million USD 4,259 million
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FDI outflows
2013 2014 2015
N/A N/A N/A
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Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2012 2013 2014 2015
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )

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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )

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Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking: N/A (2017)

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Starting a business: N/A

Enforcing Contracts: N/A

Registering Property: N/A

Getting credit: N/A

Protecting investors: N/A

Trading across border: N/A

Paying Taxes: N/A

Dealing with Construction Permits: N/A

Getting Electricity: N/A

Resolving Insolvency: N/A

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Global competitiveness ranking

N/A

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Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 174 / Score: 41.89 (Repressed) (2016)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)

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Time zone

UTC+5

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Total area

488,100 sq km

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Capital

Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)

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Currency

Turkmen manat (TMM)

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Government type

Presidential republic; highly authoritarian

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Languages

Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%

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Religions

Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%

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Total population
1990 2000 2010* 2016* 2021*
N/A 4.501 million 5.042 million 5.463 million 5.857 million

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Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2015
46% 47% 46% 50%
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Population median age

27.5 years (2016 estimate)

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Population growth rate

1.13% (2016 estimate)

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Life expectancy

70.1 years (2016 estimate)

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Literacy

Total population: 99.7%
Male: 99.8%
Female: 99.6% (2015 est.)

(age 15 and over can read and write)

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% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

N/A

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Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

N/A
 

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Freedom House rating

Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 7 (2017)                         

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)

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Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed 12.06%   Mobile 145.94% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

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Internet users as % of total population

15% (2015)

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Mercer Cost of living index

Ashkhabad: 66th (2016)

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CO2 emissions

12.8 (2013)

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