KAZAKHSTAN: GRANDIOSE AMBITIONS
Getting rid of the “stan” on the end of his country’s name is just one of the many ambitions Kazakhstan’s leader has for his increasingly prosperous country.
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Turkmenistan; country and population overview
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Gross Domestic Product - GDP
US$ 29.93 billion (2010 estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
46.976 billion of International dollars (2010 estimate)
Real GDP growth
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| 20.4% | 15.8% | 17.1% | 14.7% | 13% | 11.4% | 11.6% | 14.7% |
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* | ||||
| 6.1% | 9.2% | 14.7% | 7% |
*Estimate
GDP per capita - current prices
US$ 5,331 (2007 estimate)
GDP per capita - PPP
$8,367 International Dollars (2007 estimate)
GDP (PPP) - share of world total
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015** |
| N/A | N/A | 0.02% | 0.05% | 0.06% |
**Forecast
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GDP - composition by sector
(Data released on February 2012)
- agriculture: 7.8%
- industry: 24.1%
- services: 68.1% (2011 estimate)
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Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)
N/A
(Data released on March 2012)
Inflation
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* |
| -2.7%(2008) | 4.5% | 5.8% | 6.2% |
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Unemployment rate
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* |
| N/A | N/A | N/A(2009) | N/A |
*Estimate
Household saving rates
N/A
(Data released on December 2011)
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* |
| 2.8% | 2.6% | 11.8% | 15.4% | 19.8% |
*Estimate
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011* | 2012** |
| 10% | 7.6% | 2.3% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
*Estimate **Forecast
Government bond ratings
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's rating: N/A
Moody's outlook: N/A
(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Dec 2011 and Nov 2012)
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Market value of publicly traded shares
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Current account balance
US$ 634 million (2010 estimate)(After 2008)
Current account balance by percentage of GDP
2.1% of GDP (2010 estimate)(2009)
Exports as percent of GDP(Exports of goods and services)
51.7% (2010)
(Data released on April 2012)
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Shares in world total merchandising export
0.07%(2007)
(Data were released in 2012 and refer to 2011)
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Shares in world total commercial services export
N/A(2007)
(Data were released in 2012)
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Export commodities
gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
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Exports - major partners
China 59%, Turkey 4.9%, Italy 4.6%, UAE 4.3% (2011)
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Imports - major partners
Turkey 21.1%, Russia 14.1%, China 11.1%, UAE 8%, Germany 5.8% (2011)
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FDI inflows
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| US$4,553 million | US$3,631 million(2009) | US$3,186 million(2009) |
FDI outflows
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Value of cross-border M&A;, by country of purchaser
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| N/A | N/A(2009) | N/A(2009) | N/A |
Cross-border M&A; deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)
N/A
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
Cross-border M&A; deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2011(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)
N/A(2008 estimate)
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
Best countries for doing business World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project (Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 - 185. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)
Overall ranking: N/A(2009) (2013)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: N/A(2009)
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
(2013)
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Global competitiveness ranking(ranking by country on a basis of 144, the first is the best)
N/A
(2012)
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Index of Economic FreedomWSJ and Heritage Foundation
Ranking: 168 Score: 43.8 (Repressed) (2009)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )
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Government type
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch (2009)
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Total population
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2012* | 2017** |
| N/A | N/A | 4.64 million | 5.61 million | 6.08 million |
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Urban population as % of total population
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2011 |
| 46.4% | 47.1% | 45.8% | 48.7% |
% of population living on less than $2 a day
49.60% (2011)
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)
40.77 (1998)
(Data were released in 2011, 0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Freedom House rating
Political Rights:7
Civil Liberties:7 (2011)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)
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Total telephone subscribers as % of population
79.48% (2011)
(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)
Internet users as % of total population
5% (Data were released in 2012 and refer to 2011)
Cost of living - Mercer index(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)
Ashkhabad: 206th (2011)
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CO2 emissions(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)
9.6717 (Data were released in 2012 and refer to 2009)
