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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.
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USD 2.9 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 39.6 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 102.0 billion (2017, estimate)
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
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
N/A | N/A | 0.02% | 0.06% | 0.08% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
6.8% | 6.0% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 5.0% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
20.8% | 17.4% | 23.2% | 23.2% | 23.4% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
1.2% | 0.8% | -0.7% | -0.8% | -0.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-18.0% (2017 estimate)
73.3% (2012)
0.08% (2015)
N/A
Gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
Machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
China 68.6%, Turkey 4.9% (2015)
Turkey 24.9%, Russia 12.3%, China 10.9%, UAE 9.1%, Kazakhstan 5.1%, Germany 4.6%, Iran 4.4% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 3,732 million | USD 4,170 million | USD 4,259 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
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N/A
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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)
Subcategories:
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
Ranking: 174 / Score: 41.89 (Repressed) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Presidential republic; highly authoritarian
Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
1990 | 2000 | 2010* | 2016* | 2021* |
N/A | 4.501 million | 5.042 million | 5.463 million | 5.857 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
46% | 47% | 46% | 50% |
Total population: 99.7%
Male: 99.8%
Female: 99.6% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 7 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 12.06% Mobile 145.94% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)