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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.
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USD 44.1 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 112.7 billion (2018, estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
10.3% | 6.5% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 6.2% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
7.4% | 3.6% | 8% | 13.2% | 13.4% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
21.8% | 24.1% | 28.8% | 29.1% | 30.3% |
* Estimated
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
-0.7% | -2.4% | -2.8% | -0.2% | -0.1% |
5.7% (2018 estimate)
22.7% (2018)
0.05% (2018)
N/A
Gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
Machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
China 83.7%, Turkey 5.1% (2017)
Turkey 24.2%, Algeria 14.4%, Germany 9.8%, China 8.9%, Russia 8%, US 6.6% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 2,243 million | USD 2,086 million | USD 1.985 million |
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Ranking: 164 / Score: 48.4 (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 | 4.53 million | 5.09 million | 5.57 million | 6.03 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
46.4% | 47.1% | 45.9% | 51.6% |
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 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 11.8% Mobile 162.9% (2017)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)