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Turkmenistan

Capital: AshgabatRegion: Europe & Central AsiaIncome: Upper middle income
GDP
$76.90B
2026
Population
7.5M
2024
GDP per Capita
$11K
2026
Life Expectancy
70.1 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$76.90B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)2.3%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$11K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$158.97B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$24K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.07%2026
GNI (Current USD)$50.92B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$7K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$21K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)37.5%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)50.4%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)12.2%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)12.4%2024
GDP Deflator (%)6.6%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$67K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)18.0%2024
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$5K2019
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)6.4%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2019
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2019
Oil Rents (% of GDP)5.85%2019
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)7.65%2019
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)13.5%2019
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2019
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$19.26B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)5.0%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)3.6%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-0.5%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)0.7%2026

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)28.7%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)11.2%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$9.03B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$5.74B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$12.37B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$3.83B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)3.2%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$1.64B2024

External Debt

IndicatorValueYear
External Debt (% of GNI)5.2%2024
External Debt Stocks (USD)$3.32B2024
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)1.9%2024
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$2.56B2024
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$389.3M2024
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.1%2023

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)40.6%2017
Account Ownership, Female (%)35.5%2017
Account Ownership, Male (%)45.7%2017
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)5.8%2024

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)112024

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)17.2%2024
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)10.4%2024
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)6.1%2024
Average Firm Age (years)24 years2024
Firms Using Computers (%)18.6%2024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population7.5M2024
Population Growth (%)1.8%2024
Population Density (per km²)162023
Surface Area (sq km)491,2092023
Land Area (sq km)469,9302023
Urban Population (%)47.1%2024
Urban Population (total)3.5M2024
Rural Population (%)52.9%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth70.1 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male66.9 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female72.8 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)2.72023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)21.72023
Death Rate (per 1,000)5.82023
Net Migration13,2682025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)31.5%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)64.0%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)4.5%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)56.3%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)202.02023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)107.52023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force2.2M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)42.0%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)38.2%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)46.1%2025
Unemployment (%)4.3%2025
Female Unemployment (%)2.5%2025
Male Unemployment (%)5.9%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)10.0%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)21.9%2025
Employment in Industry (%)28.6%2025
Employment in Services (%)49.5%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)28.3%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)68.0%2025
Employers (% of total employment)3.8%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)47.1%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)2.7%2023
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)29.6%2024
Adult Literacy Rate (%)99.9%2022
Male Literacy Rate (%)99.9%2022
Youth Literacy Rate (%)99.9%2022
Primary School Enrollment (%)95.7%2024
Secondary School Enrollment (%)94.6%2024
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)20.4%2024
Primary Completion Rate (%)98.6%2024
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)81.1%2022
Out-of-School Children, Primary28,4152024
Out-of-School Girls, Primary14,0652024
Primary School Teachers24,9782024
Secondary School Teachers88,7472024

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)5.5%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$5812023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)0.9%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)77.4%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.92023
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)3.52023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)3.62021
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)40.02023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)34.72023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)44.92023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)22.0%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)72.3%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)5.7%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)99.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)98.0%2024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)402024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)10.7%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)0.5%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)6.82021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)2.62020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)5,6262022
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)2,8292022
Renewable Electricity Output (%)0.0%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)0.1%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)99.8%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)19.62020
Forest Area (%)8.8%2023
Forest Area (sq km)41,2702023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)4.3%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)4.2%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)99.9%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)99.7%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)84.2%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)1,8342023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)112.02022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)121.22022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)114.02022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)800,6942023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)347.32023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)4.2%2023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)1868.0%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)5.22022
Secure Internet Servers (per million)188.32024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.14%2022
Scientific Journal Articles222022

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried1.1M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)62.72023
Rail Lines (total km)7,6802018
Railways, Passengers (million km)2,3402017
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)13,3272017
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.412018
Electricity from Oil (%)0.0%2021
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)25.6%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)70.5%2025
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)21.22023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary0.982020

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-1.422023
Government Effectiveness-1.212023
Regulatory Quality-2.072023
Voice & Accountability-1.882023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)6.6%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)10.8%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)6.6%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)43.1%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Armed Forces (% of labor force)2.9%2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City941,1302025
Population in Slums (% of urban)8.4%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)1.7%2024