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Turkmenistan

Headline economic indicators for Turkmenistan, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Turkmenistan
Indicator Value Change
GDP deflator inflation · 6.0% -0.80 (-11.8%)

GDP

GDP — Turkmenistan
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 6.3% +0.02 (+0.3%)
GDP per capita · 6,540.18 +635.92 (+10.8%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 17,235 +65.50 (+0.4%)
GDP · 49,828,621,355.65 +5,579,173,638 (+12.6%)
GDP, PPP · 172,197,765,411 +14,619,646,718 (+9.3%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 22,602 +1,576 (+7.5%)
GDP per capita growth · 4.6% +0.13 (+2.9%)
GNI per capita · 6,340 +700.00 (+12.4%)
Agriculture to GDP · 12.4% +0.19 (+1.6%)
Industry to GDP · 36.0% -1.51 (-4.0%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 20.5% +2.98 (+17.0%)
Services to GDP · 48.9% +1.42 (+3.0%)
Household consumption to GDP · 15.1% +7.28 (+93.5%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 46.6% +14.90 (+47.0%)

Labour

Labour — Turkmenistan
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 4.3% +0.25 (+6.1%)
Labour force participation rate · 42.0% -0.14 (-0.3%)
Female labour force participation rate · 38.2% -0.11 (-0.3%)
Youth unemployment rate · 10.0% +0.69 (+7.4%)
Employment to population ratio · 40.2% -0.23 (-0.6%)
Employment in agriculture · 21.9% -0.29 (-1.3%)
Employment in industry · 28.6% -0.12 (-0.4%)
Employment in services · 49.5% +0.41 (+0.8%)

Money

Money — Turkmenistan
Indicator Value Change
Official exchange rate · 5,200 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Trade

Trade — Turkmenistan
Indicator Value Change
Exports to GDP · 14.5% -3.10 (-17.7%)
Imports to GDP · 13.7% +2.53 (+22.7%)
Trade to GDP · 28.2% -0.57 (-2.0%)
Exports of goods and services · 7,210,521,475.21 -565,239,939 (-7.3%)
Imports of goods and services · 6,824,243,539.04 +1,885,136,893 (+38.2%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 1.4% -0.14 (-8.9%)
Remittances received to GDP · 0.2% unchanged
Total reserves, including gold · 1,513,006,832.37 +136,999,823 (+10.0%)
External debt to GNI · 5.2% -1.30 (-19.9%)

Government

Government — Turkmenistan
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 12.4% -0.39 (-3.0%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.3% +1.58 (+58.1%)
Health spending to GDP · 5.5% +0.13 (+2.4%)

Demography

Demography — Turkmenistan
Indicator Value Change
Population · 7,618,847 +124,349 (+1.7%)
Population, long-run history · 5,657 +78.23 (+1.4%)
Population growth · 1.6% -0.11 (-6.0%)
Life expectancy · 70.2 +0.13 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 2.66 -0.03 (-1.1%)
Birth rate · 20.9 -0.83 (-3.8%)
Death rate · 5.8 +0.06 (+1.0%)
Urban population share · 47.1% +0.02 (+0.0%)
Population aged 65 and over · 4.8% +0.28 (+6.1%)
Under-five mortality rate · 39.0 -1.20 (-3.0%)
Population density · 15.9 +0.28 (+1.8%)
Net migration · 13,268 -1,378 (-9.4%)
Gini index · 40.8 unchanged

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.

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