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Turkmenistan

TM

Ashgabat · pop. 7M · Russian, Turkmen · Turkmenistan manat · landlocked

Trajectories

economic complexity

#126

Sliding in the complexity rankings, from #118 in 1995.

2024 · −1.20

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1995−0.95
1996−0.98−0.03 pts
1997−0.53+0.45 pts
1998high−0.22+0.31 pts
1999−0.75−0.53 pts
2000−1.20−0.45 pts
2001−1.45−0.24 pts
2002−1.38+0.07 pts
2003−1.66−0.28 pts
2004−1.47+0.19 pts
2005−1.28+0.19 pts
2006−1.50−0.22 pts
2007−1.63−0.13 pts
2008−1.620 pts
2009−1.47+0.15 pts
2010−1.50−0.03 pts
2011low−2.22−0.72 pts
2012−2.07+0.15 pts
2013−1.98+0.09 pts
2014−1.74+0.24 pts
2015−1.89−0.15 pts
2016−1.53+0.35 pts
2017−1.55−0.02 pts
2018−1.24+0.31 pts
2019−1.27−0.02 pts
2020−1.12+0.15 pts
2021−1.43−0.31 pts
2022−1.39+0.05 pts
2023−1.34+0.04 pts
2024latest−1.20+0.14 pts

economic momentum

$6,857

Quadrupled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $6,857

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$848
1991$832−1.9%
1992$811−2.5%
1993$788−2.8%
1994$622−21.1%
1995$592−4.8%
1996$558−5.8%
1997$565+1.3%
1998$591+4.6%
1999low$546−7.7%
2000$634+16.2%
2001$756+19.3%
2002$936+23.7%
2003$1,229+31.4%
2004$1,379+12.2%
2005$1,604+16.3%
2006$1,997+24.5%
2007$2,415+21.0%
2008$3,606+49.3%
2009$3,708+2.8%
2010$4,059+9.5%
2011$5,144+26.7%
2012$6,054+17.7%
2013$6,600+9.0%
2014high$7,164+8.6%
2015$5,759−19.6%
2016$5,687−1.3%
2017$5,828+2.5%
2018$6,125+5.1%
2019$5,998−2.1%
2020$5,973−0.4%
2021$5,723−4.2%
2022$5,838+2.0%
2023$6,232+6.8%
2024latest$6,857+10.0%

demographic curve

2.7 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 5.3 in 1980.

2024 · 2.7

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19606.6
19616.7+1.5%
19626.8+1.0%
1963high6.8+0.5%
19646.80.0%
19656.8−0.5%
19666.7−0.8%
19676.6−1.0%
19686.6−1.1%
19696.5−1.2%
19706.4−1.2%
19716.3−1.3%
19726.2−1.9%
19736.2−0.8%
19746.1−1.1%
19756.0−1.4%
19765.9−1.7%
19775.8−2.2%
19785.6−2.8%
19795.5−2.7%
19805.3−2.8%
19815.2−2.7%
19825.0−2.3%
19835.0−1.5%
19845.0−0.1%
19855.00.0%
19864.9−0.6%
19874.8−1.9%
19884.7−3.4%
19894.5−4.5%
19904.3−3.9%
19914.1−3.3%
19924.0−4.5%
19933.8−4.5%
19943.6−4.1%
19953.5−3.6%
19963.3−5.7%
19973.2−3.4%
19983.1−3.3%
19993.0−3.2%
20002.9−2.6%
20012.8−3.0%
20022.7−3.7%
20032.7−1.6%
20042.7+0.3%
20052.7+1.2%
20062.7+0.7%
20072.7+0.4%
20082.8+0.6%
20092.8+1.6%
20102.8+1.9%
20112.9+1.8%
20123.0+1.9%
20133.0+1.8%
20143.0+0.5%
20153.0+0.3%
20163.0−1.4%
20172.9−1.9%
20182.9−2.0%
20192.8−1.4%
20202.8−1.4%
20212.8−1.4%
20222.7−0.9%
20232.7−1.4%
2024latest2.7−1.1%

Metrics

  1. population
    7M
    108 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $46B
    93 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $6,232
    87 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. area
    488K km²
    54 of 176
    REST Countries
  5. population density
    14.3 /km²
    156 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  6. life expectancy
    70.1 yr
    117 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  7. co₂ per capita
    10.9 t
    14 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  8. urbanisation
    47%
    122 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  9. fertility rate
    2.7
    56 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  10. foreign-born share
    2.6%
    103 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  11. r&d % of gdp
    0.1%
    114 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  12. scientific articles / yr
    22
    158 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  13. youth unemployment
    10%
    67 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  14. adult literacy
    100%
    8 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  15. democracy (v-dem)
    0.03
    158 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  16. clean government
    17
    151 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  17. press freedom
    80.0
    161 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  18. human development
    0.764
    78 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  19. refugees hosted
    3.4K
    107 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  20. refugees produced
    2.6K
    83 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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