| Economy | Turkmenistan |
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Economy - overview:
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Turkmenistan is largely a desert country with intensive agriculture in irrigated oases and sizeable gas and oil resources. One-half of its irrigated land is planted in cotton; formerly it was the world's 10th-largest producer. Poor harvests in recent years have led to an almost 50% decline in cotton exports. With an authoritarian ex-Communist regime in power and a tribally based social structure, Turkmenistan has taken a cautious approach to economic reform, hoping to use gas and cotton sales to sustain its inefficient economy. Privatization goals remain limited. From 1998-2005, Turkmenistan suffered from the continued lack of adequate export routes for natural gas and from obligations on extensive short-term external debt. At the same time, however, total exports rose by an average of roughly 15% per year from 2003-08, largely because of higher international oil and gas prices. A new pipeline to China, set to come online in late 2009 or early 2010, will give Turkmenistan an additional export route for its gas. Overall prospects in the near future are discouraging because of widespread internal poverty, a poor educational system, government misuse of oil and gas revenues, and Ashgabat's reluctance to adopt market-oriented reforms. In the past, Turkmenistan's economic statistics were state secrets. The new government has established a State Agency for Statistics, but GDP numbers and other figures are subject to wide margins of error. In particular, the rate of GDP growth is uncertain. Since his election, President BERDIMUHAMEDOW has sought to improve the health and education systems, unified the country's dual currency exchange rate, ordered the redenomination of the manat, reduced state subsidies for gasoline, increased internet access both in schools and internet cafes, ordered an independent audit of Turkmenistan's gas resources, and created a special tourism zone on the Caspian Sea. Although foreign investment is encouraged, numerous bureaucratic obstacles from the NYYZOW-era remain. |
GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$29.65 billion (2008 est.)
$26.96 billion (2007)
$24.18 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars |
GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$6,100 (2008 est.)
$5,600 (2007 est.)
$5,100 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars |
GDP (official exchange rate):
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$28.82 billion (2008 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate:
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10% (2008 est.)
11.5% (2007 est.)
9% (2006 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 10.7%
industry: 38.8%
services: 50.4% (2008 est.) |
Investment (gross fixed):
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11.6% of GDP (2008 est.) |
Population below poverty line:
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30% (2004 est.) |
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1998) |
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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40.8 (1998) |
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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18% (2008 est.) |
Central bank discount rate:
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void |
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
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void |
Stock of money:
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void |
Stock of money - per capita:
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void |
Stock of quasi money:
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void |
Stock of quasi money - per capita:
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void |
Stock of domestic credit:
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void |
Stock of domestic credit - per capita:
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void |
Labor force:
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2.089 million (2004 est.) |
Labor force participation rate:
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42.76 % of population |
Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 48.2%
industry: 14%
services: 37.8% (2004 est.) |
Unemployment rate:
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60% (2004 est.) |
Budget:
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revenues: $1.393 billion
expenditures: $1.42 billion (2008 est.) |
Budget revenues per capita:
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286 USD per capita |
Public debt:
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void |
Industries:
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natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing |
Industrial production growth rate:
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-0.1% (2008 est.) |
Electricity - production:
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12.83 billion kWh (2006 est.) |
Electricity - production per capita:
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2,627 kWh per capita |
Electricity - consumption:
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9.584 billion kWh (2006 est.) |
Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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1,962 kWh per capita |
Electricity - exports:
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1.34 billion kWh (2006 est.) |
Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2007 est.) |
Oil - production:
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180,400 bbl/day (2007est.) |
Oil - production per capita:
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36,931 bbl/day per capita |
Oil - consumption:
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107,400 bbl/day (2006 est.) |
Oil - consumption - per capita:
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8.02 bbl/year per capita |
Oil - exports:
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40,000 bbl/day (2007 est.) |
Oil - imports:
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5,283 bbl/day (2005) |
Oil - proved reserves:
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600 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.) |
Natural gas - production:
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68.88 billion cu m (2007 est.) |
Natural gas - production per capita:
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14,101 cu m per capita |
Natural gas - consumption:
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19.48 billion cu m (2007 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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3,988 cu m per capita |
Natural gas - exports:
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49.4 billion cu m (2007 est.) |
Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2007 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves:
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2.832 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.) |
Agriculture - products:
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cotton, grain; livestock |
Current account balance:
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$2.897 billion (2008 est.) |
Current account balance - per capita:
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594 USD per capita |
Exports:
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$9.887 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.) |
Exports per capita:
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2,024 USD per capita |
Exports - commodities:
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gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber |
Exports - partners:
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Ukraine 51.3%, Iran 18.5%, Turkey 5% (2007) |
Imports:
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$5.291 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.) |
Imports per capita:
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1,084 USD per capita |
Imports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs |
Imports - partners:
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UAE 14.3%, Russia 11.6%, Turkey 10.3%, China 9.1%, Ukraine 8.7%, Iran 7%, Germany 6.5%, US 5.6% (2007) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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$5.501 billion (31 December 2008 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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1,127 USD per capita |
Debt - external:
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$1.4 billion
note: some estimates put this figure as high as $5 billion (2004 est.) |
Debt - external - per capita:
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297 USD per capita |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home - per capita:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad - per capita:
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void |
Market value of publicly traded shares:
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$NA |
Market value of publicly traded shares - per capita:
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void |
Economic aid - donor:
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void |
Economic aid - recipient:
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$28.25 million from the US (2005) |
Economic aid - recipient per capita:
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6 USD per capita |
Currency (code):
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Turkmen manat (TMM) |
Exchange rates:
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Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.) |
Fiscal year:
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calendar year |
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