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Turkmenistan

At a glance

  • Turkmenistan has a population of about 7.6M; its total GDP of $49.8B ranks #95 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 491,209 km² is about 2.5× the world median of 198,330 km².
  • Renewable electricity share stands out most against the median: 0.0% — rank #169 of 169 countries with data.

Where Turkmenistan stands

Population log axis

Population across 169 countries with data: Turkmenistan at 7.6M, rank #103, world median 11.5M, logarithmic axis. Median 11.5M Turkmenistan · 7.6M

GDP (total) log axis

GDP (total) across 168 countries with data: Turkmenistan at $49.8B, rank #95, world median $80.7B, logarithmic axis. Median $80.7B Turkmenistan · $49.8B

GDP per capita log axis

GDP per capita across 168 countries with data: Turkmenistan at $6,540, rank #89, world median $6,834, logarithmic axis. Median $6,834 Turkmenistan · $6,540

Life expectancy

Life expectancy across 169 countries with data: Turkmenistan at 70.2 years, rank #113, world median 73.8 years. Median 73.8 years Turkmenistan · 70.2 years

Every dot is one country with data — the highlighted dot is this country; the dashed line marks the world median. Wide-range metrics use a logarithmic axis (tagged) so the whole field stays readable.

Turkmenistan: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Trend Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 7.6M (2025) +60% #103 / 169 median 11.5M · 66%
Population growth 1.6% (2025) −17% #59 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.5×
Urban population share 47.1% (2025) +1% #122 / 169 median 63.8% · 74%
Population aged 65+ 4.8% (2025) +18% #110 / 169 median 7.4% · 65%
Fertility rate 2.7 (2024) −2% #58 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.3×
Birth rate 20.9‰ (2024) −7% #61 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.3×
Death rate 5.8‰ (2024) −13% #127 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 82%
Net migration 13.3K (2025) −29% #36 / 169 N/A
Surface area 491,209 km² (2023) #55 / 176 median 198,330 km² · 2.5×
Population density derived 15.5/km² (2025) +60% #152 / 169 median 75.5/km² · 21%
Economy
GDP (total) $49.8B (2025) +1017% #95 / 168 median $80.7B · 62%
GDP per capita $6,540 (2025) +599% #89 / 168 median $6,834 · 96%
GNI per capita $6,340 (2025) +781% #85 / 168 median $6,350 · 100%
GDP growth (annual) 6.3% (2025) +2350% #28 / 168 median 3.1% · 2.0×
Inflation rate N/A N/A N/A
Unemployment rate 4.3% (2025) −58% #104 / 168 median 5.1% · 83%
Gini index 40.8 (1998) #37 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.2×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 35.1% (1998) #31 / 153 median 2.5% · 14×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 14.5% (2025) −59% #146 / 163 median 35.0% · 41%
Imports share of GDP 13.7% (2025) −52% #160 / 163 median 40.2% · 34%
Agriculture share of GDP 12.4% (2025) −41% #57 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.7×
Manufacturing share of GDP 20.5% (2004) +41% #16 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.8×
International tourist arrivals 380K (1998) #122 / 162 median 1.1M · 34%
Tourism receipts $46M (1997) #146 / 165 median $705M · 7%
Health & education
Life expectancy 70.2 years (2024) +7% #113 / 169 median 73.8 years · 95%
Infant mortality 30.4‰ (2024) −41% #43 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 2.3×
Under-five mortality 39.0‰ (2024) −37% #40 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 2.5×
DPT immunization 98.0% (2024) +0% #20 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) −31% #43 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.8×
Health spending share of GDP 5.5% (2023) +34% #101 / 165 median 6.5% · 84%
Secondary school enrollment 94.6% (2024) +13% #67 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Education spending share of GDP 4.3% (2024) +41% #77 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.0×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.764 (2023) +17% #78 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 18.0% (2016) +5854% #158 / 169 median 81.5% · 22%
Mobile subscriptions 88.2 per 100 (2021) +51366% #129 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 76%
Fixed broadband 5.2 per 100 (2022) +371708% #106 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 43%
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) +0% #75 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 10.9 t (2024) +20% #15 / 165 median 2.6 t · 4.1×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 81.4 Mt (2024) +88% #44 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 3.8×
Renewable electricity share 0.0% (2021) −62% #169 / 169 median 34.1% · <1%
Renewable energy consumption 0.1% (2021) +0% #167 / 169 median 26.9% · <1%
Forest area 8.8% (2023) +0% #136 / 169 median 32.4% · 27%
Agricultural land 84.2% (2023) +12% #2 / 169 median 41.7% · 2.0×
Arable land 3.4% (2023) −4% #129 / 168 median 11.0% · 31%
PM2.5 exposure 31.2 µg/m³ (2023) +2% #44 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.6×
Military spending 2.9% (1999) #32 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.6×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Turkmenistan's true-shape outline

Turkmenistan's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 491,209 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Surface area (sq. km) — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).