Turkmenistan
GDP growth in Turkmenistan
GDP growth in Turkmenistan: -10% a year in 1993 and 3.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.6% a year
- Since 1993
- +13.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 67 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 2.6% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.6% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 21.5% a year in 2011, the lowest -17.3% a year in 1994.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Turkmenistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 9.9 |
| 2020 | -1.6 |
| 2019 | 5.1 |
| 2018 | 4.8 |
| 2017 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | 0.8 |
| 2014 | 5.2 |
| 2013 | 10.2 |
| 2012 | 16.9 |
| 2011 | 21.5 |
| 2010 | 17.2 |
| 2009 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | 14.8 |
| 2007 | 11.1 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2004 | 14.7 |
| 2003 | 17.1 |
| 2002 | 15.8 |
| 2001 | 20.4 |
| 2000 | 18.6 |
| 1999 | 16.5 |
| 1998 | 6.7 |
| 1997 | -11.3 |
| 1996 | -6.7 |
| 1995 | -7.2 |
| 1994 | -17.3 |
| 1993 | -10 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Turkmenistan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.4 |
| 2027 | 2.5 |
| 2028 | 2.5 |
| 2029 | 2.6 |
| 2030 | 2.6 |
| 2031 | 2.6 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 1999
- Military spending in US dollars$188M in 1999
- Military spending per person$25 in 1999
- Military share of state spending15% of government spending in 1999
- Armed forces personnel57,000 people in 2020
- National power0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports382 million TIV in 2021