Turkmenistan

Government debt in Turkmenistan

Government debt in Turkmenistan: 64.2% of GDP in 1997 and 3.1% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
3.1% of GDP
Since 1997
−61.1 percentage points
Rank, 2025
147 of 149
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
2.5% of GDP
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% of GDP · IMF

Government debt in TurkmenistanGovernment debt in Turkmenistan: 64.2% of GDP in 1997 and 3.1% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.5% of GDP in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.5% of GDP in 2031.
  • The highest was 81.6% of GDP in 1998, the lowest 3.1% of GDP in 2007.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearTurkmenistan
20253.1
20244.1
20235.5
20227.1
202112.3
202015.4
201917.7
201822.5
201724.7
201621.1
201519
201416
201320.4
201217.9
201114.8
20107
20093.1
20083.6
20073.1
20064.2
20056.8
200411.4
200316.9
200224.2
200134.1
200055.1
199966.7
199881.6
199764.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearTurkmenistan
20262.9
20272.8
20282.7
20292.6
20302.5
20312.5

Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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