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
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
| Year | Turkmenistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 7.1 |
| 2021 | 12.3 |
| 2020 | 15.4 |
| 2019 | 17.7 |
| 2018 | 22.5 |
| 2017 | 24.7 |
| 2016 | 21.1 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2014 | 16 |
| 2013 | 20.4 |
| 2012 | 17.9 |
| 2011 | 14.8 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 3.6 |
| 2007 | 3.1 |
| 2006 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | 6.8 |
| 2004 | 11.4 |
| 2003 | 16.9 |
| 2002 | 24.2 |
| 2001 | 34.1 |
| 2000 | 55.1 |
| 1999 | 66.7 |
| 1998 | 81.6 |
| 1997 | 64.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Turkmenistan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.9 |
| 2027 | 2.8 |
| 2028 | 2.7 |
| 2029 | 2.6 |
| 2030 | 2.5 |
| 2031 | 2.5 |
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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- 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