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Turkmenistan

Europe & Central Asia · Upper middle income · capital Ashgabat

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

70.2years

Ranks 153 of 217 in 2024

6% below world median · 12% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

39.0per 1,000 live births

Ranks 155 of 196 in 2024

1.6× above world median · 9.0× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

5per 100,000 live births

Ranks 23 of 194 in 2023

89% below world median · 17% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2019 · 7 years old

7.2% of under-5s

Ranks 11 of 46 in 2019

52% below world median · 1.3× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 46 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

5.50% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

13% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

2.66births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

40% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2022 · 4 years old

99.9% of adults 15+

Ranks 4 of 45 in 2022

10% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

95.7% gross

Ranks 97 of 134 in 2024

4% below world median · 4% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2024 · 2 years old

4.29% of GDP

Ranks 19 of 40 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

6,540current US$

Ranks 106 of 186 in 2025

17% below world median · 76% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

22,602international $

Ranks 88 of 185 in 2025

12% above world median · 56% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

1998 · 28 years old

35.1% of population

Ranks 42 of 54 in 1998

1.4× above world median · 30.9× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 54 countries reporting in 1998 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

1998 · 28 years old

40.8index, 0–100

Ranks 29 of 54 in 1998

about the same world median · 26% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 54 countries reporting in 1998 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

4.3% of labour force

Ranks 72 of 182 in 2025

16% below world median · 23% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

1999 · 27 years old

2.90% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

75% above world median

Medians computed across 140 countries reporting in 1999 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

94.9% of population

Ranks 52 of 148 in 2024

18% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2016 · 10 years old

18.0% of population

Ranks 168 of 203 in 2016

67% below world median · 76% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2016 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

10.86t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

3.3× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

7.6mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

16% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Turkmenistan has no figure in this dataset for Inflation. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.