International Rankings of Turkmenistan 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Turkmenistan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Turkmenistan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	181	4000	0
Internet users - percent of population	186	21.25 %	2018
Internet users - total	134	1.150 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	121	11.85	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	88	648223	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	18	162.86	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	94	8.909 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	104	6.714 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	105	5.657 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	57	2.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	97	40.819 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	127	26.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	116	10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	149	50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	10	14.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	33	28.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	91	7.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	17	44.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	146	47.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	47	31.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	1998
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	77	1 %	2017
Labor force	116	2.305 million US Dollars	2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	32	48.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	95	14 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	127	37.8 %	2004
Population below poverty line	154	0.2	2012
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	97	86.858 billion US Dollars	2018
Real GDP per capita	88	14845 US Dollars	2018
Taxes and other revenues	148	14.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	45	100.500 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	38	67790	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	33	244000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	39	600.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	81	15.090 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	42	3.201 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	89	4.001 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	74	21.180 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	28	39.310 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	11	38.140 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	12	77.450 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	5	7.504 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	64	160000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	53	53780 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	204	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	53	191100 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	43	70.63 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	31	52.09 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	98	19.02 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	18	72	2018
Land use - arable land	125	4.1	2018
Land use - forest	149	8.8	2018
Land use - other	122	19.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	11	67.8	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	113	24.765 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	21	26.360 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	55	839.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	61	755.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	119	53	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	56	469930 sq km	0
Area - total	55	488100 sq km	0
Area - water	40	1.817 million sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	45	3139 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	59	N/A meters	110
Elevation - mean elevation	120	230 meters	0
Irrigated land	29	19950 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	49	4158 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	18	72	2018
Land use - arable land	125	4.1	2018
Land use - forest	149	8.8	2018
Land use - other	122	19.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	11	67.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	112	24.765 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	87	16.48 %	2469
Age structure - 25-54 years	33	44.14 %	6027
Age structure - 55-64 years	112	8.56 %	1238
Birth rate	82	17.85 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	75	49.7 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	45	6.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	140	5.95 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	101	7.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	52	13.5 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	83	55.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	66	47.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	47	3.1 % of GDP	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	31	4 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	46	29.79 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	36	46.87 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	42	38.54 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	132	74.73 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	135	68.5 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	137	71.54 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	108	7	2017
Median age - female	96	29.7 years	2020
Median age - male	89	28.7 years	0
Median age - total	91	29.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	44	24.2	2019
Net migration rate	125	1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	84	18.6 %	2016
Physicians density	70	2.23 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	114	5.580 million	2021
Population growth rate	84	1.02 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	34	0.88	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	83	2.04 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	119	53	2021
Transportation
Airports	98	26	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	35	9	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	30	9	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	57	21	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	91	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	63	4	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	80	16.920 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	77	2.457 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	77	27	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	37	5113 km	2017
Roadways - paved	44	47577 km	2002
Roadways - total	65	58592 km	2002
Waterways	49	1300 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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