Turkmenistan's domestic private health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) was 82.55% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 11.25 percentage points from 71.3% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 82.55% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 81.73% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 71.3% | 2013 |
| Highest | 84.5% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 53.34% | 2000 |
| Average since 2014 | 80.24% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 53.34% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Turkmenistan's domestic private health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) fell 1.95 percentage points on 2022 (from 84.5% to 82.55%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +1.42 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.01 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.26 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.01 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 72% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 88.64% for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.07%, against 1.78% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2023, Turkmenistan had the 3rd highest value of the 183 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Turkmenistan | 82.55% | 2023 |
| World | 38.81% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 26.61% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 44.29% | 2023 |
Closest to Turkmenistan in the 2023 ranking
- Armenia — 1st of 183: 83.9%
- Myanmar — 2nd of 183: 82.81%
- Bangladesh — 4th of 183: 82.02%
- Afghanistan — 5th of 183: 77.14%
- Nigeria — 6th of 183: 74.38%
What this measures
Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic private sources. Domestic private sources include funds from households, corporations and non-profit organizations. Such expenditures can be either prepaid to voluntary health insurance or paid directly to healthcare providers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | Domestic private health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 82.55 |
| 2022 | 84.5 |
| 2021 | 82.64 |
| 2020 | 81.45 |
| 2019 | 81.74 |
| 2018 | 81.73 |
| 2017 | 77.94 |
| 2016 | 81.23 |
| 2015 | 75.81 |
| 2014 | 72.76 |
| 2013 |
Domestic private health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) in nearby economies
- Albania — 49.53% (2023)
- Andorra — 29.2% (2023)
- Armenia — 83.9% (2023)
- Austria — 23.5% (2023)
- Azerbaijan — 66.93% (2023)
- Belarus — 33.17% (2023)
- Belgium — 26.33% (2023)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 31.43% (2023)
- Bulgaria
More health data for Turkmenistan
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.8% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 10.73% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.16 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 29.99% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.22 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 32.49% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 2.38 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 31.22% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 10.41% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Turkmenistan's domestic private health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)?
- 82.55% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 29.21 percentage points from 53.34% in 2000. The highest value was 84.5% in 2022 and the lowest 53.34% in 2000.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.PVTD.CH.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: http://apps.who.int/nha/database Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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