Turkmenistan's imports of goods and services (current LCU) was 37.1 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 24.56% from 49.18 billion in 2015 (2.78% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 37.1 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 20.74 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 49.18 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 58.23 billion | 2014 |
| Lowest | 1,600 | 1991 |
| Average since 2016 | 27.96 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1,600 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Turkmenistan's imports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 38.3% on 2024 (from 26.83 billion to 37.1 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +71.8% and a typical year strayed about 214.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 3,718.8% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 47.8% in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Turkmenistan had the 120th highest value of the 137 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.
Closest to Turkmenistan in the 2025 ranking
- Lesotho — 117th of 137: 48.09 billion
- Sierra Leone — 118th of 137: 47.7 billion
- Azerbaijan — 119th of 137: 47.52 billion
- Ecuador — 121st of 137: 36.38 billion
- Cyprus — 122nd of 137: 33.54 billion
- Seychelles — 123rd of 137: 32.57 billion
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 35 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 37,100,000,000 |
| 2024 | 26,829,227,300 |
| 2023 | 26,471,644,500 |
| 2022 | 25,768,386,400 |
| 2021 | 21,874,014,100 |
| 2020 | 20,740,321,700 |
| 2019 | 20,411,093,500 |
| 2018 | 18,630,185,700 |
| 2017 | 35,659,972,300 |
| 2016 | 46,118,835,400 |
Imports of goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Albania — 1.13 trillion (2025)
- Armenia — 6.07 trillion (2025)
- Austria — 268.29 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 47.52 billion (2025)
- Belarus — 163.47 billion (2025)
- Belgium — 497.36 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 30.61 billion (2025)
- Bulgaria — 60.07 billion (2025)
- Croatia — 49.29 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — 33.54 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Turkmenistan
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 2.32% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$4.57 billion (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$6.16 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 33.47 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 12.36% (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) — US$17.93 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU) — 97.45 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Turkmenistan's imports of goods and services (current LCU)?
- 37.1 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is up 2.32 billion% from 1,600 in 1991 (64.67% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 58.23 billion in 2014 and the lowest 1,600 in 1991.
- How does Turkmenistan rank?
- 120th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Turkmenistan?
- In 2025, Turkmenistan's imports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 38.3% on 2024 (from 26.83 billion to 37.1 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +71.8% and a typical year strayed about 214.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.IMP.GNFS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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