Turkmenistan: Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Turkmenistan's total natural resources rents (% of GDP) fell 6.58 percentage points on 2018 (from 20.07% to 13.49%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2018), the average change was −0.76 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.67 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 40.62 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 34.68 percentage points in 1991. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.03 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 56% 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.

How it compares

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Closest to Turkmenistan in the 2019 ranking

• Isle of Man — 2nd of 3: 0%
• Northern Mariana Islands — 3rd of 3: 0%

What this measures

Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 33 values

Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Albania — 1.44% (2021)
• Andorra — 0% (2021)
• Armenia — 7.05% (2021)
• Austria — 0.12% (2021)
• Azerbaijan — 29.94% (2021)
• Belarus — 1.86% (2021)
• Belgium — 0.04% (2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 0.81% (2021)
• Bulgaria — 0.92% (2021)
• Croatia — 0.68% (2021)

More environment data for Turkmenistan

• Population in largest city — 941,130 (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 26.22% (2025)
• Rural population — 4.03 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 52.89% (2025)
• Urban population — 3.59 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 47.11% (2025)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — 1.61% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 1.68% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 396,267 (2024)
• Surface area (sq. km) — 491,209 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Turkmenistan's total natural resources rents (% of GDP)?

13.49% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1987?

It is down 53.49 percentage points from 66.99% in 1987. The highest value was 75.37% in 2001 and the lowest 6.67% in 1998.

Is the latest change in total natural resources rents (% of GDP) unusual for Turkmenistan?

In 2019, Turkmenistan's total natural resources rents (% of GDP) fell 6.58 percentage points on 2018 (from 20.07% to 13.49%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2018), the average change was −0.76 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.67 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB); Staff estimates, Wo… 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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