Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Turkmenistan

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Turkmenistan in 2025 — 40.78%. Ranked 132 in the world out of 189. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 4.3 pp.

2025 40.78% −3.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 132of 189
Period maximum 147.76%2000
Period minimum 35.47%2020

Trend over time

1992–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Turkmenistan, 1992–20250501001501992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 45.09%1993: 47.21%1994: 141.15%1995: 130.73%1996: 126.54%1997: 91.01%1998: 60.25%1999: 108.75%2000: 147.76%2001: 140.04%2002: 111.38%2003: 102.79%2004: 105.14%2005: 97.37%2006: 94.54%2007: 99.11%2008: 91.04%2009: 58.37%2010: 54.02%2011: 70.47%2012: 75.08%2013: 68.37%2014: 63.18%2015: 47.49%2016: 35.89%2017: 36.07%2018: 46.42%2019: 45.82%2020: 35.47%2021: 51.61%2022: 45.25%2023: 52.79%2024: 43.83%2025: 40.78%
Change over the period: −4.3 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan 40.78%
World 43.89%
Central Asia computed 47.04%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Turkmenistan, by year Turkmenistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.78 −3.04 pp
2024 43.83 −8.97 pp
2023 52.79 +7.55 pp
2022 45.25 −6.37 pp
2021 51.61 +16.15 pp
2020 35.47 −10.36 pp
2019 45.82 −0.59 pp
2018 46.42 +10.35 pp
2017 36.07 +0.17 pp
2016 35.89 −11.59 pp
2015 47.49 −15.7 pp
2014 63.18 −5.19 pp
2013 68.37 −6.7 pp
2012 75.08 +4.61 pp
2011 70.47 +16.44 pp
2010 54.02 −4.35 pp
2009 58.37 −32.67 pp
2008 91.04 −8.07 pp
2007 99.11 +4.56 pp
2006 94.54 −2.83 pp
2005 97.37 −7.77 pp
2004 105.14 +2.36 pp
2003 102.79 −8.6 pp
2002 111.38 −28.65 pp
2001 140.04 −7.73 pp
2000 147.76 +39.01 pp
1999 108.75 +48.5 pp
1998 60.25 −30.75 pp
1997 91.01 −35.53 pp
1996 126.54 −4.19 pp
1995 130.73 −10.42 pp
1994 141.15 +93.94 pp
1993 47.21 +2.13 pp
1992 45.09

Central Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods as a percent of GDP. It differs from trade openness in that services are not counted here, and the difference between the two indicators is exactly what shows the weight of services in a country's foreign trade. The highest values come not from large exporters but from transshipment economies — Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg — where goods are brought in to be sent out again, and both flows are counted in full.

Important: Goods only. The value can exceed 100% of GDP: exports and imports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so in transshipment economies the values run to several hundred percent.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.