2025: STABLE NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH

Turkmenistan has maintained high rates of economic growth. Gross domestic product growth was 6.3 percent, including 1.8 percent in industry, 9.6 percent in trade, and 7 percent in agriculture. Investment volume increased by 6 percent, noted Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday.

The president said that in 2025, a total of 116 industrial and social facilities were commissioned using all sources of financing, along with residential housing totaling 645,000 square meters. Construction also began on a number of strategically important projects, and work continued on the second phase of the country’s first “smart city,” Arkadag.

At the meeting, the president said Turkmenistan plans to maintain GDP growth at 6.3% in 2026, ensure sustainable development of economic sectors and regions, fully utilize production capacity, and create about 5,300 new jobs through the construction of new enterprises. The plans also include expanding small and medium-sized businesses, increasing the private sector’s share of GDP to 72.9%, and directing about 41.2 billion manats in investment into the economy in 2026 from all sources of financing.