COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2019
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Turkmenistan
Population (million people) 5.4 2015
GDP (current million US$) 37,334 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 15,527 2015
Global Competitiveness Index
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.21 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best)
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Liner shipping connectivity index
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 20 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 78 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 24,000 2000
Paved roads (%) 81 2000
Paved roads (Km) 19,488 2000
Non-paved roads (Km) 4,512 2000
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 37 2000
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 4.47 2000
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.05 2000
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 162 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 914 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 17.4 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 3,115 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 663 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 580 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 11,992 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 1,811 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 0.0 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 2,138,390 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.398 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 12.8 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 12.06 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 145.94 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.06 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 15.00 2015