# Turkmenistan - Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:16:25-05:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # Turkmenistan A desert nation of 7.6 million on the Caspian with vast gas reserves, public debt of 3% of GDP, and an economy the IMF reviewed in September 2026. Perfect Nations values what Turkmenistan owns and raises capital against it, through** innovative financing for development (FfD)** and **super intelligence (SI)**. Turkmenistan at a glance * **7.6m**PeopleWorld Bank * _Furthest from reach · Livelihood_**84.6%**of people in Turkmenistan live below US$8.30 a day, on 1998 data[World Bank, 1998](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.UMIC?locations=TM) [Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-studio)[Read the Letter to Turkmenistan](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-letter) What we do for Turkmenistan ## Assets. Capital. Solutions. Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations. 1. [01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Oil and Gas to The Fresh Water.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-assets) 2. [02CapitalThe laurelsThe instruments that raise capital against those assets, from every source.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-capital) 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Livelihood is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-pc) **The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance. [01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-do)**Assets** · The cup · Sovereign Assets ## Five assets no balance sheet counts. Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Turkmenistan toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen. * **13.4%**Of GDP from oil and gas rents, 2019 * ### The Oil and Gas * Vast gas fields: rents worth 13% of the economy in 2019. * **84.2%**Of the land in agriculture, 2023 * ### The Farmland * Desert pasture and irrigated cotton across most of the land. * **469,930 km²**Land area, 2023 * ### The Land * Territory to farm, power and protect. * **7.6m**Citizens, 2025 * ### The People * 31.2% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation. * **194 m³**Renewable fresh water a person, 2022 * ### The Fresh Water * Fresh water is scarce: the Amu Darya and the Karakum canal carry the nation’s supply. [Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-sources) [The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/) [02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-do)**Capital** · The laurels · Capital Architecture ## Gas wealth with almost no debt. Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Turkmenistan owns, every line sourced. [Capital Architecture](https://perfectnations.com/capital-architecture/) The record in figures * **3.1%**General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/TKM) * **2.4%**Real GDP growth projected for 2026[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/TKM) Capital already committed * The capital already committed to Turkmenistan is being gathered: every instrument and investment on record, with its source. ### The Turkmenistan Newswire [The Solutions Wire](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire) ![Gulnara Atayeva, Nation Steward of Turkmenistan](https://perfectnations.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/11/Gulnara-Atayeva-Nation-Steward-of-Turkmenistan-150x150.png) **Gulnara Atayeva**Nation Steward of Turkmenistan · SI ResearcherLast updated 10 November 2026 * **The first sourced news for Turkmenistan is in review.** ## Already working in Turkmenistan. Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Turkmenistan, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations. [Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20Turkmenistan) * ### The first firms and social enterprises at work in Turkmenistan are being gathered. * Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source. [03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-do)**Solutions** · The seven stars · Perfect Capita ## Perfect Turkmenistan, _star by star._ **Perfect Capita** is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Turkmenistan in its own prices. [How Perfect Capita works](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/) **15.4%** Livelihood · furthest from reachAbove US$8.30 a day; 84.6% live below it, dated[World Bank, 1998](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.UMIC?locations=TM) Tap a star for its figure and source. The price of Perfect Turkmenistan To be set with Turkmenistan, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Turkmenistan, each year. Read more * Food**Not measured**No FAO measure of food insecurity is published for Turkmenistan [FAO](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=TM) * Water**94.9%**Safely managed drinking water[WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS?locations=TM) * Shelter**91.6%**City dwellers outside slums; 8.4% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measured[UN-Habitat, 2022](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS?locations=TM) * Energy**100%**100% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricity [World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=TM) * Education**81.1**81.1% of young people complete lower secondary school[World Bank, 2022](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS?locations=TM) * Health**81**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~TKM) * Livelihood**15.4%**Above US$8.30 a day; 84.6% live below it, dated[World Bank, 1998](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.UMIC?locations=TM) Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Turkmenistan. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. [The strict measures](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-measures) Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$ 8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source. ### Solutions for Perfect Turkmenistan [All Solutions](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions) * **The Solution for Turkmenistan**Livelihood * ### Let local banks lend to the enterprises that hire. - **01****The challenge**84.6% Of people in Turkmenistan live below US$8.30 a day, on 1998 data. [World Bank, 1998](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.UMIC?locations=TM) - **02****The deal** - Small-business credit guarantee, proved in Barbados, 2025: $50M up to 80% of each loan. [Inter-American Development Bank, July 2025](https://www.iadb.org/en/news/barbados-expands-msmes-access-financing-us50-million-idb-loan) - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations where livelihoods are furthest from reach should set up a facility that guarantees most of each small-business loan, so that local banks lend to the firms they would otherwise turn away. With super intelligence, lenders can assess firms that have no credit history, and every job each loan creates can be counted. * Co-design it in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/#bp-mandates) Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsTurkmenistan ## Dear Turkmenistan, You hold vast gas fields and almost no public debt. Read more Your homes have power and clean fuel. The last poverty survey published by the World Bank dates from 1998; it is time for a new one, so that every Turkmen family can be counted and none left below the line. “Count every family, so that none is left below the line.” Yours in design,**Preeti Sinha**President and CEO, Perfect Nations Work with us · The ReDesign Studio ## The Perfect Turkmenistan _ReDesign Studio_ One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Turkmenistan, taken as far toward market as you choose. Read more For the Government of Turkmenistan, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. 1. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments 1. Mandate 013 hours 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. A private session for the people who decide. 4. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 5. Read more 6. a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Livelihood, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained. c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**The path to market, outlined. 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=Turkmenistan) 8. Mandate 023 days 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn 12. Read more 13. a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices. c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach. 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=Turkmenistan) 15. Mandate 03End to end 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. Led personally by the President and CEO. 18. You leave withA structure ready for market 19. Read more 20. a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close. 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=Turkmenistan) ### Co-design it with us Where the people of Turkmenistan and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in. * Writings * #### Write Perfect Turkmenistan into being. * Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Turkmenistan, published with your name. * [Submit your writing](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Turkmenistan&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Turkmenistan%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) * Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon * #### The local leaders already building Perfect Turkmenistan. * Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Turkmenistan already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?” * [Nominate yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=turkmenistan&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=turkmenistan&topic=guest) * Co-designers * #### Join the community. * Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a **Co-designer of Perfect Turkmenistan**. * [Become a Co-designer](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/turkmenistan/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Turkmenistan&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) The Turkmenistan ReDesign Studio is open ## Design Perfect Turkmenistan with us. Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply. [Enter the ReDesign Studio](https://perfectnations.com/design-studio/)[Write to us](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=turkmenistan) [All 195 nations](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/) Sources 1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking. 2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023. 3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.