Belarus vs Turkmenistan

Belarus and Turkmenistan compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Belarus has about 1.2 times as many people as Turkmenistan: 9.1 million against 7.6 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Belarus ($10,279) is 57% higher than in Turkmenistan ($6,540) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Turkmenistan (6.3%) than in Belarus (1.3%), a difference of 5 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Turkmenistan (4.3%) than in Belarus (3.4%), a difference of 0.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Belarus can expect to live 4.2 years longer than one born in Turkmenistan: 74.4 years against 70.2 years in 2024.
• The population of Belarus is older: half of its people are over 40.5 years, against 26.2 years in Turkmenistan in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Belarus (94.3% in 2024) than in Turkmenistan (18% in 2016), a difference of 76.3 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Turkmenistan (10.9 tonnes) are 85% higher than in Belarus (5.9 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Belarus (44.1%) than in Turkmenistan (5%), a difference of 39.1 percentage points in 2024.