Country Report: Turkmenistan

Adam Zhariff Qamiel Bin Zamry Muhammad Shafiq Bin Mohd Khairulzaman Muhamad Amirul Bin Jumain Muhammad Zhafiran Bin Mohd Noor Muhammad Taufiq Bin Haji Mohd Akin Mohd Shahrizi Bin Razali

13 December 2012 UiTM, Shah Alam

 Capital: Ashgabat; Major port: Turkmenbashi Located in Central Asia Secular Democracy and President Berdimuhamedov is its current president A Fairly young country which was colonized by USSR in 1924 and it gained its independence in 1991

 To analyze the population growth of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2011 To analyze the per capita income growth of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2011 To identify the major exports of Turkmenistan.

Method Data collected from various printed resources and published report on the country Relevant text references Limitations Time constrains (10 weeks) Data taken from printed and published report from the Internet

5,105301 5,041995 4,979672 4,918396 4,681813

4,801847

Adapted from the World Bank (2012)

GNI per capita (US$)

4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500

1000
500 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Adapted from the World Bank (2012)

Oil & Gas

Major Exports of Turkmenistan

Textiles

Energy

Adapted from Embassy of Turkmenistan (2012)

 This study has shown that the population of Turkmenistan indeed, did grow from 2006 to 2011 The report also has indicated that the GNI per capita of Turkmenistan certainly increased between 2006 and 2011 The report has proven that Turkmenistan exports three major categories of good which are oil and gas, energy and textiles.