About 7,000 new jobs were created at large and medium-sized enterprises across the country in 2025, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov said Friday at an expanded Cabinet of Ministers meeting.
The country maintained strong economic growth, with gross domestic product rising 6.3%. Industrial output grew 1.8%, trade expanded 9.6%, and agriculture increased 7%. Investment volume rose 6%, the president said, according to Turkmenistan’s official media.
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.
At the expanded Cabinet meeting, officials reviewed the country’s 2025 performance, heard reports from vice premiers, heads of selected ministries and provincial governors, and discussed socioeconomic development objectives for 2026, as well as personnel appointments and dismissals.
