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Who buys Turkmenistan’s pipeline natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Turkmenistan exported $10.7 billion of pipeline natural gas (21.2 million tonnes), 6.3% of the world total. China bought 90% of the total, followed by Uzbekistan (7%) and Kazakhstan (1%). Turkmenistan was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$10.7billion
Tonnes
21.2million tonnes
Share of world total
6.3%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 6 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China9.6Tonnes: 18,974,532USD per tonne: $50589.7%Sea
Uzbekistan0.72Tonnes: 1,300,537USD per tonne: $5576.8%Land
Kazakhstan0.15Tonnes: 267,201USD per tonne: $5571.4%Land
Bulgaria0.09Tonnes: 225,891USD per tonne: $4090.87%Sea
Greece0.08Tonnes: 154,467USD per tonne: $5030.73%Sea
Azerbaijan0.06Tonnes: 284,986USD per tonne: $2130.57%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2010

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 9.6
  • Uzbekistan 0.72
  • Kazakhstan 0.15
  • Bulgaria 0.09
  • Greece 0.08

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China09.6
Uzbekistan00.72
Kazakhstan00.15
Bulgaria00.09
Greece00.08

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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