Ivan Kushnir

Economy of Central Asia Ivan Kushnir

This book about the economy of Central Asia from the 1990s to the 2010s. Source data from UN Data.

Size. In the 2010s, the gross domestic product of Central Asia was equal to $301.6 billion per year; the value of agriculture was $33.5 billion; the value of manufacturing was $49.1 billion.

Productivity. In the 2010s, the GDP per capita was $4 439.5, the value of agriculture per capita was $492.5, the value of manufacturing per capita was $723.2. Since the productivity is between the average of below average and the average, the economy is classified as developing.

Growth. In the 2010s, the growth of gross domestic product was 5.5%; the growth of agriculture was 4.2%; the growth of manufacturing was 6.3%.

Structure. In the 2010s, the economy of Central Asia consisted of: industry (30.6%), services (26.3%), trade (14.0%), agriculture (11.9%), transportation (10.1%), and construction (7.0%).

Export and import. In the 2010s, the export was 29.1% higher than the import, the net export was equal to 8.7% of the GDP.

Consumption and reproduction. The attitude of reproduction to the consumption is better than the global average, so the share of GDP in the world will increase.