Editing Economy of Turkmenistan (section)

==Privatization==
According to official statistics, between 1994 and the end of 2020, 2,628 former state-owned properties had been privatized.<ref name=stat2020q>{{cite book|title=Türkmenistanyň Ýyllyk Statistik Neşiri 2019 Ýyl|page=149|date=2020|place=Ashgabat|language=Turkmen, Russian, English|publisher=State Committee of Statistics of Turkmenistan}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/turkmenistan-privatisation-idUSL6N0AH0IH20130112|title=Turkmenistan plans sell-offs, but not in oil and gas|work=Reuters|date=12 January 2013|access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref>

The breakout by type of enterprise privatized was:<br>
:845 wholesale and retail trade, vehicle repair
:143 manufacturing
:108 real estate operations
:95 agriculture, forestry, fisheries
:51 transportation and storage
:27 construction
:18 hospitality industry
:1,341 other services

In March 2021, President Berdimuhamedow ordered conversion of [[Türkmenderýaýollary|Derýaýollary Production Association]], a subordinate unit of the [[State Service of Maritime and River Transportation of Turkmenistan]] (Türkmendeňizderýaýollary) state agency responsible for river and canal transport, into an [[open joint-stock company]].<ref name=derya>{{cite news|url=https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/en/post/52941/deryayollary-production-association-be-reorganized-stock-corporation|title=Derýaýollary Production Association is to be reorganized into stock corporation|date=March 19, 2021|publisher="Turkmenistan: Golden Age"}}</ref>

All land remains property of the government, as during the Soviet era.