Cost of Living inMary, Turkmenistan
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Turkmenistan: $18,662/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 4% higher than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Turkmenistan yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Mary. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Mary is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Turkmenistan.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
MixedGood national coverage and solid hospital-bed capacity help, but households still pay a large share themselves and newborn outcomes are weaker.
Public care
LimitedBroad public coverage help, but public funding looks lighter and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
81/100
2023
Physicians
1.93/1k
2023
Hospital beds
3.60/1k
2021
Out of pocket
77%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
70.2 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
5/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
22.3/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Turkmenistan yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Mary, Turkmenistan · Source: GDP-derived estimate (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Mary compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.3x further in Mary than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Turkmenistan here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Mary cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Mary is more expensive overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 4% more expensive than the global benchmark (New York City) for Mary. We are using the country-level cost index for Turkmenistan here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Mary compare with New York City?
Rent in Mary is about 100% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Turkmenistan here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Mary?
Groceries in Mary are about 100% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 100% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Turkmenistan here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About Mary
Mary is the third-largest city in Turkmenistan, sitting in the Karakum Desert oasis along the Murghab River roughly 350 kilometers southeast of Ashgabat. Its roughly 170,000 residents live in a city whose modern economy is built around natural gas production from the surrounding Galkynysh field (one of the world's largest gas reservoirs), the Mary Combined-Cycle Power Plant, and cotton processing from the irrigated agricultural zone along the Murghab. The historic site of Merv, a major Silk Road city now in ruins, sits roughly 30 kilometers east of modern Mary. Turkmen is the official language with Russian still widely spoken in older urban contexts. The continental desert climate brings extreme summer heat and cold dry winters. Mary has a regional airport with service to Ashgabat. For relocators, the city is essentially a gas-industry posting in a country with substantial entry and travel restrictions.
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