GDP growth: 4.1%
GDP per head: $11,840 (PPP: $15,910)
Inflation: 7.3%
Budget balance (% GDP): -1.7
Population: 75.4m

The mildly Islamic Justice and Development Party, led by the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will enter its tenth year in power with the prospect of plenty more to come. Its focus will remain on economic development while modernising the constitution and pressing its position on revolts at home (Kurds, against) and abroad (Syrians, for). The economy will face headwinds from a troubled euro zone, Turkey’s main trading partner, but economic growth will climb above 4%, quite healthy in the current global environment.