This region contains the European Union — the second-largest global economy; four of the top 10 richest countries on Earth; the five nations of Central Asia — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; the land mass that bridges both Europe and Asia; and. This region contains the European Union — the second-largest global economy; four of the top 10 richest countries on Earth; the five nations of Central Asia — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; the land mass that bridges both Europe and Asia; and. The Central Asia region consists of five countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The region serves as a strategic bridge between Asia and Europe. Its abundance of natural resources has contributed to driving economic development, resulting in a gross regional. BEIJING, June 15 -- China and Central Asia have seen their economic and trade ties continue to strengthen with trade among them growing rapidly for more than a decade. Data released Sunday by the General Administration of Customs showed China's trade with the five Central Asian countries had. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is a monetary conversion rate used to enable country-to-country comparisons of economic indicators including Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross National Income (GNI), GDP per capita, and GNI per capita. Purchasing Power Parity compares the prices of roughly 1,000. serving the world's oilseed, oil, fat and feed industries, trade, organisations, banks and government agencies in more than 100 countries with comprehensive, unbiased and authoritative forecasts, analyses, facts, figures, prices and opinion. IndexMundi aggregates price data from the International Monetary Fund's Primary Commodity Prices database, the World Bank, and official market sources, updating monthly. 04 billion yuan in 2013 to 674. -In the first five months of this year, China.