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Pakistan

Capital: IslamabadRegion: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanIncome: Lower middle income
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Pakistan's GDP is $410.50B (2025), with a population of 251.3M, and GDP per capita of $1,707. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.6%, inflation at 6.0%, unemployment at 7.5%, government debt at 71.3% of GDP, life expectancy of 67.6 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators. Explore Pakistan's full economic profile with 440+ indicators, interactive charts, and historical data below.

GDP
$410.50B
2025
Population
251.3M
2024
GDP per Capita
$1,707
2025
Life Expectancy
67.6 years
2023
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$410.50B2025
Real GDP Growth (%)3.6%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$1,7072025
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$1.76T2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$7,1902026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.80%2026
GNI (Current USD)$362.58B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$1,4302024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$6,1002024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)20.2%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)50.7%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)23.7%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)8.9%2024
Household Consumption (% of GDP)84.8%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)13.2%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)13.9%2024
GDP Deflator (%)22.0%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$17,5732024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)13.2%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)22.9%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$1,3632021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)6.1%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-6.8%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.12%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.07%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.38%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.74%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)1.4%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.13%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$75.23B2024

Financial Markets

IndicatorValueYear
Exchange Rate (per USD)279.362026

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)6.0%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)71.3%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-4.1%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-0.4%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)7.5%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)12.6%2024
Real Interest Rate (%)-1.5%2021
Lending Interest Rate (%)8.7%2021
Deposit Interest Rate (%)5.8%2021
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$18.41B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)2.82024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)278.582024
PPP Conversion Factor66.962024
Broad Money (% of GDP)38.2%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)27.6%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)10.4%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)17.2%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$38.61B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$63.87B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$32.32B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$56.45B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)0.7%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.0%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$2.66B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$34.91B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)9.4%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)2.4%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)0.1%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$496.3M2024

External Debt

IndicatorValueYear
External Debt (% of GNI)35.6%2024
External Debt Stocks (USD)$129.72B2024
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)4.5%2024
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$80.40B2024
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$12.32B2024
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)1.2%2023
Net ODA Received (USD)$3.96B2023

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)11.5%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (% of GDP)14.0%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (USD)$52.07B2024
Stock Market Turnover (% of GDP)5.3%2024
Listed Domestic Companies5302024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)4.8%2023
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)6.6%2023
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)27.3%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)11.9%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)42.3%2024
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)5.5%2022

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)202022

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)21.6%2022
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)4.9%2022
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)3.4%2022
Firms Offering Training (%)5.9%2022
Average Firm Age (years)4 years2022
Firms Using Computers (%)44.6%2022

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population251.3M2024
Population Growth (%)1.5%2024
Population Density (per km²)3212023
Surface Area (sq km)796,1002023
Land Area (sq km)770,8802023
Urban Population (%)39.2%2024
Urban Population (total)98.4M2024
Rural Population (%)60.8%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth67.6 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male65.3 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female70.2 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)3.62023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)27.82023
Death Rate (per 1,000)6.52023
Net Migration-1.2M2025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)36.7%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)59.0%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)4.3%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)69.4%2024
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)7.3%2024
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)62.1%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)2012023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)129.92023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force85.2M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)52.3%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)24.0%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)80.1%2025
Unemployment (%)5.4%2025
Female Unemployment (%)6.9%2025
Male Unemployment (%)5.0%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)9.6%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)36.2%2025
Employment in Industry (%)25.3%2025
Employment in Services (%)38.5%2025
Self-Employed (%)55.3%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)55.5%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)43.0%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)12.2%2025
Employers (% of total employment)1.5%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)22.8%2025
Employment to Population Ratio (%)49.5%2025
Self-Employed (% of total)57.0%2025
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)28.5%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)1.9%2023
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)9.8%2023
Adult Literacy Rate (%)58.9%2021
Female Literacy Rate (%)48.5%2021
Male Literacy Rate (%)69.1%2021
Youth Literacy Rate (%)73.1%2021
Primary School Enrollment (%)83.7%2024
Secondary School Enrollment (%)48.3%2024
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)10.9%2024
Primary Completion Rate (%)74.1%2024
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)55.8%2024
Out-of-School Children, Primary5.4M2024
Out-of-School Girls, Primary2.8M2024
Primary School Teachers445,8772024
Secondary School Teachers2.0M2024
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary442018
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary202018
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)31.1%2015
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary)65.32018
Education Spending, Secondary (% of govt)37.4%2015
Education Spending, Tertiary (% of govt)22.1%2017

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)2.5%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$302023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)0.9%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)52.9%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.22021
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)0.52021
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)0.62020
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)58.52023
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)37.62023
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)1552023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)53.82023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)632023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)33.1%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)59.9%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)7.0%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)86.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)87.0%2024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)2662024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)30.8%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)7.0%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)5.62021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)0.12020
Maternal Deaths10,6692023
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)2662024
People Living with HIV350,0002024
Malaria Deaths (estimated)3,0372024
Malaria Incidence (per 1K at risk)12.82024
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)87%2024
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)86%2024
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)87%2024
Physicians (total)132024
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel52024
Dentists (total)113,3292024
Pharmacists (total)18,1192024
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)7.1%2018
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)23.1%2018
Universal Health Coverage Index562023
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)27,5682021
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$302023

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)0.82024
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)2042024
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)4712022
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)6062022
Renewable Electricity Output (%)28.3%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)41.6%2021
Access to Electricity (%)95.6%2023
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)54.9%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)432020
Forest Area (%)4.7%2023
Forest Area (sq km)36,0192023
Arable Land (%)39.3%2023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)15.3%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)1.2%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)90.7%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)71.9%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)46.7%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)3,6342023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)122.42022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)104.12022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)125.32022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)14.6M2023
Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes)509,9982023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)160.32023
Prevalence of Undernourishment (%)16.5%2023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)54.2%2023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)326.0%2022
Cereal Production (metric tons)53.2M2023

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)27.4%2023
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)772023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)1.42023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)109.72024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.16%2023
Patent Applications, Residents4262021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents5672021
Scientific Journal Articles22,6432022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$535.2M2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)44.8%2024
ICT Service Exports (USD)$3.63B2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident4632021
Researchers in R&D (per million)4742023

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried7.2M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)309.52023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)3.4M2022
Rail Lines (total km)7,7912019
Railways, Passengers (million km)24,9032018
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)8,0802018
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.422018
Electricity from Oil (%)16.6%2022
Electricity from Nuclear (%)15.6%2022

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)17.0%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)28.2%2025
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)26.7%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)107.3%2018
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)41.12023
Gender Parity Index, Primary117.242018
Gender Parity Index, Secondary0.872019
Gender Parity in Primary Education0.882019

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-12023
Government Effectiveness-0.582023
Political Stability-1.932023
Regulatory Quality-0.92023
Rule of Law-0.862023
Voice & Accountability-0.962023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)18.9%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)30.7%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)21.2%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)6.6%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)2.7%2024
Military Expenditure (USD)$10.17B2024
Armed Forces Personnel943,0002020
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.3%2020
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)13.8%2024
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)4.32023

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.412020
Human Capital Index, Female0.402020
Human Capital Index, Male0.412020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School5.1 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
Tourism Receipts (USD)$765.0M2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$1.25B2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)2.8%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$326.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Urban Population Growth (%)2.4%2024
Population in Largest City18.1M2025
Population in Largest City (% of urban)17.9%2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)20.1%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)56.0%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)0.9%2024
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)45.0%2024

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