Economy of Pakistan

The economy of Pakistan is categorized as a developing economy. It ranks as the 24th-largest based on GDP using purchasing power parity and the 43rd largest in terms of... Wikipedia

• Currency:  Pakistani rupee (₨) (PKR)
• Fiscal year:  1 July – 30 June
• Trade organisations:  ECO, SAFTA, WTO, AIIB, ADB, SAARC OIC
• Population:  254,400,000 (2024)
• GDP:  $374.6 billion (nominal, 2024), $1.58 trillion (PPP, 2024)
• GDP rank:  43rd (nominal, 2024), 25th (PPP, 2024)
• GDP growth:  6.2% (FY 2022) -0.2% (FY 2023), 2.4% (FY 2024)
• GDP per capita:  $1,588 (nominal, 2024), $6,791 (PPP, 2024)
• GDP per capita rank:  160th (nominal, 2024), 140th (PPP, 2024)
• GDP by sector:  Agriculture: 23.17%, Industry: 18.41%, Services: 58.42%, (FY 2023)
• GDP by component:  Household consumption: 82.0%, Government consumption: 11.3%, Investment in fixed capital: 14.5%, Investment in inventories: 1.6%, Exports of goods and services: 8.2%, Imports of goods and services: −17.6%, (2017 est.)
• Inflation (CPI):  5.1% (2025)
• Base borrowing rate:  12.00% (Jan 2025)
• Population below poverty line:  39.8% on less than $3.65/day (2023), 84.5% on less than $6.85/day (2023), 4.93% in extreme poverty (2025), 8% (rural), 0.3% (urban)
• Gini coefficient:  31.6 medium (2018, World Bank)
• Human Development Index:  0.564 low (2024) (164th), 0.360 low IHDI (2022, 134th)
• Labour force:  78,800,000 (2025)
• Labour force by occupation:  Agriculture: 37.4%, Industry: 25.4%, Services: 37.2%, (2021)
• Unemployment:  5% (2025)
• Main industries:  Textiles, Apparel, Food processing, Pharmaceuticals, Surgical instruments, Construction materials, Fertilizer, Overseas remote freelancing, Seafood, Luxury products, Technology, Paper products, Automotive, Telecommunication, Marble, Glass manufacturing, Shipbreaking, Ornamentations, Banking, Energy, Precious minerals & metals, Defense industry, Media, Education, Tourism, Financial services, Human resources
• Exports:  $38.9 billion (FY 2024)
• Export goods:  Textiles: $16,301 million, Food: $7,082 million, Chemicals and pharmaceuticals: $1,421 million, Leather goods: $877 million, Sports goods: $439 million, Petroleum: $553 million
• Main export partners:  17.5%, 8.7%, 6.7%, 6.5%, 4.9%, 4.7%, 4.4%, 3.6%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, (2024 est.)
• Imports:  $63.3 billion (FY 2024)
• Import goods:  Petroleum: 15,162 million, Agriculture and other chemicals: $8,944 million, Machinery: $7,406 million, Food: $7,111 million, Metal: $4,668 million, Textile: $3,890 million, Transport: $1,621 million
• Main import partners:  25.4%, 11.9%, 8.5%, 4.6%, 4.5%, 3.6%, 3.4%, 2.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, (2024 est.)
• FDI stock:  $31.540 billion, Abroad: $1.870 billion (31 Dec 2021)
• Current account:  -2.557 billion US$ (FY 2023)
• Gross external debt:  $131 billion (2025)
• Public debt:  61.4% of GDP (Jun 2024)
• Revenues:  12.5% of GDP, 13,269 billion PKR or $47 billion (FY 2024)
• Expenses:  19.3% of GDP, 20,476 billion PKR $72 billion (FY 2024)
• Economic aid:  $2.6983 billion (2021)
• Credit rating:  Standard & Poor's, CCC+ (long term), C (short term), Outlook: stable, Moody's, Caa2, Outlook: positive, Fitch, B- (April 2025), Outlook: stable
• Foreign reserves:  $15.5 billion (Feb 2025)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo