Karachi, the financial centre of Pakistan
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Currency |
Pakistani rupee (PKR) Rs.1 = 100 Paisas 1 USD = 105.3079 PKR (August 2017) |
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1 July – 30 June | |
Trade organisations
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WTO, SAARC, ECO, OIC, SAFTA, AIIB, SCO, IMF, Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank. |
Statistics | |
GDP | $1.060 Trillion (PPP, 2017), 31862.2 Billion Rupees Or $304.3 Billion (Nominal, 2017) |
GDP rank | 25th (PPP, 2017) 42nd (Nominal, 2015) |
GDP growth
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5.28% |
GDP per capita
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$1,629 (nominal; 150th;2016) $5,374 (PPP; 133rd; 2016) |
GDP by sector
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Population below poverty line
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21% (2016) |
30.7 (2013 est.) | |
Labour force
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61.04 million (2015–16) |
Labour force by occupation
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Unemployment | 5.9% (2015) |
Main industries
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textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, chemicals, cement, mining, machinery, steel, engineering, software and hardware, automobiles, motorcycle and auto parts, electronics, paper products, fertiliser, shrimp, defence products, shipbuilding |
144th (2017) | |
External | |
Exports | $21.686 billion (FY 2016–17) |
Export goods
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Textiles ($12,546 million) Vegetable Products ($2,409 million) Mineral ($1,082 million) Leather ($1,000 million) Food and Beverages ($802 million) |
Main export partners
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United States 17% China 8% United Kingdom 8% Afghanistan 6% Germany 6% United Arab Emirates 4% (2017 est.) |
Imports | $48.582 billion (2016–17) |
Import goods
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Food $558.9 million Machinery $6414.6 million Transport Vehicles $2361.0 million Textile $3381.8 million Fertilizers and other chemicals $4793.4 billion Refined Petroleum $4846.0 million Crude Petroleum $1840.7 million |
Main import partners
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China 28% |
Public finances | |
59.4% of GDP (March 2017) | |
Revenues | 15.4% of GDP, Pkr 4936.7 Billion or $47 billion(FY 2017) |
Expenses | 21.3% of GDP, Pkr 6800.5 Billion or $65 billion(FY 2017) |
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Foreign reserves
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Pakistani rupee (PKR) Rs.1 = 100 Paisas
$1,629 (nominal; 150th;2016)
China 28%
United Arab Emirates 14%
Kuwait 8%
Saudi Arabia 6%
Indonesia 5% (2017 est.)