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Pakistan's Economy At a Glance

Updated as on May, 2018

 

KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF PAKISTAN
  Unit 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17*
I. Real Sector                        
Per Capita GDP US$ 980 1,052 1,024 1,071 1,273 1,320 1,332 1,388 1,512 1,529 1,627
Real GDP Growth % 5.5 5.0 0.4 2.6 3.6 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.5 5.3
Nominal GDP (MP) Billion US$ 152.4 169.9 167.9 177.2 213.6 224.6 231.1 244.6 270.5 278.8 304.0
Agriculture % of GDP 21.8 22.5 22.7 23.3 25.1 23.7 23.8 23.7 23.8 23.2 23.1
Industry % of GDP 20.0 21.7 19.2 19.7 20.5 21.3 20.2 20.0 19.1 18.2 17.9
Services % of GDP 52.8 53.1 53.1 52.8 50.9 51.6 52.0 51.7 52.2 52.8 52.8
Investment % of GDP 22.9 21.6 19.0 15.4 14.1 14.9 14.6 14.6 15.5 15.6 15.8
National Savings % of GDP 17.8 13.3 13.2 13.2 14.2 12.8 13.9 13.4 14.5 14.3 13.1
Headline Inflation (yoy) % 7.8 12.0 17.0 10.1 13.7 11.0 7.4 8.6 4.5 2.9 4.2
- Food Inflation (yoy) % 10.3 17.6 23.1 12.9 18.0 11.0 7.1 9.0 3.5 2.1 3.8
- Non-Food Inflation (yoy) % 6.0 7.9 13.4 8.2 10.7 11.0 7.5 8.3 5.3 3.4 4.4
- Core inflation (yoy) % 5.9 8.4 11.4 7.6 9.4 10.6 9.6 8.3 6.5 4.2 5.2
II. Fiscal Sector                        
Revenue Collection Billion US$ 21.4 23.9 23.5 24.8 26.3 28.8 30.8 35.4 38.7 42.6 47.1
Fiscal Deficit % of GDP 4.1 7.3 5.2 6.2 6.5 8.8 8.2 5.5 5.3 4.6 5.8
Public Debt % of GDP 53.0 58.4 58.6 60.6 58.9 63.3 63.9 63.5 63.3 67.6 67.2
- of which foreign currency % of GDP 27.5 29.7 32.3 35.4 31.2 30.9 27.0 25.6 24.2 26.6 27.3
- domestic debt % of GDP 28.3 30.8 29.2 31.3 32.9 38.1 42.5 43.3 44.4 46.8 46.6
Public Debt Servicing % of total revenue 36.7 37.2 43.9 40.5 36.0 44.4 47.3 45.0 39.9 33.4 35.1
III. External Sector                        
Exports (f.o.b) Billion US$ 17.0 19.1 17.7 19.3 24.8 24.7 24.8 25.1 24.1 22.0 21.7
Imports (c.i.f) Billion US$ 30.5 40.0 34.8 34.7 40.4 40.4 40.2 41.7 41.4 41.3 48.6
Trade Balance Billion US$ -13.6 -20.9 -17.1 -15.4 -15.6 -15.7 -15.4 -16.6 -17.3 -19.3 -26.9
Remittances Billion US$ 5.5 6.5 7.8 8.9 11.2 13.2 13.9 15.8 18.7 19.9 19.3
Current Account Balance Billion US$ -6.9 -13.9 -9.3 -3.9 0.2 -4.7 -2.5 -3.1 -2.8 -4.9 -12.1
Current Account Balance % of GDP -5.0 -9.0 -6.0 -2.0 0.0 -2.1 -1.1 -1.3 -1.0 -1.7 -4.0
Total Foreign Investment Million US$ 8,428 5,447 2,688 2,087 1,980 709 1,581 4,439 2,830 1,976 2,161
- FDI in Pakistan Million US$ 5,140 5,410 3,720 2,151 1,635 821 1,456 1,700 988 2,305 2,412
- Portfolio Investment in Pakistan Million US$ 3288 37 -1032 -64 345 -112 125 2739 1842 -329 -251
External Debt and Forex Liabilities Billion US$ 40.3 46.2 52.3 61.6 66.4 65.5 60.9 65.3 65.2 73.9 83.0
EDL/FEE Percent 149.8 151.7 168.6 182.3 156.9 152.6 134.0 141.1 133.9 156.2 178.3
Short-term external debt % of GDP 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3
External Debt Servicing Ratio % of GDP 1.9 1.9 2.8 2.6 1.8 2.0 2.8 2.9 2.0 1.9 2.7
Exchange Rate (average) Per US$ 60.6 62.6 78.6 83.9 85.6 89.3 96.9 102.9 101.5 104.4 104.8
Foreign Exchange Reserves Billion US$ 16.6 11.6 12.8 16.7 18.2 15.3 11.0 14.1 18.7 23.1 21.4
IV. Monetary & Capital Market                        
Growth Rate of M1 y-o-y 16.0 4.6 9.8 14.1 17.5 13.9 19.7 15.1 16.6 16.1 15.3
Growth Rate of M2 y-o-y 18.9 11.9 9.5 13.0 16.7 13.4 16.9 12.6 12.8 14.5 13.9
Growth Rate of M3 y-o-y 16.3 10.9 12.5 13.7 16.3 12.7 17.3 12.1 12.8 13.1 12.5
Weighted Avg Lending Rate % 10.3 12.8 14.3 13.2 14.3 13.1 10.6 10.4 8.2 7.2 7.1
Credit growth to Private Sector % 17.3 16.5 0.7 3.9 4.0 7.5 -0.2 12.2 5.9 11.2 16.8
Stock Market (Price Index) 1991=1000 13,772.5 12,289.0 7,162.2 9,721.9 12,496.0 13,801.4 21,005.7 29,652.5 34,398.9 37,783.5 46,565.3
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) PKR Billion 4,019.4 3,777.7 2,120.7 2,732.4 3,288.7 3,518.1 5,154.7 7,022.7 7,421.0 7,588.5 9,522.4
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) % of GDP 43.5 35.5 16.1 18.4 18.0 17.5 23.0 27.9 27.0 26.1 29.9
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) Billion US$ 66.3 60.3 27.0 32.6 38.4 39.4 53.2 68.3 73.1 72.7 90.9
V. Banking Sector Indicators                        
Capital adequacy ratio (CAR) % 12.3 12.2 13.5 13.9 14.1 15.1 15.5 15.1 17.2 16.1 15.6
Non-performing loans % Total Loans 7.6 10.5 11.5 12.9 15.3 15.9 14.8 12.8 12.4 11.1 9.3
Before Tax Profitability(R.O.E.) % 22.6 11.4 16 17.7 21.8 25.9 18.5 23.5 27.5 24.9 21.9
Before Tax Profitability (R.O.A.) % 2.2 1.2 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.4 1.7 2.1 2.7 2.2 1.8
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics; State Bank of Pakistan, Ministry of Finance. Note: GDP in dollar terms is calculated using average exchange rate during the year; *National Accounts are provisional estimates for FY17
Definitions:
M1= Notes in Circulation outside Depository Corporation + Transferable Deposits with ODCs + Transferable Deposits with SBP other than Reserve Deposits
M2= M1 + Other Deposits with ODCs + Short Term Securities Issued by ODCs + Coin in Circulation; M3 = M2 + Deposits held wit Post Office + National Saving Schemes (CDNS)
*** The ratio of debt service (interest and principal payments due, excluding short-term debt servicing of banks) during a year, expressed as a percentage of current receipts minus official transfers.
Fiscal deficit = total revenue - total expenditure: EDL/FEE: External Debt and Liabilities (EDL) as a percentage of Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE).