According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan-2024-25, the country’s GDP is US $ 411 billion (PKR 114,692 billion) and the Per Capita Income stands at US $ 1,824 (PKR 516,192). According to the Census-2023, country’s population is 241.5 million that makes it the fifth populous county in the world. Recently, The World Bank counted poverty rate in Pakistan at 44.7 percent (i.e. 107.95 million people). The figures jumped due to increased threshold for lower-middle income countries from US $ 3.65 to US $ 4.20 per day to be below the poverty line. (Reference The News International, Islamabad June 6, 2025). The official statistics stays slightly low.
