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I have already mentioned that dear. The Literacy ratio both in Sindh and Punjab is 60%.
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Economic Survey of Pakistan Highlights

2012-13




GDP
GDP Minimal $240 Billion
GDP (PPP) $540 Billion
Growth Rate = 3.7%
$2,900 (2012 est.)
Unemployment Rate = 5.6%
Per Capita Income = $ 1368
Inflation Non Food Items = 8.7%
Inflation Food Items = 10.9%



GDP Share
Service Sector = 57.7% (3.7% growth rate)
Agriculture = 21.4% (3.3% growth rate)
FBR tax collection = Rs.2,381 billion which was 26.4% higher over the actual collection
Indirect taxes = Accounts 63.2% of FBR Collections



Other Info
Total Exports = US$ 20,147 million (growth of 4.2%)
Total Imports = $36.665 billion (growth of -1.02%)
Pakistan’s public debt = Rs.13,626 billion (almost 59.5% of GDP)
literacy rate = 58%
Punjab and Sindh = 60% literacy
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa = 52% literacy
Balochistan = 46% literacy



Health & Nutrition
  • Hospitals = 1,207
  • Dispensaries = 5,382
  • Basic Health Units = 5,404
  • Maternity and Child Health Centres = 696
  • Doctors = 160,289
  • Dentists = 12,544
  • Nurses = 82,119
  • Hospital beds = 101,173



Population, Labour force and Employment
  • Total population = 184.35 Million
  • Population Growth Rate = 2.0%
  • Labor force 60.36 million
  • Total Fertility Rate (TFR) = 3.3%
  • Life expectancy = 66.5 (female) and 64.6 (male)
  • Crude Birth Rate has = 26.80 per thousand
  • Crude Death Rate = 7.0 per thousand
  • Infant Mortality Rate = 67.50 per thousand



Transport and Communications
  • Pakistan’s current road network = 263,415 kms `
  • NHA road network = 12,131 kms, 33 highways and strategic roads.
  • Pakistan Railway = 7791 kms, 515 locomotives, 1901 passenger coaches and 17543 freight wagons.
  • PIA = 39 Aircraft, 26 aircraft are on average operational, 22 aircraft have outlived their useful life.
  • cellular mobile network covering = 92% of the land of Pakistan (growth of 8.4%)
  • Broadband subscribers = 2.54 million at the end of March 2013



Electricity
  • The installed capacity PEPCO system = 20,986 MW
  • (hydro 6627 MW & thermal 14,359MW)
I have wasted a lot of time for making this list because many on this forum wanted me to do so. Specially Exclusively woh barai pareshan the k kia parhna hai Economic Survey se or Kia Nahi. So Exclusively this is for you and all who want to score well. All these facts and figures should be on your finger tips as they are almost the latest ones. The Fact and Figured normally provided in Essay Books and other are often outdated. So I hope this will help you all
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Would you please elaborate why the import bills have decreased during the period 2012-13 and, simultaneously, why there is an increase in exports of Pakistan?

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Kindly share current statistics regarding Gdp , Inflaion , Gnp , Current account deficit etc?
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Current GDP
$236.0 billion (Nominal) Ranking 44th
$538.0 billion (Purchasing Power Parity) Rank 26th in world


GDP growth
5.1% (1st Quarter 2013/2014 FY)


GDP by sector
Agriculture: 21.2%
Industry: 25.4%,
Services: 53.4%
Inflation (CPI) 7.93% (March 2014)


Exports $24.6billion
Imports $33 billion


Source of Information: CIA World Fact Book
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CIA world fact book is not updated
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CIA world fact book is not updated
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Economic survey 2014-15
→The GDP growth accelerates to 4.24 percent in 2014-15.
→ The agriculture sector accounts for 20.9 percent of GDP and 43.5 percent of employment.
(The agriculture sector has four sub-sectors including: crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry. )
→ The industrial sector contributes 20.30 percent in GDP;
→ The share of the services sector has reached to 58.8 percent in 2014-15. (Services sector contains six sub-sectors including: Transport, Storage and Communication; Wholesale and Retail Trade; Finance and Insurance; Housing Services (Ownership of Dwellings); General Government Services (Public Administration and Defense); and Other Private Services (Social Services).)
→ The per capita income in dollar terms has reached to $1,512 in 2014-15.
→ Total investment is recorded at 15.12 percent of GDP ( Rs.4140 billion )
→ National savings are 14.5 percent of GDP
→ During 2014-15, cotton production stood at 13,983 thousand bales
→ Wheat production decreased to 25,478 thousand tonnes in 2014-15
→ Sugarcane production has decreased to 62,652 thousand tonnes in 2014-15,
→ Maize production had decreased to 4,695 thousand tonnes in 2014-15
→ During July-March of 2014-15, fiscal deficit as percent of GDP was contained at 3.8 percent
→ The inflation rate measured by the changes in CPI, averaged at 4.8 percent during July-April, 2014-15
→ Public debt was recorded at Rs.16,936 billion or 61.8 percent of GDP as at end-March 2015
→ Government of Pakistan is currently spending 2.1 percent of its GDP on education sector and is fully committed to enhance education spending from 2.1 percent of GDP to 4.0 percent of GDP by 2018.
→ For the current year a total outlay for health sector is budgeted at Rs.114.2 billion which included Rs.31.9 billion for development and Rs.82.3 billion for current expenditure which is equivalent to 0.42 percent of GDP during 2014-15.
→ In the whole country, there are 1,142 hospitals, 5,499 dispensaries, 5,438 basic health units and 671 maternity and child health centre
→ Life expectancy for female has improved from 66.9 year to 67.3 years in 2015 and life expectancy for male has increased from 64.9 years to 65.2 years in 2015.
→ Urban population has increased from 72.50 million in 2014 to 75.19 million in 2015 while rural population has increased to 116.5 million from 115.5 million in 2015.
→ The total labour force has reached at 60.09 million in 2013-14.
→ Unemployment rate has decreased from 6.24 percent in 2012-13 to 6.0 percent in 2013-14
→  Pakistan’s total road network is around 263,942 Kms which carries over 96 percent of inland freight and 92 percent of passenger traffic.  Length of NHA road network is around 12,131 kms comprises of 39 national highways, motorways, expressway and strategic roads.
→ the installed capacity of PEPCO system was 20,850 MW at the end of June 2013 which has gone up to 22,104 MW by the end of June 2014 with hydro and thermal capacities occupying 7,097 MW and 15,007 MW respectively. Out of aforementioned thermal capacity, 5,458 MW is owned by ex-WAPDA GENCOs, 650 by PAEC and rest by IPPs/Rentals. There is also 55 MW of isolated generation capacity at Pasni&Punjgoor areas in Baluchistan. The installed capacity of PEPCO system has gone up to 22,577 MW by the end of March 2015 with hydro and thermal capacities occupying 7,097 MW and 15,480 MW respectively.
→ BISP is continuing to eradicate extreme poverty through provision of cash transfers. The present government increased the cash benefit for the poorest of the poor up to 25 percent from Rs 1200/- to Rs 1500/- per month.  The present government increased BISP budgetary allocation to Rs. 97 billion in 2014-15 from Rs.75 billion in 2013-14. Total expenditure of BISP during the current fiscal year is projected to cross Rs. 90 billion.

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