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Default Important Data - Pak Economy 2014

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$574.1 billion (2013 est.)
[/B]
country comparison to the world: 27


GDP (official exchange rate):
$236.5 billion (2013 est.)


GDP - real growth rate:
3.6% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90


GDP - per capita (PPP):
$3,100 (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176


GDP - composition, by end use:
  • household consumption: 81%
  • government consumption: 10.8%
  • investment in fixed capital: 12.6%
  • investment in inventories: 1.6%
  • exports of goods and services: 12.7%
  • imports of goods and services: -18.8%
  • (2013 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
  • agriculture: 25.3%
  • industry: 21.6%
  • services: 53.1% (2013 est.)

Agriculture - products:
cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs


Industries:
textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp
Industrial production growth rate: 3.5% (2013 est.)


Labor force: 59.21 million[/B]


Labor force - by occupation:
  • agriculture: 45.1%
  • industry: 20.7%
  • services: 34.2% (2010 est.)

Unemployment rate: 6.6% (2013 est.)
Population below poverty line: 22.3% (FY05/06 est.)[/B]


Budget:
revenues: $29.71 billion
[/B]
expenditures: $47.97 billion (2013 est.)
Taxes and other revenues: 12.6% of GDP (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 201


Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-7.7% of GDP (2013 est.)



Public debt: 54.6% of GDP (2013 est.)


Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.7% (2013 est.)
9.7% (2012 est.)


Exports: $25.05 billion (2013 est.)[/B]
$24.71 billion (2012 est.)
Exports - commodities:
textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, yarn), rice, leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and rugs

Exports - partners:
US 13.6%,
China 11.1%,
UAE 8.5%,
Afghanistan 7.8% (2012)


Imports:
$39.27 billion (2013 est.)
[/B]
$40.07 billion (2012 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea


Imports - partners:
China 19.7%,
Saudi Arabia 12.3%,
UAE 12.1%,
Kuwait 6.3% (2012)


Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$11.18 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73


Debt - external:
$52.43 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
[/B]
country comparison to the world: 61
$54.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.)


Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$24.33 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
[/B]
country comparison to the world: 68
$22.73 billion (31 December 2012 est.)


Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$1.569 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
$1.519 billion (31 December 2012 est.)



NOTE:- Key points are higlighted in blue, data is almost updated and the souce ofInformation is CIA World FactBook.
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