Pakistan is an agricultural based economy by employing more than 50 % of the country's labor force and constitutes more than 25% of the GDP. The industrial sector is also performing better in the recent years.
Major agricultural products in the country are maize, sugar cane, rice, wheat, milk, mutton, eggs and cotton. Important industries in the country are food processing, textiles, chemicals, clothing and paper products. The economy also gets major revenues from the exports of cotton, rice, leather and carpets.