Pakistan Economic Data

In fiscal 2008 purchasing power parity GDP of Pakistan was $454.2 billion as per Pakistan economic data. GDP as per official exchange rate was $160.9 billion at that same period according to Pakistani economic data.

As per economic data of Pakistan in fiscal 2008 real growth rate of national GDP was 4.7 percent. Per capita GDP as per purchasing power parity was $2,600. As of 2008 20.4 percent of Pakistan GDP came from agricultural sector and 26.6 percent came from industrial sector. 53 percent of Pakistan GDP was contributed to by services sector.

As of 2008, according to economic data in Pakistan 50.58 million people had been provided with jobs by various sectors of national economy. During that same year rate of unemployment in Pakistan was 7.4 percent.

In fiscal 2008 investments made in Pakistan were equal to 20 percent of its gross domestic product as per statistics and economic data at Pakistan. It has also been revealed by economic data for Pakistan that in budget of 2008 Pakistan earned revenues worth $22.14 billion and its expenditures amounted to $32.09 billion.

According to Pakistan economic data of 2008 fiscal rate of inflation was 20.8 percent with regard to consumer prices. Main agricultural products of Pakistan are cotton, vegetables, wheat, milk, rice, beef, sugarcane, mutton, fruits and eggs.

Prominent industrial products of Pakistan are textiles and apparel, paper products, food processing, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, shrimp and construction materials as per Pakistan economic data.

Pakistan’s economic data suggests that in fiscal 2008 goods and services worth $20.62 billion were exported from Pakistan. In this case prominent items were textiles, chemicals, rice, manufactures, leather goods, carpets sports goods and rugs. At that same time goods and services worth $35.58 billion had been imported in Pakistan. It primarily imported petroleum, edible oils, petroleum products, paper and paperboard, machinery, iron and steel, plastics, tea and transportation equipment.

According to Pakistan economic data in fiscal 2008 foreign exchange and gold reserves of Pakistan amounted to $9.104 billion. It had external debt worth $43.23 billion at that same time. In 2008 foreign investment worth $25.31 billion was made in Pakistan.