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The economy of Pakistan is categorized as a developing economy. It ranks as the 24th-largest based on GDP using purchasing power parity (PPP) and the 46th largest in terms of nominal GDP. With a population of 241.5 million people as of 2023, Pakistan's position at per capita income ranks 161st by GDP (nominal) and 138th by GDP (PPP) according ...
Natural gas production is at a relatively high level and remaining reserves are estimated to be about 885.3 billion cu m (1 January 2009 est.). Pakistan's gas fields are only expected to last for about another 20 years at the most due to heavy industrial usage. [10] [11] The Sui gas field is the biggest natural gas field in Pakistan.
This is a list of Pakistani administrative units by their gross state product (GSP) (the value of the total economy, and goods and services produced in the respective administrative unit) in nominal terms. GSP is the unit-level counterpart of the national gross domestic product (GDP), the most comprehensive measure of a country's economic activity.
Economic planning began in 1948 when Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan presented the first Five-Year plans at the parliament of Pakistan on 8 July 1948. The first plan was conceived by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), and were studied and developed by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) based on the theory of Cost-of-production value , and ...
Pakistan Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes Electricity Production: 1/209: CIA World Factbook [11] [circular reference] 137,800 GWh Installed Capacity: 1/215: CIA World Factbook [11] 37,402 MW Electricity Consumption: 1/219: CIA World Factbook [11] 90,000 GWh Electricity From Fossil Fuels: 1/215: CIA World Factbook [11] 62% Of Total Installed ...
Economic mismanagement in general, and fiscally imprudent economic policies in particular, caused a large increase in the country's public debt and led to slower growth in the 1970s. Two wars with India - the Second Kashmir War in 1965 and the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan also adversely affected economic growth. [35]
Pakistan is a world leader in the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) for personal automobiles. The short-term national energy demand has expanded significantly since 2001 due to massive rise in sales of durable goods like refrigerators, washing machines, split air conditioners, et al . [ 22 ]
Chinese officials blamed the West for Pakistan’s economic crisis, [104] and state media continues to talk about the strengths of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. [105] “Only China has given a full plan. From this perspective, it is the Western world that ‘abandoned’ Pakistan, and China is the one that extended a helping hand.