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Economy Pakistan
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
Population: 159,196,336 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Islamabad
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Tabular Data - The Pakistani Economy

GDP : purchasing power parity - $318 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - Real Growth Rate : 5.5% (2003 est.)
GDP - Per Capita : purchasing power parity - $2,100 (2003 est.)
GDP - Composition By Sector : agriculture: 23.3%
industry: 23.5%
services: 53.2% (2003 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line : 35% (2001 est.)
Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 27.6% (FY96/97)
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : 2.9% (2003 est.)
Labor Force : 43.98 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2003)
Labor Force - By Occupation : agriculture 44%, industry 17%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Budget : revenues: $12.08 billion
expenditures: $15.41 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
Industries : textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp
Industrial Production Growth Rate : 7.6% (2003 est.)
Electricity - Production : 66.96 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - Production by Source : fossil fuel: 68.8%
hydro: 28.2%
nuclear: 3%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - Consumption : 62.27 billion kWh (2001)
Agriculture - Products : cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs
Exports : $11.7 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - Commodities : textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, and yarn), rice, leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and rugs
Exports - Partners : US 22.6%, UAE 9.4%, UK 6.9%, Germany 5.3%, Saudi Arabia 4.2%, Hong Kong 4.2% (2003 est.)
Imports : $12.51 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - Commodities : petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea
Imports - Partners : UAE 11.6%, China 11.5%, Saudi Arabia 10.5%, Kuwait 6.4%, Japan 6.3%, US 5.8%, Germany 4.4%, Malaysia 4% (2003 est.)
Debt - External : $33.54 billion (2003 est.)
Economic Aid - Recipient : $2.4 billion (FY01/02)
Currency : Pakistani rupee (PKR)
Currency Code : PKR
Exchange Rates : Pakistani rupees per US dollar - 57.752 (2003), 59.7238 (2002), 61.9272 (2001), 53.6482 (2000), 49.1183 (1999)
Fiscal Year : 1 July - 30 June

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Data Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2004 World Factbook