Pakistan & Gulf Economist

2018 – Pakistan’s economy (Facts & Figures)

INTEREST RATES IN PAKISTAN (%)
Month SBP Reverse Repo Rate SBP Repo Rate SBP Policy (Target) Rate
11-Feb-13 9.50 7.00
24-Jun-13 9.00 6.50
16-Sep-13 9.50 7.00
18-Nov-13 10.00 7.50
17-Nov-14 9.50 7.00
26-Jan-15 8.50 6.00
24-Mar-15 8.00 5.50
25-May-15 7.00 5.00 6.50
14-Sep-15 6.50 4.50 6.00
23-May-16 till date 6.25 4.25 5.75

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DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS OF PAKISTAN
Details 2017
Total Population (Million) 199.1
Urban Population (Million) 80.72
Rural Population (Million) 118.38
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) 3.0
Crude Birth Rate (Per thousand) 25.2
Crude Death Rate (Per thousand) 6.60
Population Growth Rate (Percent) 1.86
Life Expectancy (Year)
– Female 68.2
– Male 65.8

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PAKISTAN STOCK EXCHANGE
Description 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
(end March, 2017)
Total Listed Companies 569 557 560 560 560
New Companies Listed 4 5 9 6 4
Funds Mobilized (Rs. billion) 29.5 47.6 79.6 111.2 21.9
Total Listed Capital (Rs. million) 1,116,005.0 1,100,340.9 1,189,518.9 1,289,081.0 1,297,159.0
Total Market Capitalization (Rs. million) 5,154,738.0 6,655,294.8 7,421,031.6 7,588,472.2 9,594,805.0
Total Shares Volume (million) 54,319.0 56,580.6 64,617.2 55,430.3 70,518.6
Average Daily Shares Volume (million) 221.0 229.1 261.0 220.8 379.1

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REAL GDP GROWTH RATES (%)
Region/Country 2015 2016 2017 2018 (P)
India 7.9 6.8 7.2 7.7
Bangladesh 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.0
Sri Lanka 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.8
Pakistan 4.06 4.5 5.3 6.0

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EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN
Fiscal Year As % of GDP
2013 2.1
2014 2.1
2015 2.2
2016 2.3

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3G/4G SUBSCRIBERS IN PAKISTAN
Operator CMPak
(Zong)
PMCL
(Jazz)
Telenor PTML
(Ufone)
Warid Total
Technology 3G 4G 3G LTE 3G 4G 3G LTE
2013-14 417,814 425,992 895 539,376 1,384,077
2014-15 2,898,094 105,128 3,656,345 4,162,616 2,570,283 106,211 13,498,677
2015-16 5,988,197 680,620 8,919,218 8,371,991 5,223,096 347,132 29,530,254
2016-17 8,640,333 4,041,766 12,443,340 937,209 10,453,885 607,013 4,960,486 42,084,032

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ECONOMIC INDICATORS’ REVIEW
Details FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
Real GDP Jul-Jun 4.1 4.5 5.3
Agriculture Jul-Jun 2.1 0.3 3.5
Industry Jul-Jun 5.2 5.8 5.0
o/w LSM Jul-Jun 3.3 2.9 4.9
Services Jul-Jun 4.4 5.5 6.0
Real fixed investment Jul-Jun 15.8 6.7 8.3
CPI (period average) Jul-Mar 5.1 2.6 4.0
Private sector credit Jul-Mar 5.7 8.1 9.9
Money supply (M2) Jul-Mar 5.7 6.0 5.9
Exports b Jul-Mar -3.8 -9.4 -1.3
Imports b Jul-Mar -0.1 -4.9 14.1
Tax revenue –FBR Jul-Mar 12.7 17.7 8.2
Exchange rate (+app/-dep%) Jul-Mar -3.1 -2.8 -0.01
Billion US dollars
SBP’s reserves (end-period) Mar 11.6 16.1 16.5
Worker remittances b Jul-Mar 13.6 14.4 14.1
FDI in Pakistan Jul-Mar 0.8 1.4 1.6
Current account balance Jul-Mar -2.0 -2.4 -6.1
Percent of GDP
Fiscal balanced Jul-Mar -3.8 -3.5 -3.9
Current account balance Jul-Mar -1.0 -1.1 -2.5
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