Pakistan is a paradox with a weak economy but ranked among the world's leading military powers (9th in 2024). In the last two decades it has started to fall behind its peers, India and Bangladesh, on social and economic indicators. This study looks at its underlying data and concludes that it is underinvesting in economic development in order to compete with India militarily a competition, in the long run, it cannot win.
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Introduction GDP growth 1960-2023 GDP USD & PPP Inflation 1960-2022 interest rates & exchange rate Remittances Exports USD & Current Account Exports & Imports by Product & Destination IMF Data - Current a/c and NIIP Revenue & expenditure 2022 Public Debt GDP by sector 2015-16 Manufacturing & Cement Employment by Sector Health Pensions Housing Military Education Electricity Output Population, fertility & life expectancy Commentary Sources
