ECONOMIC DATA OF PAKISTAN ACCORDING TO SBP TEST

ECONOMIC DATA OF PAKISTAN ACCORDING TO SBP TEST

Currency Rates:

·        1 USD = 141.82 PKR (April 2019)

Fiscal Year:

·        1st July – 30th June

Trade Organizations: (Pakistan is part of followings)

·        WTO

·        SAARC

·        ECO

·        OIC

·        SAFTA,

·        AIIB,

·        SCO

·        IMF

·        World Bank

·        Commonwealth of Nations

GDP:

·        $277 Billion (Nominal, Dec 2018)

·        $1.141 Trillion (PPP, 2018)

GDP Rank:

·        23^rd (PPP) (2018-2019)

·        42^nd (Nominal) (2017)

GDP Growth:

      5.20% 
     (According to some sources it's 4.2% Declined from 5.2%) Please verify

GDP Per Capita:

·        $1641 (Nominal, 2018)

GDP by Sector (2018):

·        Agriculture:         18.86%

·        Industry:              20.91 %

·        Services:              60. 23%

Population below Poverty Line:

·        0.9% (April 2019). According to World Poverty Clock Estimate

Labor Force:

·        61.04 Million (2015-16)

Labor Force by Occupation:

·        Agriculture:          42.3%

·        Services:               35.1 %

·        Industry:               22.6%

Unemployment Rate:

·        5.9% (2018-19)

Inflation Rate:

·        9.41% (March 2019)

Main Industries:

Textiles and apparel, Food processing, Pharmaceuticals, Construction materials, Chemicals, Cement, Mining, Machinery, Steel, Engineering, Software and hardware, Automobiles, Motorcycle, Electronics, Paper products, Fertilizer, Defense production, Shipbuilding

Ranking in Ease of Doing Business:

·        136 (2018)

Exports:

·        $24.824 Billion (FY 2018)

Export Goods:

·        Textiles

·        Food

·        Petroleum

·        Other manufacture

Main Export Partners (2018):

·        USA                      15.6%

·        UK                        7.1%

·        China                    7.0%

·        Afghanistan          6%

·        UAE                     5.6%

·        Germany              5.5%

·        Bangladesh           2.9%

Imports:

·        $56.002 Billion (FY 2018)

Import Goods:

·        Food, Machinery, Transport, Textile, Agriculture, Metal etc.

Main Import Partners (2018):

·        China                    20.5%

·        UAE                     15.9%

·        Indonesia              8.0%

·        Saudi Arabia        5.5%

·        USA                     3.7%

·        Japan                    3.4%

Public Debt:

·        65.6% of GDP (Dec 2018)

Foreign Reserves (as on 12 April 2019 according to report of SBP):

·        SBP                      $9.243 Billion

·        Scheduled Banks  $6.966 Billion

·        Total                    $16.195 Billion

Also Read:

PAKISTAN ECONOMY MCQS QUIZ COMPETITION (SBOTS-23)

IMPORTANT EVENTS/DATA ABOUT PAKISTAN

COMPLETE GUIDE TO SOLVE SBOTS TEST (BATCH-23)

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