Government Expense / Pakistan
Pakistan Government Expense
Pakistan government expense data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 12.78%.
COUNTRY: Pakistan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-22 04:00:10
GM ECONOMY RATING
Pakistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
60 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
8.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
15.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
12.0 / 15
Structural stability
11.0 / 15
Future capacity
5.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
1.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Pakistan · government expense data as percent of GDP.
Latest
12.78%
Previous
18.99%
Range avg.
17.69%
Rank
94
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CountryPakistan
IndicatorGovernment Expense
12.78%2000 · Rank 94
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Pakistan recorded 12.78% for Government Expense in 2000, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 1999, the indicator decreased by 6.22 percentage points, from 18.99% to 12.78%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 4 available observations (17.69%).
Within the last 4 available observations, the low was 12.78% in 2000 and the high was 19.75% in 1997.
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