Pakistan Poverty Headcount
Pakistan poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 28.90%.
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Interpretation
Pakistan recorded 28.90% for Poverty Headcount in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2018, the indicator increased by 6.70 percentage points, from 22.20% to 28.90%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (38.85%).
Across the five latest available observations (2011–2024), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 22.20% in 2018 and the high was 64.30% in 2001.