Pakistan Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for Pakistan, including latest value (12.78), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Pakistan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Pakistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 22.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 10.9 / 20
External stability 13.2 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 2.2 / 10
Future capacity 5.1 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.3 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 75% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1997–2000 19972000
1997 2000
Selected year: 2000 · Value: n/a 2000

Pakistan · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1997–2000
12.78 percent of GDP
18.99 percent of GDP
17.69 percent of GDP
64 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1997 1998 1999 2000
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Japan 20.93
India 13.33
South Korea 28.32
Germany 31.17

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

Pakistan Snapshot

country profile
Population 251.27 m
GDP 371.57 bn
Debt/GDP 55.03%
Inflation 12.63%
Unemployment 5.42%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Lower middle income

Pakistan Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for Pakistan. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: pakistan government expense rate, government expense data pakistan, pakistan government expense statistics, pakistan percent of gdp.