Pakistan Government Expense

Pakistan government expense data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 12.78 percent of.
COUNTRY: Pakistan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 11:21:52
Economy Data Rating
Pakistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 22.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.1 / 20
External stability 13.2 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 5.7 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.7 / 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
Greece 47.3
Italy 47.28
France 47.26
Austria 46.03
Finland 44.93
Slovenia 42.87
Hungary 42.42

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
India 13.33
Japan 20.93
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

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

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-07 11:21:52

Pakistan Snapshot

country profile
Population 251.27 m
GDP 407.31 bn
Debt/GDP 55.03%
Inflation 3.55%
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.

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