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Karachi, the financial centre of Pakistan
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| Currency |
Pakistani rupee (PKR) Rs.1 = 100 Paisas 1 USD = 105.3079 PKR (August 2017) |
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Trade organisations
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WTO, SAARC, ECO, OIC, SAFTA, AIIB, SCO, IMF, Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank. |
| Statistics | |
| GDP | $1.060 Trillion (PPP, 2017), 31862.2 Billion Rupees Or $304.3 Billion (Nominal, 2017) |
| GDP rank | 25th (PPP, 2017) 42nd (Nominal, 2015) |
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GDP growth
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GDP per capita
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$1,629 (nominal; 150th;2016) $5,374 (PPP; 133rd; 2016) |
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GDP by sector
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Population below poverty line
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21% (2016) |
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Labour force
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61.04 million (2015–16) |
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Labour force by occupation
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| Unemployment | 5.9% (2015) |
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Main industries
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textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, chemicals, cement, mining, machinery, steel, engineering, software and hardware, automobiles, motorcycle and auto parts, electronics, paper products, fertiliser, shrimp, defence products, shipbuilding |
| 144th (2017) | |
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Export goods
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Textiles Vegetable Products Mineral ($1,082 million) Leather Food and Beverages |
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Main export partners
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Import goods
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Food $558.9 million Machinery $6414.6 million Transport Vehicles $2361.0 million Textile $3381.8 million Fertilizers and other chemicals $4793.4 billion Refined Petroleum $4846.0 million Crude Petroleum $1840.7 million |
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Foreign reserves
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Pakistani rupee (PKR) Rs.1 = 100 Paisas
$1,629 (nominal; 150th;2016)
China 28%
United Arab Emirates 14%
Kuwait 8%
Saudi Arabia 6%
Indonesia 5% (2017 est.)