Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
19.5%
+5.5 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
2.73%
-3.1 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
72.8%
of GDP · +21 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
255.2m
89.6% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Pakistan yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare fell from 0.9% to 0.4% of GDP between 2000 and 2008, then rose to 0.9% by 2023.
Defence fell from 5.8% to 2.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2025.
Education fell from 2.8% to 1.4% of GDP between 1995 and 2004, then rose to 1.9% by 2023.
Total spending fell from 14.0% to 12.1% of GDP between 1995 and 2004, then rose to 19.5% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 52.3% to 44.2% of GDP between 1995 and 2007, then rose to 72.8% by 2025.
Population grew from 134.6 million in 1995 to 255.2 million in 2025; the UN projects 371.9 million by 2050.