GDP  purchasing power parity - $282 billion (1999 est.)

GDP - real growth rate  3.1% (1999 est.)

GDP - per capita  purchasing power parity - $2,000 (1999 est.)

GDP - composition by sector  agriculture:25.2%
industry:26.6%
services:48.2% (1998 est.)

Population below poverty line  34% (1991 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share  lowest 10%:4.1%
highest 10%:27.7% (1996)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)  6% (1999 est.)

Labor force  38.6 million (1999)
note:extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor

Labor force - by occupation  agriculture 44%, industry 17%, services 39% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate  7% (FY98/99 est.)

Budget  revenues:$10 billion
expenditures:$11.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99)

Industries  textiles, food processing, beverages, construction materials, clothing, paper products, shrimp

Industrial production growth rate  3.8% (1999 est.)

Electricity - production  59.262 billion kWh (1998)

Electricity - production by source  fossil fuel:63.05%
hydro:36.31%
nuclear:0.64%
other:0% (1998)

Electricity - consumption  55.114 billion kWh (1998)

Agriculture - products  cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs

Exports  $8.4 billion (f.o.b., 1999)

Exports - commodities  cotton, fabrics, and yarn, rice, other agricultural products

Exports - partners  US 22%, Hong Kong 7%, UK 7%, Germany 7%, UAE 5% (FY98/99)

Imports  $9.8 billion (f.o.b., 1999)

Imports - commodities  machinery, petroleum, petroleum products, chemicals, transportation equipment, edible oils, grains, pulses, flour

Imports - partners  US 8%, Japan 8%, Malaysia 7%, Saudi Arabia 7%, UAE 7% (FY98/99)

Currency  1 Pakistani rupee (PRe) = 100 paisa

Fiscal year  1 July - 30 June