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The inflation rate in Pakistan has averaged 7.99 percent from 1957 until 2015, reaching an all-time high of 37.81 percent in December 1973 and a record low of -10.32 percent in February 1959. Pakistan suffered its only economic decline in GDP between 1951 and 1952. [3]
With a population of 241.5 million people as of 2023, Pakistan's position at per capita income ranks 161st by GDP (nominal) and 138th by GDP (PPP) according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). [5] In its early years, Pakistan's economy relied heavily on private industries.
Under Gillani's presiding of the country, nearly ~40.0% of the population fell under the line of poverty, with 16.0% rise in the inflation during his four years of presiding over the country. [26] The new strict and tight monetary policy could not tame the soaring inflation, it did stagnate the economic growth. [19]
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World map by inflation rate (consumer prices), 2023, according to World Bank This is the list of countries by inflation rate. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Inflation rate is defined as the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices. Inflation is a positive value ...
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In February 2023, a Moody economist predicted that inflation in Pakistan could average 33% in the first half of the year 2023. [48] China lent Pakistan further 700 million dollars to shore up Forex reserves. [49] Pakistan's Consumer price index (CPI) further jumped to 31.5%, the highest annual rate in 50 years. [50]
A CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically. Sub-indices and sub-sub-indices can be computed for different categories and sub-categories of goods and services, which are combined to produce the overall index with weights reflecting their shares in the total of the consumer expenditures covered by the ...