Pakistan vs the United States: Economic Indicators Comparison

The United States with a GDP of $20.5T ranked the 1st largest economy in the world, while Pakistan ranked 41st with $314.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the United States and Pakistan ranked 113th vs 40th and 11th vs 162nd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatPakistanUnited States
GDP$314.6B$20.5T
GDP growth, 1 year5.2%2.9%
GDP growth, 5-years average4.7%2.4%
Population197M325.1M
GDP per capita$1.5k$63k
GDP per capita growth3.68%2.29%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor29.31
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.271
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$5.7k$63k
GNI, Atlas method$337.1B$20.6T
GNI per capita$1.6k$63k
GNI, PPP adjusted$1.2T$20.8T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$5.9k$64k

Financial system and Human development

StatPakistanUnited States
Income Tax Rate30%37%
Corporate Tax Rate30%21%
Inflation, consumer prices3.9%2.4%
Inflation, GDP deflator2.5%2.4%
Unemployment3%3.9%
Economic Freedom Index54.876.6
Personal Freedom Index5.028.55
Human Freedom Index5.448.39
Property Rights Index48.381.8
Judical Effectiveness Index43.283.7
Business Freedom Index54.983.3
Fiscal Health Index40.454.3
Labor Freedom Index41.387.9
Investment Freedom Index5585
Financial Freedom Index4080
Trade Freedom Index64.879.8
Monetary Freedom Index72.575.5
Government Spending Index86.856.5
Tax Burden Index80.474.6
Government Integrity Index29.777.2
Corruption Perceptions Index3371
Life expectancy at birth, years66.978.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people2.915.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people14.312.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people4.25.3
International tourism, number of arrivals966k79.7M

Government debt & reserves

StatPakistanUnited States
Central government debt, % of GDP72.1%105.8%
External debt stocks, % of GNI27.6%N/A
External debt stocks$91BN/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves70.1%N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income19.9%N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI12.7%6.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP18.8%18.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP16.7%21%
Total reserves including gold$11.8B$449.9B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$2.4B$258.4B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatPakistanUnited States
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP8.8%12.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP19.7%15.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$19.2B-$491B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDPN/A17.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.5BN/A
Personal remittances received$21.2B$6.7B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP18%18.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP22.9%0.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$189M$56.1B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$7M$128.7B
Expense, % of GDPN/A22.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP21%38.1%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Pakistan vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M

United States vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Liechtenstein
$165k
37.9k
Luxembourg
$117k
626k
Switzerland
$83k
8.47M
Norway
$82k
5.37M
Cayman Islands
$81k
58.4k
Ireland
$79k
4.76M
Iceland
$73k
357k
Qatar
$69k
2.64M
Singapore
$65k
5.89M
Denmark
$61k
5.83M
Australia
$57k
24.5M
Sweden
$55k
10.3M
Netherlands
$53k
17.3M
Austria
$51k
8.81M
Finland
$50k
5.5M
San Marino
$48k
33.4k
Germany
$48k
83.1M
Belgium
$48k
11.4M
Canada
$46k
37.9M
United Arab Emirates
$43k
9.4M
United Kingdom
$43k
66M
Andorra
$42k
76.2k
New Zealand
$42k
4.94M
Israel
$42k
9.09M
France
$41k
66.6M
Japan
$39k
127M
Italy
$34k
60.3M
Kuwait
$34k
4.6M
Bahamas
$32k
395k
Brunei
$32k
429k