ISLAMABAD: The Gallup Survey 2025 released on Friday revealed that the public sentiment in Pakistan improved in 2025, though people remain cautious about the future.
According to a tweet of Khurram Schehzad Advisor to the Finance Minister, Gallup Survey 2025 showed signs of ‘Recovery in Pakistan’.
It said that 31 percent of Pakistanis said living standards were improving, up from 15 percent in 2023.
Economic optimism increased, with 25 percent saying the local economy improved in 2025, compared to 12 percent in 2024. Improvements followed macroeconomic stabilisation, including falling inflation (from 40 percent in May 2023 to below 6 percent), stronger currency, and rising foreign reserves, the tweet said.
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Leadership approval rose to 36 percent, the highest since 2020.
Khurram Schehzad further referred to the survey that perceptions of corruption declined from record highs in 2023, though many still believe corruption is widespread in government and business, the survey said.
Public wellbeing improved significantly: 25 percent classified as “thriving” vs. 19 percent “suffering”, reversing the record-low wellbeing levels seen in 2024.
The tweet also quoted survey that the improvement in wellbeing was broad-based across gender, age, income, and urban-rural groups.
Overall, Pakistan’s public mood is cautiously improving after years of economic crisis, political instability, and natural disasters. Sustaining progress will depend on continued economic stability, effective governance, and inclusive growth, the tweet added.
The End of Year Survey by Gallup International Association was conducted in 37 countries, including Pakistan, with a sample of 37,338. This survey is a tradition that the association has been upholding since 1978. It is the largest survey of this nature done by independent pollsters including pollsters from Pakistan i.e. Gallup Pakistan.
These are some of the key findings of End of Year Gallup International Association (GIA) traditional survey:
More people optimistic (51 percent) than pessimistic (26percent) about Pakistan’s future.
46 percent Pakistanis are hopeful 2025 will be a year of economic prosperity and nearly 3 in 4 (73 percent) Pakistanis feel happy about their life, it added.
A snapshot of results from South Asia shows that Pakistani respondents were the second least most hopeful, with 51 percent believing 2025 would be better than 2024. Leading the optimism were respondents from Bangladesh (78 percent), China (71 percent) and India (66 percent). Following Pakistan were respondents from Iran, where only 27 percent thought the next year would be better than the current one.
The net hope score, calculated by subtracting the percentage of pessimists from the percentage of optimists, shows that 51% of Pakistanis believe 2025 will be better than 2024, while 26 percent think it will be worse.
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