Key highlights of Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26

Pakistan government unveiled on Thursday the Economic Survey for the outgoing fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26), with the country’s economy growing at the rate of 3.7% against a target of 4.2% announced in the proposed budget for FY26.

Here are the key highlights of the government’s performance in the outgoing FY26:

• Real gross domestic product (GDP) at 3.7%, against 4.2% target
• Average Consumer Price Index (CPI) during July-April FY26 at 6.19%, against 4.73% recorded in the same period last year
• Per capita income rises to $1,901 in FY26 from $1,751 in FY25
• Agriculture sector grows by 2.89%, Industrial by 3.51%, and Services sector rises by 4.09% in FY26
• The KSE-100 Index grows by 18.4% during July and March FY 2026
• Current Account posts $72 million surplus during July–March FY 2026, compared to a surplus of $1.7 billion in the same period last year
• Remittances grow by 8.2% to $30.3 billion
• Foreign exchange reserves rise to $22.6 billion by May 15, 2026, with State Bank of Pakistan’s reserves at $17.1 billion and commercial banks’ reserves at $5.5 billion
• Average exchange rate for July-March FY26 at 281.1/US dollar
• Total public debt stays at Rs83,285 billion by end-March 2026
• Literacy rate at 63%, with male demonstrating higher literacy at 73% than females at 54%
• IT exports at $3.388 billion during July-March FY2026

The government will propose the budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 on Friday.