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Pakistan offers a unique blend of skills coupled with a trained young labor force. Pakistan is home to the world’s 10th largest workforce and lies among the world's youngest working population with an overall literacy rate of 62 percent and only 6.3 percent unemployment rate.    Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors from 2012 to 2022

With a total of 279 thousand educational institutions and 247 universities/HEIs in the country, Pakistan is a leading market for tech and innovation. According to the global talent competitiveness index (2022), Pakistan is ranked 86 for Growth indicators including formal education and lifelong learning opportunities.
Pakistan’s economy is divided into three sectors; the primary sector, which includes agriculture, raw materials, fishing, and hunting, the secondary sector, which is called the industrial sector and includes manufacturing, and the tertiary sector, which encompasses intangible goods and services, like financial services, tourism, or telecommunications.
 

 

A tale of pakistan

Pakistan has some of the greatest demographic opportunities for development in the world as a growing youth population enters adulthood.

A tale of pakistan

COUNTRY WISE NET FOREIGN DIRECT Investment

USD MILLION (2022-2023)

HONG KONG

497.9

CHINA

439.3

UNITED KINGDOM

219.1

OTHERS

181.9

USA

116.0

UAE

79.7

NETHERLANDS

64.9

SWITZERLAND

29.7

TURKEY

12.8

ITALY

7.3

JAPAN

5.0

AUSTRIA

1.5

SECTOR WISE NET FOREIGN DIRECT Investment

USD MILLION (2022-2023)

POWER

637.5

OTHER

265.0

OIL & Gas

192.5

FINANCIAL BUSINESS

169.6

COMMUNICATION

126.5

TRADE

59.5

CONSTRUCTION

16.9

CHEMICALS

14.1

TRANSPORT

6.6

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

3.3