Annual real GDP growth rates for Pakistan and India side-by-side, going back up to 30 years.
Annual real GDP growth rates for Pakistan and India side-by-side, going back up to 30 years.
▸Pakistan fell 38.6% over the selected period — from 4.96% to 3.05%.
▸India fell 14.3% over the selected period — from 7.57% to 6.49%.
▸Over this period, Pakistan and India showed a moderate relationship, moving in the same direction (correlation coefficient: 0.58).
Sources: World Bank
India and Pakistan started from broadly comparable economic positions decades ago — the diverging growth trajectory since is one of the most cited comparisons in South Asian economic analysis.
Where does this GDP growth data come from?
The World Bank's annual GDP growth indicator (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG), the same free public dataset used for the headline GDP Growth KPI on this dashboard.
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