Pakistan recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 6.80 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Budget in Pakistan averaged -0.43 percent of GDP from 1990 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 8.80 percent of GDP in 1990 and a record low of -8.80 percent of GDP in 2012. source: State Bank of Pakistan
Government Budget in Pakistan is expected to reach -5.60 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Pakistan Government Budget is projected to trend around -3.90 percent of GDP in 2026 and -3.50 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.