Facts and Figures For CSS Exam 2023

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GDP of Pakistan
According to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022, Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth is projected to slow to 4% in FY2022 from 6% in FY2021. Pakistan’s economy is forecast to slow to 3.5% in fiscal year (FY) 2023 (ending 30 June 2023) amid devastating floods, policy tightening, and critical efforts to tackle sizable fiscal and external imbalances, even as growth in FY2022 is expected to have reached 6.0%, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report on (21 September 2022)| DETAILS
Pakistan Flood Destruction in 2022
According to National Disaster Management Authority, these floods have wrought destruction of epic proportions. In addition to over 1,500 deaths, more than 33 million people — including 11m children — have been severely impacted. More than 375 bridges and almost 13,000 kilometres of roads have been washed away. Over 1.9m homes have been damaged, while 2.8m hectares (around 7m acres) of agricultural land in Sindh is submerged. At the same time, the floods have caused massive damage to livestock that serves as a primary asset for poor people, as almost a million animals have perished in the deluge. | DETAILS
Human Development Index (HDI) 2022
According to Human Development Index (HDI) 2022, Pakistan ranks 161 out of 192 countries. Only Pakistan (161st position) and Afghanistan (180th position) are in the low human development category. However, Sri Lanka and the Islamic Republic of Iran are doing very good in HDI 2022 where Sri Lanka ranks on 73rd position and Iran ranks 76th position while India ranks 132 out of 192 countries and territories in the Human Development Report 2021/2022 released on Thursday (September 8, 2022). | DETAILS
Literacy rate in Pakistan
The literacy rate is 60% [Economic Survey 2021-22] | DETAILS. However, According to Labour Force Survey 2020-21, the literacy rate remained at 62.8 per cent 2020-21 | DETAILS
Pakistan GDP on Education 2022
The Economic Survey of Pakistan 2021-22 has pointed out that only 1.77 per cent of GDP was spent on the education sector last year | DETAILS
The unemployment rate in Pakistan
Unemployment 9% (2020-21) Labour Force Survey (LFS) | DETAILS
Sustainable Development Goal Report 2021 Pakistan
Despite the Covid-19 global pushback, Pakistan’s SDG Global Rank is 129 (out of 193) in 2021, improved by five ranks, 134 (out of 166) in 2020. | News | (PDF DETAILS)
The population of Pakistan’s Growth Rate
According to the final results of the Census 2017, the population of Pakistan is 207.68 million with a population growth rate of 2.40% from 1998 to 2017 with 106.3 million males and 101.3 million females.|DETAILSPakistan’s population ranking in Asia is fourth, behind China, India, and Indonesia. The majority of Pakistan’s population, around 96%, is Muslim. The six major ethnic groups in Pakistan are:
1. Punjabis – 45%
2. Pashtuns – 15%
3. Sindhis – 14%
4. Saraiki – 8%
5. Baloch – 5%
6. Others – 13%
Pakistan lost due to Terrorism
According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, Pakistan saw 319 terrorism-related incidents in 2020 and 169 associated deaths of civilians. However, as per Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 during the last 17 years, the direct and indirect costs incurred by Pakistan due to incidents of terrorism amounted to US$ 126.79 billion equivalent to Rs. 10,762.64 billion. | DETAILS
Corruption rate in Pakistan
Pakistan dropped 16 places in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2021, it ranked 140 out of 180 countries, according to Transparency International. | DETAILS
The poverty rate in Pakistan
40% of a country’s population is earning their life below the poverty line. As per World Bank 2021 report, it is 39.3% | DETAILS
Inflation rate in Pakistan
Pakistan’s general inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) clocked in at a 24-month peak of 13% in January 2022. | DETAILS
Water-Shortage capacity in Pakistan
According to UN Development Programme, the water-shortage capacity available in Pakistan is 121 cubic meters per person. Per capita surface water availability of 5,260 cubic metres per year in 1951 turned into around 1,000 cubic metres in 2016. This is likely to further drop to about 860 cubic meters by 2025. The PCRWR describe that Pakistan reached the “water stress line” in 1990 and crossed the “water scarcity line” in 2005. | DETAILS
Global Climate Risk Index 2021 rate of Pakistan
Global Climate Risk Index 2021 reported by Germanwatch was released in 2021 and showed Pakistan dropped from the 5th most vulnerable country to climate change, to the 8th position. Pakistan lost 0.52% per unit of its GDP due to climate change and it has witnessed 173 climate-related events in 19 years. | DETAILS Climate Risk Index in 2022 due to a temporary lack of data where Pakistan might be more vulnerable owing to the recent situation of floods 2022 in Pakistan. Details
Global Hunger Index 2022 Pakistan
In the 2022 Global Hunger Index, Pakistan ranks 99th out of 121 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2022 GHI scores. With a score of 26.1, Pakistan has a serious hunger level.| DETAILS
Agriculture in Pakistan
In Pakistan, 65-70% of the population depends directly on agriculture. The livestock sub-sector contributes 55% to the agriculture sector. It contributes 19.2 per cent to the GDP and provides employment to around 38.5 per cent of the labour force. [Pakistan Economic Survey 2020-21]| DETAILS
Democracy Index 2021 Pakistan
Pakistan ranked 104th among 167 nations on Democracy Index 2021. Pakistan was placed at the 104^th spot among 167 states on the global Democracy Index 2021, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). | DETAILS
Global Gender Gap Index 2021 Pakistan
In 2021, Pakistan ranked 153^rdout of 156 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index. The report found that Pakistan’s gender gap had widened by 7 percentage points, to 55.6%, making it one of the worst countries for gender parity. Only Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan fared worse. | DETAILS
WJP’s Rule of Law Index (RLI) — 2021 Pakistan
The World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2021 report published in October 2021, has placed Pakistan among the lowest-ranked countries in its adherence to the rule of law (ranking 130th out of 139 nations). | DETAILS
Press Freedom Index — 2021 Pakistan
According to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) report, Pakistan has fallen by 12 places to 157 out of 180 countries. Last year, Pakistan was ranked 145 on the list. | DETAILS
Freedom in the World 2022
According to Freedom in the World, Pakistan ranked 37/100 (Political Rights15/40 & Civil Liberties 22/60)
Global freedom statuses are calculated on a weighted scale. See the methodology. | DETAILS
Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign investment slides 33pc in February 2022. Poor investment climate hit the FDI inflows which noted a sharp decline of 50pc to $110 million in January this year 2022 from $218.7m in December 2021. | DETAILS
ADDITIONAL NOTABLE FACTS:
- Pakistan has an estimated population of over 220 million in 2021 and a growth rate of 1.95 per cent per year. Adding 5.28 million people per year to its population, it is projected to surpass Indonesia in size around the year 2048. Population growth remains one of the biggest challenges for Pakistan’s development, with 60 per cent of its population below the age of 25, and a fertility rate of 3.5 births per woman. This means that providing education, health and employment for a large and growing youth cohort will remain an issue for the foreseeable future.
- Pakistan also has one of the highest rates of urbanisation in South Asia. Urban areas have expanded immensely between 1995 and 2015. For instance, it has been estimated that various urban sectors convert 3,016 hectares of agricultural lands annually for urban uses in metropolitan Lahore, and if this rate doesn’t slow, by 2030 all agricultural land at the fringes of cities will be urbanised.
- The World Food Programme says that 21 per cent of Pakistan’s population is malnourished, 44 per cent of children under five years old have stunted growth, and 37 per cent of the population faces food insecurity, despite Pakistan being a major producer of wheat and rice.
- Pakistan has major water shortages. It is ranked 14th out of 150 countries at high risk of water crisis. Water Aid notes that 17 million people in Pakistan lack access to clean water close to home, and 70 million lack access to a decent toilet, the majority of them in rural communities.
- According to the latest new US World Ranking 2022, Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad has been ranked 461.
- Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the world for the fifth consecutive year in the 2022 World Happiness Report. According to the report, Pakistan, after dropping 15 places in one year, currently stood at 121 on the list, whereas India ranked further down, ranking 136.
- Pakistan spent around $11.3 billion for military purposes in the year 2021 recording a nominal decrease of 0.7% from a year earlier, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri). The country is on 23rd spot on the list of countries with the highest military expenditure in the world. Read here.

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EXPORTS: $25.630 billion (FY 2021)
IMPORTS: $53.785 billion (FY 2021)
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TRADE DEFICIT:
Trade Deficit: 28.155 billion (FY 2021)
Trade deficit widens to $32bn [latest data] | Details Source

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Important Summits in 2022

Here, you can study all the Important Summits of the year 2022. Please note that this list of Important Summits in 2022 will be updated over the course of time. Some organizations’ summits did not take place in 2022, therefore, their previous summits have been enlisted here.

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List of Important World Summits in 2022

ASEAN Summit held in 2022 in Washington DC.
14th BRICS Summit via video link in Beijing, capital of China, June 23, 2022.
The 17th summit of G20 will be in Bali, Indonesia in 2022.
The 48th G7 summit was held from 26 to 28 June 2022 in Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavarian Alps, Germany.
The 19th SAARC summit is pending in Pakistan since 2016 while Twentieth SAARC Summit took place in Colombo in 2020.
The 2022 annual summit of the SCO Heads of State Council was held on September 15-16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. [Iran got its membership in this summit and will be announced as a full-fledged member next year]
APEC Thailand 2022 is a year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Thailand scheduled to take place in 2022.
The 2022 Madrid summit was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of NATO member and partner countries being held in Madrid, Spain, on 28–30 June 2022.
Earth Hour 2022 was on March 26.
COP27 will be held in Egypt Sharam Al sheikh. It will begin on Sunday,6 November and ends on Friday,18 November 2022.
The 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) was opened on Tuesday, 13 September 2022.
The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 20 September 2022.
42nd GCC summit 2021 in Saudi Arabia On 14th November 2021.
ASEAN Summit held in 2022 in Washington DC.
14th BRICS Summit via video link in Beijing, capital of China, June 23, 2022.
The 17th summit of G20 will be in Bali, Indonesia in 2022.
The 48th G7 summit was held from 26 to 28 June 2022 in Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavarian Alps, Germany.
The 19th SAARC summit is pending in Pakistan since 2016 while Twentieth SAARC Summit took place in Colombo in 2020.
The 2022 annual summit of the SCO Heads of State Council was held on September 15-16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. [Iran got its membership in this summit and will be announced as a full-fledged member next year]
APEC Thailand 2022 is a year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Thailand scheduled to take place in 2022.
The 2022 Madrid summit was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of NATO member and partner countries being held in Madrid, Spain, on 28–30 June 2022.
Earth Hour 2022 was on March 26.
COP27 will be held in Egypt Sharam Al sheikh. It will begin on Sunday,6 November and ends on Friday,18 November 2022.
The 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) was opened on Tuesday, 13 September 2022.
The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 20 September 2022.
42nd GCC summit 2021 in Saudi Arabia On 14th November 2021.

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