Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26: GDP Grows 3.7%, Remittances Hit Record $41 Billion Ahead of Budget 2026-27
Key takeaways
- The survey reveals that Pakistan’s economy expanded by 3.7 percent during the outgoing fiscal year — below the official target of 4.2 percent, but a step up from the 3.1 percent growth recorded in FY2025.
- Despite the growth miss, the Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 points to notable improvements in macroeconomic fundamentals.
- Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) tax collections rose to Rs11.229 trillion, while non-tax revenues added another Rs4.633 trillion to government coffers.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday presented the Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26, the government’s flagship annual economic report, a day before the federal Budget 2026-27 is due to be presented before the National Assembly on June 12, 2026.
The survey reveals that Pakistan’s economy expanded by 3.7 percent during the outgoing fiscal year — below the official target of 4.2 percent, but a step up from the 3.1 percent growth recorded in FY2025. Aurangzeb attributed the shortfall to regional tensions linked to the Iran conflict, heavy monsoon disruptions, and a broader slowdown in the global economy, which itself decelerated from 3.7 percent to 3.1 percent growth over the same period.
Despite the growth miss, the Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 points to notable improvements in macroeconomic fundamentals. Average inflation for the year came in at approximately 6.7 percent — well below the annual target of 7.5 percent, and a dramatic fall from the double-digit inflation that weighed on households in recent years. The country’s primary surplus reached 3.5 percent of GDP, the highest in over two decades and a reflection of tight fiscal discipline maintained under the IMF program.