Pakistan Vision 2025 Explained

Pakistan Vision 2025 is a set of goals for social, economic, security, and governance developments outlined by the government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to be achieved by 2025. The overall goal is for Pakistan to become an upper-middle income country by 2025 and to eventually become one of the top ten economies in the world by 2047 (its centennial).

25 goals

The government of Pakistan outlined 25 specific goals they want to achieve by 2025, grouped into seven categories.

Human and Social Capital

Increase primary school enrollment and completion rate to 100% and literacy rate to 90%

The literacy rate was 72% in 2022.^[1]

Equalize gender parity in primary and secondary education; increase female workforce participation to 85%

Pakistan's GPI was 0.88 in 2019.^[2]

Reduce infant mortality to 4% and maternal mortality to 14%

Infant mortality was 5.3% in 2021;^[3] maternal mortality was 0.15% in 2020.^[4]

Reduce prevalence of Hepatitis, diarrhea, Diabetes, and Heart Disease by 50%

Pakistan had 207 total medals after the 2022 Asian Games.

Sustained Growth

Become one of the largest 25 economies in the world

Pakistan had the 43rd highest GDP in the world in 2024 according to the IMF.^[5]

Increase tax to GDP ratio to 18%

Governance

In 2022, Pakistan was in the 7th percentile for political stability, and 23rd for control of corruption.^[6]

Energy, Water, Food

Reduce food insecure population to 30%

In 2018, 37% of Pakistanis faced food insecurity.^[7]

Private Sector

Rank in top 50 for ease of doing business according to the World Bank

In 2019, Pakistan ranked 108th out of 190.^[8]

Create 5 global Pakistani brands

Knowledge

In 2019, Pakistan was 110th.^[9]

Increase number of tourists to 2 million

Pakistan had 1.91 million international tourists in 2022.^[10]

Transportation

Increase annual exports to $150 billion

References

https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/vision2025/Vision-2025-Executive-Summary.pdf

https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/vision2025/Pakistan-Vision-2025.pdf

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Bank Open Data . 2023-11-25 . World Bank Open Data.
2. Web site: World Bank Open Data . 2023-11-25 . World Bank Open Data.
3. Web site: World Bank Open Data . 2023-11-25 . World Bank Open Data.
4. Web site: World Bank Open Data . 2023-11-25 . World Bank Open Data.
5. Web site: Report for Selected Countries and Subjects . 2023-11-25 . IMF . en.
6. Web site: Interactive Data Access Worldwide Governance Indicators . 2023-11-25 . World Bank . en.
7. Web site: 2023-03-31 . Pakistan World Food Programme . 2023-11-25 . www.wfp.org . en.
8. Web site: World Bank Open Data . 2023-11-25 . World Bank Open Data.
9. Web site: Schwab . Klaus . The Global Competitiveness Report 2019 . www3.weforum.org.
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