Pakistan
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | Lower-middle income |
| Regional Group | Asia & Pacific |
| Population (Total) | 216,565,318 |
| Population as a share world total | 2.82% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 278,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.32% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 4,884 |
Performance Overview
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PAK
Country
Pakistan
Score
33.29
Rank
111
Technology
27.66
People
30.44
Governance
36.63
Impact
38.41
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 61.32 | 67 |
| 2. Handset prices | 29.63 | 102 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 21.93 | 108 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 68.60 | 92 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 12.88 | 99 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 62.26 | 97 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
| 1. GitHub commits | 0.49 | 108 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 15.98 | 105 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 50.31 | 95 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 45.59 | 68 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 48.24 | 49 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 0.12 | 80 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 23.17 | 51 |
| 5. Robot density | 0.00 | 70 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 31.28 | 63 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 4.40 | 103 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 0.00 | 87 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 8.95 | 95 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 47.72 | 52 |
| 1. Happiness | 54.61 | 76 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 67.60 | 84 |
| 3. Income inequality | 76.03 | 40 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 37.67 | 107 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 27.87 | 117 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | n/a | n/a |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 0.00 | 133 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 80.13 | 64 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 43.14 | 92 |
| 1. Internet users | 13.25 | 124 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 10.25 | 119 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 15.46 | 111 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 5.99 | 112 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 47.41 | 99 |
| 6. ICT skills | 50.23 | 70 |
| 1. Firms with website | 43.42 | 75 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 54.34 | 94 |
| 3. Professionals | 12.05 | 106 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 16.39 | 103 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 51.04 | 87 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Government online services | 61.82 | 80 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 3.59 | 103 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 42.98 | 52 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 20.07 | 74 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 33.04 | 110 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 43.23 | 94 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 11.51 | 102 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 1.05 | 123 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 37.22 | 110 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 89.19 | 41 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 43.43 | 59 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 50.00 | 115 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | 25.79 | 72 |
| 1. E-Participation | 50.62 | 95 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 42.35 | 102 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 51.53 | 83 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 0.00 | 87 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 48.25 | 105 |