Pakistan: CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Pakistan had the 22nd highest value of the 72 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Pakistan in the 2025 ranking

• Maldives — 36th of 72: 3.5
• Nepal — 37th of 72: 3.5
• Nicaragua — 38th of 72: 3.5
• Sierra Leone — 40th of 72: 3.5
• St. Lucia — 41st of 72: 3.5
• Tajikistan — 42nd of 72: 3.5

What this measures

Equity of public resource use assesses the extent to which the pattern of public expenditures and revenue collection affects the poor and is consistent with national poverty reduction priorities.

Limitations: The CPIA exercise is intended to capture the quality of a country's policies and institutional arrangements, focusing on key elements that are within the country's control, rather than on outcomes (such as economic growth rates) that are influenced by events beyond the country's control. More specifically, the CPIA measures the extent to which a country's policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction and, consequently, the effective use of development assistance.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a unweighted average.

All 21 values

CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 2.5 (2025)
• Djibouti — 3.5 (2025)
• Yemen, Rep. — 2.5 (2025)

More public sector data for Pakistan

• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 706 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current USD) — 11.87 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 3.34 trillion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.91% (2025)
• Battle-related deaths (number of people) — 1,534 (2024)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 943,000 (2020)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 13.83% (2025)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 1.25% (2020)
• Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) — 4.33 (2023)
• Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

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Questions people ask

What is Pakistan's CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high)?

3.5 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is unchanged at from 3.5 in 2005. The highest value was 3.5 in 2005 and the lowest 3.5 in 2005.

How does Pakistan rank?

22nd highest of 72 economies with data for 2025.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), uri: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/search/dataset/0038988.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IQ.CPA.PRES.XQ, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), uri: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/search/dataset/0038988 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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