Pakistan's listed domestic companies, total was 535 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.75% from 531 in 2020 (0.15% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 535 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 531 | 2020 |
| Highest | 773 | 1998 |
| Lowest | 527 | 2023 |
| Average since 2020 | 531.17 | 2020–2025 |
| First recorded | 653 | 1993 |
Over five years it is up 0.75% from 531 in 2020 (0.15% a year on average, compounded). Since 1993 it is down 18.07% from 653 in 1993 (0.62% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2025, Pakistan's listed domestic companies, total rose 0.9% on 2024 (from 530 to 535).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2024), the average change was −0.2% and a typical year strayed about 3.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.9% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.6% in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
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 15th highest value of the 64 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 535 | 2025 |
| World | 53,087 | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 10,232 | 2025 |
Closest to Pakistan in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Listed domestic companies, including foreign companies which are exclusively listed, are those which have shares listed on an exchange at the end of the year. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies, such as holding companies and investment companies, regardless of their legal status, are excluded. A company with several classes of shares is counted once. Only companies admitted to listing on the exchange are included.
Limitations: Data cover measures of size (market capitalization, number of listed domestic companies) and liquidity (value of shares traded as a percentage of gross domestic product, value of shares traded as a percentage of market capitalization). The comparability of such data across countries may be limited by conceptual and statistical weaknesses, such as inaccurate reporting and differences in accounting standards.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 26 values
| Year | Listed domestic companies, total |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 535 |
| 2024 | 530 |
| 2023 | 527 |
| 2022 | 531 |
| 2021 | 533 |
| 2020 | 531 |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 |
Listed domestic companies, total in nearby economies
More financial sector data for Pakistan
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 10.68% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 55.96 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — -249.12 billion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 10.73% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 46.53 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 40.88% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 6.29 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 400.52 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 3.55% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)
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Questions people ask
- What is Pakistan's listed domestic companies, total?
- 535 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is down 18.07% from 653 in 1993 (0.62% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 773 in 1998 and the lowest 527 in 2023.
- How does Pakistan rank?
- 15th highest of 64 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in listed domestic companies, total unusual for Pakistan?
- In 2025, Pakistan's listed domestic companies, total rose 0.9% on 2024 (from 530 to 535). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2024), the average change was −0.2% and a typical year strayed about 3.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator CM.MKT.LDOM.NO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Federation of Exchanges database, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) 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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