Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Pakistan: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Behind every statistical measure of wealth lies the quiet reality of daily survival, human labor, and the purchasing power available to a household. In the 2020s, income per person (gdp per capita, ppp) in Pakistan stands at 5,000 intl-$ — ranking #118 of 157 countries. This metric, measuring average yearly economic output per person adjusted for purchasing power using 2017 international dollars, translates complex macroeconomic aggregates into the concrete boundaries of what families can afford across generations.

The historical arc across three centuries reveals a slow, compounding ascent through decades of economic transformation. In the 1800s estimate, income per person (gdp per capita, ppp) (intl-$) sat at 774.55, inching forward through the 1810s estimate 783.16, the 1820s estimate 791.78, the 1830s estimate 800.4, the 1840s estimate 809.02, the 1850s estimate 817.64, the 1860s estimate 826.25, the 1870s estimate 834.87, the 1880s estimate 843.49, the 1890s estimate 852.11, and reaching the 1900s estimate 860.73. Progress continued through the 1910s estimate 877.49, the 1920s estimate 894.25, the 1930s estimate 911.02, the 1940s estimate 927.78, the 1950s 944.55, the 1960s 1,096, the 1970s 1,248, the 1980s 1,399, the 1990s 1,851, the 2000s 2,302, and the 2010s 3,651, before looking ahead to the 2030s projection 5,750, the 2040s projection 6,613, the 2050s projection 7,604, the 2060s projection 8,745, the 2070s projection 10,057, the 2080s projection 11,565, the 2090s projection 13,300, and the 2100s projection 15,295.

For someone navigating these shifting eras, the material conditions of life are directly bound to these numbers, defining the economic baseline of every era from the past into the projected future. Explore where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →.