Pakistan’s economy maintained positive momentum in the third quarter of FY2025-26, with agriculture, industry, and services sectors all recording growth rates of 3.01%, 4.65%, and 4.18%, respectively.
Within the agriculture sector, all major components posted positive performance during Q3. Important crops grew by 1.10%, other crops by 2.27%, livestock by 3.70%, forestry by 1.62%, and fishing by 1.37%.
The industrial sector emerged as the strongest contributor to economic expansion, registering provisional growth of 4.65%. This growth was largely driven by a robust 9.53% increase in large-scale manufacturing. However, the sector faced some pressure from contractions in mining & quarrying, which declined by 2.55%, and electricity, gas, and water supply, which fell by 13.53%. Meanwhile, the construction sector recorded modest growth of 0.48%, compared to the significantly higher growth of 14.27% witnessed in the same quarter last year.
The services sector expanded by 4.18% during Q3 FY2025-26, with all major segments contributing positively. Wholesale and retail trade grew by 4.13%, transportation and storage by 2.02%, information and communication by 9.78%, finance and insurance activities by 2.90%, public administration and social security by 8.88%, education by 4.14%, health and social work by 4.07%, and other private services by 3.35%.
The National Accounts Committee (NAC) also approved provisional GDP growth of 3.70% for the overall fiscal year 2025-26. Sector-wise provisional growth rates were estimated at 2.89% for agriculture, 3.51% for industry, and 4.09% for services.
According to the latest national accounts data for FY2025-26, Pakistan’s economy has expanded to Rs126.9 trillion, equivalent to $452.1 billion, compared to Rs114.0 trillion, or $408.2 billion, in the previous year.
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