PKR
Pakistan
Pakistan's price level is 24 % of US prices, ranked 5th of 125. And its average monthly salary is $407 PPP/mo, ranked 88th of 92.
Of 16 fields published for Pakistan, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
24 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$407 PPP/mo
The average employee in Pakistan earns about $407 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
10.80 %
100 saved in Pakistan in 2000 buys what 11 buys today — 89 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$407 PPP/mo
The average employee in Pakistan earns about $407 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$570 PPP/mo
The law in Pakistan sets the floor at about $570 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
2.20 %
A bank account in Pakistan currently gains about 2.2 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
5.75 %
Inflation rate
3.55 %
At 3.5 % a year, prices double in about 20 years if it holds.
Median salary
$397 PPP/mo
ranked 71st of 78
Corporate tax
29.00 %
ranked 81st of 96
Bank spread
2.92 %
ranked 15th of 62
Where Pakistan sits, field by field
Each dot is Pakistan’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Price level24 % of US prices5 of 125
- Average monthly salary$407 PPP/mo88 of 92
- GDP per capita$1,596117 of 127
- Median salary$397 PPP/mo71 of 78
- Money's value10.80 %102 of 116
- Debt per person$1,16219 of 123
- Corporate tax29.00 %81 of 96
- Bank spread2.92 %15 of 62
- Government debt72.80 %87 of 124
- Savings vs inflation2.20 %24 of 69
- GDP growth3.70 %46 of 127
- Deposit rate5.75 %28 of 70
- Inflation rate3.55 %49 of 123
- Minimum wage$570 PPP/mo47 of 85
- Unemployment rate5.42 %66 of 124
- Lending rate8.67 %33 of 67
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Zambia
avg gap 10.2 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $570 PPP/mo (Pakistan) vs $172 PPP/mo
Bangladesh
avg gap 12.2 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 72.80 % (Pakistan) vs 42.00 %
India
avg gap 14.3 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $570 PPP/mo (Pakistan) vs $233 PPP/mo
Kenya
avg gap 15.2 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — 2.20 % (Pakistan) vs 7.91 %
| Government debt | 72.80 % | ranked 87th of 124 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 2.20 % | ranked 24th of 69 | |
| GDP growth | 3.70 % | ranked 46th of 127 | |
| Deposit rate | 5.75 % | ranked 28th of 70 | |
| Inflation rate | 3.55 % | ranked 49th of 123 | |
| Minimum wage | $570 PPP/mo | ranked 47th of 85 | |
| Unemployment rate | 5.42 % | ranked 66th of 124 | |
| Lending rate | 8.67 % | ranked 33rd of 67 |
✓ 16 fields published for Pakistan, every one dated and sourced · 19 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Pakistan: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays, currency.
Sources for all 16 figures
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2021
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2021
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2021
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2021
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 878 → 1162 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 55.0324216144747 → 72.8 |