Pakistan: 40th largest economy, 30th in military spending

≥ 428 events in or near Pakistan, last 30 daysi reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.

• 2026-10-30 · Assault or killing · Peshawar, North-West Frontier, Pakistan · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
• 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Peshawar, North-West Frontier, Pakistan · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
• 2026-10-30 · Assault or killing · Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
• 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Balochistan, Balochistan, Pakistan · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded

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• ▲ rising: Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor's rule and army deployment

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• Senior Pakistani security official · senior security official, Pakistan · 27 Oct

  paraphrase Talks focused on building a regional nonaggression network and covered US-Iran negotiations, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the Strait of Hormuz and the US blockade of Iranian ports

  Policy · constructive toward Iran, United States, Saudi Arabia as reported by Al Jazeera ↗

• Senior Pakistani security official · official, Pakistan · 27 Oct

  paraphrase Field Marshal Asim Munir, with US President Donald Trump's blessing to pursue diplomacy, presented Iran with a proposal offering something to both Washington and Tehran, and the Mecca pact states plus Qatar could act as guarantors if accepted

  Offer · constructive toward Iran, United States, Saudi Arabia as reported by Al Jazeera ↗

• Representative of Pakistan · representative, Pakistan · 26 Oct

  “Calls to revitalize the machinery often presume that the problem lies in its architecture or procedures — that is an oversimplification; the obstacle is political, not procedural.”

  Denial · about Conference on Disarmament transcript ↗

• Representative of Pakistan · Representative to the UN, Pakistan · 26 Oct

  “Let's be clear: The problems cannot be the solution”

  Policy · critical toward UN Security Council, veto transcript ↗

• Pakistan Foreign Ministry · Foreign Ministry, Pakistan · 26 Oct

  “grave violations”

  Commitment · conciliatory toward Saudi Arabia, Houthis as reported by Al-Monitor ↗

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• Population255M2025
• Population growth1.6%2025
• Urban population39.5%2025
• Land area771k km²2023

• GDP$407B2025
• GDP (purchasing power)$1.7T2025
• GDP per person$1.6k2025
• GDP per person (purchasing power)$6.6k2025
• GDP growth3.7%2025

• Exports, share of GDP10.0%2025
• Imports, share of GDP17.2%2025
• Fuels, share of goods exports1.7%2024
• Exports of goods and services$40.7B2025
• Imports of goods and services$70.1B2025

• Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)415 TWh2024
• Primary energy consumption888 TWh2024
• Energy use per person3.5 MWh2024
• Electricity generation195 TWh2025
• Electricity from fossil fuels45.1%2025

• Military spending$10.2B2024
• Military spending, share of GDP2.7%2024
• Armed forces personnel943k2020
• Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$982M2024
• Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$6M2024

• World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2000-2025
• Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2025
• IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
• Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
• Federation of American Scientists, Status of World Nuclear Forces ↗ · public statements, cited · 2026