Pakistan, year by year

Every index this site holds for Pakistan, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.396 in 1990 to 0.544 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 67.8 years2024at birthUp 5.4 years from 62.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 57%2024of people onlineUp 51 points from 7% in 2006
Urban population: 40%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 5 points from 34% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.552024births per womanDown 1.05 from 4.60 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 42%2021of energy usedDown 6 points from 48% in 2004
Access to electricity: 96%2024of people with electricityUp 18 points from 78% in 2005
Infant mortality: 482024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 32 from 80 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.8 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.1 t from 0.8 t in 2005
Forest area: 5%2023of land under forestDown 1 point from 6% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.396	59.7	—	—	6.36	57.5	—	113	0.6	6.5	—	—
1991	0.400	59.9	—	31.0	6.29	58.1	—	111	0.6	6.4	—	—
1992	0.405	60.0	—	31.2	6.21	56.0	—	109	0.6	6.3	—	—
1993	0.408	60.1	—	31.5	6.11	54.1	—	107	0.7	6.3	—	—
1994	0.412	60.2	—	31.7	6.01	54.2	—	104	0.7	6.2	—	—
1995	0.415	60.3	0.0	31.9	5.89	53.1	—	102	0.7	6.2	—	—
1996	0.420	60.5	0.0	32.1	5.77	52.2	—	99	0.7	6.1	—	—
1997	0.422	60.6	0.0	32.4	5.64	51.9	—	96	0.7	6.0	—	—
1998	0.426	61.1	0.0	32.6	5.51	51.6	70	94	0.7	6.0	—	—
1999	0.431	61.5	0.1	32.8	5.46	50.2	70	91	0.7	5.9	—	—
2000	0.436	61.9	—	33.0	5.35	51.0	73	89	0.7	5.8	—	—
2001	0.443	62.2	1.3	33.2	5.18	51.5	74	87	0.7	5.8	—	—
2002	0.450	62.6	2.6	33.4	5.01	51.4	75	85	0.7	5.7	—	—
2003	0.458	62.8	5.0	33.6	4.89	50.1	76	83	0.7	5.7	—	—
2004	0.472	63.1	6.2	33.7	4.68	47.9	77	81	0.8	5.6	—	—
2005	0.480	62.4	6.3	33.9	4.60	48.0	78	80	0.8	5.6	—	—
2006	0.489	63.6	6.5	34.1	4.59	47.0	79	79	0.8	5.5	901	3515
2007	0.495	63.8	6.8	34.3	4.55	44.9	80	77	0.9	5.5	998	3672
2008	0.496	64.0	7.0	34.5	4.51	46.6	81	76	0.8	5.4	1067	3721
2009	0.497	64.2	7.5	34.6	4.47	46.4	83	74	0.8	5.4	964	3777
2010	0.500	64.4	8.0	34.8	4.40	47.4	87	73	0.8	5.3	987	3786
2011	0.504	64.7	8.0	35.0	4.31	46.8	88	71	0.8	5.3	1132	3880
2012	0.508	64.9	8.1	35.2	4.20	47.2	89	69	0.8	5.2	1204	4047
2013	0.512	65.1	9.0	35.4	4.13	48.1	89	67	0.8	5.2	1225	4174
2014	0.522	65.4	10.0	35.7	4.06	47.2	90	66	0.8	5.1	1267	4313
2015	0.527	65.6	11.0	35.9	3.99	45.9	91	64	0.8	5.1	1380	4480
2016	0.535	65.9	12.4	36.2	3.90	43.7	92	62	0.9	5.0	1425	4631
2017	0.537	66.2	13.8	36.4	3.90	42.1	93	60	1.0	5.0	1519	4790
2018	0.538	66.5	15.3	36.8	3.86	43.4	93	58	0.9	4.9	1569	4979
2019	0.540	66.7	17.1	37.1	3.81	45.9	94	56	0.9	4.9	1390	5038
2020	0.536	65.7	18.9	37.5	3.77	42.7	95	55	0.9	4.8	1278	5048
2021	0.537	65.8	—	37.9	3.72	41.6	95	53	1.0	4.8	1455	5367
2022	0.544	67.4	—	38.4	3.66	—	95	51	1.0	4.7	1538	5919
2023	0.544	67.7	—	38.8	3.61	—	96	50	0.8	4.7	1360	6019
2024	—	67.8	57.3	39.2	3.55	—	96	48	0.8	—	1479	6263
2025	—	—	—	39.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	1596	6573
On the profile	0.544	67.8	57.3	39.5	3.55	41.6	—	—	0.8	4.7	1596	6573

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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