Pakistan Vision 2025 is a set of goals for social, economic, security, and governance developments outlined by the government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to be achieved by 2025. The overall goal is for Pakistan to become an upper-middle income country by 2025 and to eventually become one of the top ten economies in the world by 2047 (its centennial).

Flag of Pakistan

25 goals

edit

The government of Pakistan outlined 25 specific goals they want to achieve by 2025, grouped into seven categories.

Human and Social Capital

edit

Increase primary school enrollment and completion rate to 100% and literacy rate to 90%

edit

The literacy rate was 72% in 2022.[1]

Increase higher education rate to 12% and increase number of PhDs to 15,000

edit

Equalize gender parity in primary and secondary education; increase female workforce participation to 45%

edit

Pakistan's GPI was 0.88 in 2019.[2]

Increase percentage of population with improved sanitation to 90%

edit

Infant mortality was 5.3% in 2021;[3] maternal mortality was 0.15% in 2020.[4]

Reduce prevalence of Hepatitis, diarrhea, Diabetes, and Heart Disease by 50%

edit

Become world champion in two sports and win 25 medals in the Asian Games

edit

Pakistan had 207 total medals after the 2022 Asian Games.

Sustained Growth

edit

Become one of the largest 25 economies in the world

edit

Pakistan had the 46th highest GDP in the world in 2023 according to the IMF.[5]

Reduce poverty by 50%

edit

Increase annual FDI to $15 billion

edit

Increase tax to GDP ratio to 18%

edit

Governance

edit

Be in the 50th percentile for political stability, control of corruption, as measured by the World Bank

edit

In 2022, Pakistan was in the 7th percentile for political stability, and 23rd for control of corruption.[6]

Energy, Water, Food

edit

Increase power generation to 42,000 MW; increase electricity access to 90% of population

edit

Reduce cost per energy unit by 25%; increase percentage of indigenous sources of power generation to 50%; increase usage of efficient products to 80%

edit

Increase water storage capacity to 90 days; improve efficiency in agriculture by 20%; ensure access to clean water for all Pakistanis

edit

Reduce food insecure population to 30%

edit

In 2018, 37% of Pakistanis faced food insecurity.[7]

Private Sector

edit

Rank in top 50 for ease of doing business according to the World Bank

edit

In 2019, Pakistan ranked 108th out of 190.[8]

Increase diaspora investments to $40 billion

edit

Create 5 global Pakistani brands

edit

Knowledge

edit

In 2019, Pakistan was 110th.[9]

Triple labor and capital productivity

edit

Improve score on World Bank's Knowledge Economy Index to 4.0; increase internet access to 50%

edit

Increase number of tourists to 2 million

edit

Pakistan had 1.91 million international tourists in 2022.[10]

Transportation

edit

Increase road density to 64 km/100 km2; share of rail transport to 20%

edit

Increase annual exports to $150 billion

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  2. ^ "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  3. ^ "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  4. ^ "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  5. ^ "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". IMF. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  6. ^ "Interactive Data Access | Worldwide Governance Indicators". World Bank. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  7. ^ "Pakistan | World Food Programme". www.wfp.org. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  8. ^ "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  9. ^ Schwab, Klaus. "The Global Competitiveness Report 2019" (PDF). www3.weforum.org.
  10. ^ https://tourism.gov.pk/advertisements/Pakistan%20Tourism%20Barometer%20-%20Edition%202022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/vision2025/Vision-2025-Executive-Summary.pdf

https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/vision2025/Pakistan-Vision-2025.pdf