Figures compiled by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed that GDP growth estimates for the first two quarters were also revised upward. Growth for Q1 was revised to 3.92% from 3.63%, while Q2 growth was adjusted to 4.05% from 3.89% estimated at the 116th NAC meeting.

The committee also finalised GDP growth rates for FY2023-24 and FY2024-25 at 2.62% and 3.18%, respectively.

During Q3 FY26, the agriculture sector grew by 3.01%, industry by 4.65% and services by 4.18%.

All major agriculture components recorded positive growth, including important crops at 1.10%, other crops at 2.27%, livestock at 3.70%, forestry at 1.62% and fishing at 1.37%.

Industrial growth was led by a sharp recovery in large-scale manufacturing, which expanded by 9.53%. However, mining and quarrying contracted by 2.55%, while electricity, gas and water supply declined by 13.53%.

The construction sector posted modest growth of 0.48%, compared with a high base of 14.27% in the same quarter last year.

The overall growth in services is 4.18% during Q3 2025-26 with all the constituents contributing positively i.e. wholesale & retail trade (4.13%), transportation & storage (2.02%), information and communication (9.78%), finance & insurance activities (2.90), public administration and social security (8.88%) education (4.14%), health & social work (4.07%) and other private services (3.35%).

The NAC approved provisional overall GDP growth of 3.70% for the ongoing fiscal year. Sector-wise provisional growth stood at 2.89% in agriculture, 3.51% in industry and 4.09% in services.

Based on the latest national accounts data, the size of Pakistan’s economy increased to Rs126.9 trillion, or $452.1 billion, compared with Rs114 trillion, or $408.2 billion, a year earlier.

According to population projections based on the 2023 census, per capita income rose to Rs533,629, equivalent to $1,901.