Türkiye-Pakistan Economic and Trade Relations

Economy of Pakistan

GDP

374,6 billion Dollars (2024)

Sectors

%62 service, %19 agriculture, %19 industrial, (2024)

Real GDP Growth Rate

%3,2 (2024)

GDP Per Capita (USD)

1.590 (2024, Nominal)

Inflation Rate

%9,5 (2024)

Unemployment Rate

%7,5 (2024)

Total Foreign Currency Reserves

16 billion Dollars (January/2025)

Number of Workers Abroad

More than 10 million

Total Export

32,3 billion Dollars (2024)

Main Partners (Export)

US, China, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands Afghanistan,

Total Import

56,7 billion Dollars (2024)

Main Partners (Import)

China, UAE, Indonesia, US, Saudi Arabia, Qatar

Currency

Pakistani rupee (PKR) 1 Dollar=282.95 PKR (13 June 2025)

References: Turkish Embassy in Islamabad, Ministry Of Economy, EIU, World Bank

Main Trade Partners:USA, UAE, PRC and Afghanistan

Main Export Items: Cotton, textile products, grains

Main Import Items: Mineral fueals, machines, electronic devices

Bilateral Economic and Commercial Relations

Bilateral Trade (million USD)

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Export

462

550,1

620,1

773,1

818,7

550,4

918,2

Import

330

306,3

268,7

314,8

432,3

455,4

440,1

Volume

792

865,4

888,9

1.088

1.251

1.005,9

1.358,3

Balance

+132

+243,8

+351,4

+458,2

+386

+94,9

+478,100

References: TÜİK

Main Export Items of Türkiye: Cotton, textile yarn, fabrics, textile machinery general industrial machinery and equipments, manufactures of metal, chemical materials and products

Main Import Items of Türkiye: Cotton fabrics, articles of apparel, clothing accessories, synthetic dyes and colour lakes, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), rubber tyres

The 15th meeting of Joint Economic Commission (JEC) between Türkiye and Pakistan was held on 15-16 October, 2014 in Ankara.

Companies:

The total number of Turkish investments in Pakistan is around two billion dollars as of 2024. Turkish contracting companies have undertaken 72 projects in Pakistan with a total value of around 3.5 billion dollars.

A total of 420 Pakistani companies are currently operating in Türkiye. The amount of direct investment made by Pakistani companies in Türkiye is around 700 million dollars in several areas such as automotive, electronics and telecommunications.