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Debt-to-GDP

ECON-009 · CSS Evidence Bank v1

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~68.5% — Debt-to-GDP · FY2025-26Pakistan Economic Survey / Finance Division · FY2025-26Source named — not yet verified

Source

Pakistan Economic Survey / Finance Division — https://finance.gov.pk/survey/chapter_26/Complete_PES2025_26.pdf. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.

What it proves

Debt has declined but remains high enough to constrain fiscal space and make interest costs a major policy concern.

Public debtfiscal spaceIMF

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Is IMF lending a debt trap or a path to recovery for Pakistan?#1 · asked in 13 years Is Pakistan's rising public debt economic necessity or fiscal mismanagement?#40 · asked in 7 years Is deficit financing a boon or a curse?#446 · asked in 1 years