Japan vs Pakistan: GDP growth

GDP growth: 1.2% a year in Japan in 2025 and 2.6% a year in Pakistan in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 2.6 percentage points, or 40 times that in Japan.

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% a year · IMF

JapanPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Japan.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Japan at 0.6% a year and Pakistan at 4.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Japan	Pakistan
2025	1.2	3.2
2024	0.1	2.6
2023	0.9	-0.2
2022	1.2	6.2
2021	3.6	5.8
2020	-4.3	-0.9
2019	-0.3	3.1
2018	0.8	6.1
2017	1.6	4.6
2016	0.7	4.1
2015	1.8	3.8
2014	0.9	3.6
2013	2	3.9
2012	1.6	3.2
2011	-0.2	3.2
2010	4.1	2.3
2009	-5.9	1.1
2008	-1.2	4.4
2007	1.7	5.1
2006	1.5	5.7
2005	1.8	8
2004	2.1	7.7
2003	1.4	5.2
2002	0.1	2.6
2001	0.3	3.6
2000	3	3.9
1999	-0.3	4.2
1998	-1.8	3.5
1997	1.4	1.7
1996	3.1	6.6
1995	2.3	5.1
1994	0.9	4.4
1993	-0.5	2.1
1992	0.9	7.6
1991	3.5	5.1
1990	4.8	4.6
1989	4.9	4.8
1988	6.7	6.4
1987	4.6	5.8
1986	3.3	6.4
1985	5.2	8.7
1984	4.4	4
1983	3.6	6.8
1982	3.3	7.6
1981	4.3	6.2
1980	3.2	6.9

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Japan	Pakistan
2026	0.8	3.6
2027	0.7	3.5
2028	0.6	4.3
2029	0.6	4.5
2030	0.6	4.5
2031	0.6	4.5

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How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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