Pakistan
National power in Pakistan
National power in Pakistan: 1.14% of world capability in 1947 and 1.77% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 1.77% of world capability
- Since 1947
- +0.62 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 9 of 195
- counting from the highest
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- The highest was 1.8% of world capability in 2021, the lowest 0.81% of world capability in 1972.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.77 |
| 2021 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 1.77 |
| 2019 | 1.77 |
| 2018 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 1.51 |
| 2015 | 1.48 |
| 2014 | 1.45 |
| 2013 | 1.43 |
| 2012 | 1.45 |
| 2011 | 1.42 |
| 2010 | 1.4 |
| 2009 | 1.4 |
| 2008 | 1.41 |
| 2007 | 1.43 |
| 2006 | 1.42 |
| 2005 | 1.41 |
| 2004 | 1.39 |
| 2003 | 1.38 |
| 2002 | 1.37 |
| 2001 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.33 |
| 1999 | 1.34 |
| 1998 | 1.35 |
| 1997 | 1.31 |
| 1996 | 1.27 |
| 1995 | 1.25 |
| 1994 | 1.24 |
| 1993 | 1.23 |
| 1992 | 1.21 |
| 1991 | 1.16 |
| 1990 | 1.08 |
| 1989 | 1.05 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1986 | 0.99 |
| 1985 | 0.99 |
| 1984 | 0.97 |
| 1983 | 0.96 |
| 1982 | 1.03 |
| 1981 | 0.99 |
| 1980 | 0.94 |
| 1979 | 0.97 |
| 1978 | 0.95 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1976 | 0.99 |
| 1975 | 0.92 |
| 1974 | 0.84 |
| 1973 | 0.89 |
| 1972 | 0.81 |
| 1971 | 0.99 |
| 1970 | 1.33 |
| 1969 | 1.33 |
| 1968 | 1.31 |
| 1967 | 1.13 |
| 1966 | 1.11 |
| 1965 | 1.11 |
| 1964 | 1.09 |
| 1963 | 1.07 |
| 1962 | 1.05 |
| 1961 | 1.06 |
| 1960 | 1.03 |
| 1959 | 1.03 |
| 1958 | 1.02 |
| 1957 | 0.99 |
| 1956 | 0.98 |
| 1955 | 0.99 |
| 1954 | 1.01 |
| 1953 | 1.03 |
| 1952 | 1.04 |
| 1951 | 1.09 |
| 1950 | 1.13 |
| 1949 | 1.14 |
| 1948 | 1.18 |
| 1947 | 1.14 |
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$47 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel943,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workers1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports127 million TIV in 2025