Pakistan’s economic structure remains highly concentrated, with just ten subsectors accounting for 88.4 percent of the country’s total GDP in FY26E, according to sector-wise data.
The breakdown shows that wholesale and retail trade is the single largest contributor to the economy, making up 17.8 percent of GDP. It is followed by livestock at 14.6 percent, shared Topline Securities.
Manufacturing ranks third with a 12.1 percent share, underscoring its role as a key industrial pillar, although still trailing both trade and livestock.
Transportation and storage contribute 10.4 percent, reflecting the importance of logistics, supply chains, and movement of goods across the economy.
Other private services account for 8.9 percent, while crops contribute 8.0 percent, showing that both services and traditional agriculture remain significant drivers of output.
Further down the list, real estate activities contribute 5.9 percent, public administration and social security 4.4 percent, while education and information and communication each hold a 3.2 percent share.
Taken together, the data indicates that Pakistan’s economy is heavily reliant on a small cluster of traditional sectors, with trade, agriculture, manufacturing, and basic services forming the core of overall economic activity, while modern knowledge-based sectors still represent a relatively smaller portion of GDP.
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