India vs Pakistan GDP per person, 2000 to 2025

In 2000, the average Pakistani produced more than the average Indian: about $642 a year against $443, according to the World Bank. These figures are GDP per person: the value of everything a country produces in a year, divided by its population, in current US dollars. They are not what a typical household earns, but they are the most widely used single measure of how much an economy produces for each of its people.

Both were far below the world average, which the World Bank puts at about $5,513 per person in 2000. Measured against it, Pakistan was at about 12 percent and India at about 8 percent. India then closed the gap. It moved ahead briefly in 2007, Pakistan led again in 2008, and from 2009 India stayed in front every year to 2025.

By 2025 the World Bank puts India at about $2,703 per person and Pakistan at about $1,596, against a world average of about $14,406. That is about 19 percent of the world average for India, up from 8 percent in 2000, and about 11 percent for Pakistan, slightly down from 12 percent.

In other words, India grew much faster than the world as a whole, while Pakistan grew a little slower. The gap did not move evenly: Pakistan's figure fell in 2001, 2002, 2009, 2019, 2020 and 2023, while India's dipped only in 2008, 2012 and 2020. Part of every move is the exchange rate. The series converts each year's output into US dollars at that year's rate, so a weaker currency lowers the figure even in a year when the economy grows.

These are the World Bank's figures as of November 2026, from its World Development Indicators, last updated in October 2026. The two lines on the chart are that one series for India and Pakistan, read directly from the World Bank's data service; the world average is the same indicator's "World" figure. The 2025 values are the newest in the series and may still be revised. India has far more people than Pakistan, so this compares output per person, not the size of the two economies.