Region
Index: 5.4  
Pakistan
Flag of Pakistan
Updated: April 28, 2010

Population:

Total Population: 174.6 million

Source: CIA World Factbook, July 2009

Economy:

Gross Domestic Product: 168.3 billion US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross Domestic Product (PPP): 439 billion international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Per Capita Income:

Gross National Income Per Capita (Atlas Method): 980 US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (PPP): 2,700 international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Index: 9.4

Index: 9.8
IT Salaries:

Software Engineer / Web Developer: 10.2 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, February 2010

Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer: 19 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

IT Project Manager: 21.6 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Index: 9.9
BPO Salaries (Non-voice):

Junior BPO Resource: 11.1 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Skilled BPO Resource: 18.5 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Operations Manager: 46 percent of US
Source: Payscale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Index: 6.8
Taxes:

Corporate Tax Rates: 35 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

Indirect Tax Rates: 16 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

SMB Effective Tax Rate: 31.6 percent
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Index: 0.5  

Index: 0.6
Workforce:

Total Workforce: 50.9 million
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2009

Index: 0.0
Outsourcing Sector:

Exports of Computer & Information Services: 186 million US dollars
Source: IMF, 2008

Exports of Misc. Business Services: 453 million US dollars
Rank: 23 of 24
Source: IMF, 2008

Index: 1.3
Basic Education:

Adult Literacy: 54.2 percent of population
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Expenditures on Education: 2.6 percent of GDP
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2010

Index: 0.1
University Graduates:

University Educated Population: 6.3 percent of population
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Index: 1.2
Language:

English Speaking Population: 12 percent
Source: English as a Global Language, 2003

Index: 0.7
Technological Readiness:

Internet Access: 10.4 users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Broadband Internet Access: 0.0 subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Rank: 25 of 26
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Index: 3.7

Index: 5.3
Economic Competitiveness & Stability:

Economic Competitiveness: 3.5 GCI score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Macroeconomic Stability: 3.8 GCI Score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Index: 3.6
Infrastructure:

Quality of Roads: 3.7 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Electric Supply: 2.2 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Mobile Phone Penetration: 49.7 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Index: 5.6
Labor Market Efficiency:

Rigidity of Employment: 43 index (0-100)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Cost of Firing Employees: 90 weeks of salary
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Index: 2.3
Regulation:

Overall Ease of Doing Business: 85 rank (1-183)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Starting a Business: 20 days to register a start-up
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Paying Taxes: 560 hours per year
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Index: 2.4
Corruption:

Corruption Perceptions: 2.4 CPI index
Source: Transparency International, 2009

Index: 4.6
Legal Protection:

Procedures to Enforce Contracts: 47 number
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Time to Enforce Contracts: 976 days
Source: Doing Business (World bank), 2010

Cost to Enforce Contracts: 23.8 percent of claim
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Index: 2.0
Intellectual Property Protection:

Intellectual Property Protection: 3 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Software Piracy: 86 percent
Source: BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study, 2009

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