Key insights
- Pakistan's Q1 2026 GDP growth of 3.99% slightly decelerated from the previous quarter. While the services sector accelerated, industry growth slowed. Although seemingly unrelated, weaker global growth, even in smaller economies, can contribute to risk-off sentiment and marginally weigh on US equities.
Investing.com -- Pakistan’s gross value added increased 3.99% year-on-year in the January-March quarter of 2026, the Bureau of Statistics reported Wednesday.
The growth rate represented a slight decline from the 4.05% expansion recorded in the previous quarter ending December 2025.
The services sector led the economic expansion with a 4.18% year-on-year increase, up from 3.83% in the fourth quarter of 2025. The industry sector grew 4.65%, slowing from the 6.68% gain recorded in the prior quarter. Agriculture expanded 3.01%, accelerating from the 2.64% growth rate seen in the October-December period.
The first quarter growth of 3.99% also exceeded the 3.92% expansion recorded in the third quarter of 2025.
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