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Poverty Gini Coefficient: Pakistan Is Getting Poorer — And More Unequal

Pakistan’s poverty has surged from 21.9% to 28.2% since 2018-19 as incomes fell and inequality widened. The numbers demand structural reform.

Inequality Has Worsened Too

The Gini coefficient — which measures inequality — has also increased nationally and provincially.

National Gini moved from 28.4 to 32.7. Urban inequality rose to 34.4. Rural inequality climbed to 29.2.

Provincial inequality data (Fig-4):

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