Archive · 23 Aug 2025
Pakistan's Economic Census: Mosques Outnumber Factories
Pakistan has released its first economic census, revealing interesting details about the country's economic landscape.
Surprisingly, there are far more mosques and religious schools than factories.
The census looks at different types of businesses and how many people they employ.
Most workers are in service jobs, like stores and hospitals.
The government is using this information to make better plans for the future.
The census was done as part of the population census and is an important step for Pakistan's economic development.
Pakistan's economic census reveals more mosques and religious seminaries than factories.
The census, released by the Minister for Planning, provides detailed economic data.
The service sector employs the largest portion of the workforce (45%).
Punjab province has the highest concentration of mosques and seminaries.
The report is part of Pakistan's efforts to gather data for economic planning.
- Who
- The report was released by the Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal.
- What
- Pakistan's first economic census report.
- When
- The data was collected in 2023 and released on Thursday, August 21.
- Where
- Pakistan.
- Why
- To provide a detailed picture of the economy and enable evidence-based planning and decision-making.
- Mosques
- 600,000
- Madrassas
- 36,000+
- Factories
- 23,000
- Small production units
- 643,000
- Total Workforce
- 25.4 million
- Largest Sector
- Services (45%)
