Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how real GDP per person changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Prime minister | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shaukat Aziz | 28 Aug 2004 – 16 Nov 2007 | +10.4% Q2 2004 → Q2 2007 | +3.3%/yr | |
| 2 |  Shehbaz Sharif | 4 Mar 2024 – now | +6.7% Q4 2023 → Q1 2026 | +2.9%/yr | |
| 3 |  Benazir Bhutto | 19 Oct 1993 – 5 Nov 1996 | +4.7% Q2 1993 → Q2 1996 | +1.5%/yr | |
| 4 |  Imran Khan | 18 Aug 2018 – 11 Apr 2022 | +4.3% Q2 2018 → Q1 2022 | +1.1%/yr | |
| 5 | N Pervez Musharraf | 12 Oct 1999 – 23 Nov 2002 | +2.2% Q2 1999 → Q2 2002 | +0.7%/yr | |
| 6 | Yusuf Raza Gilani | 25 Mar 2008 – 22 Jun 2012 from Q2 2008 | +0.2% Q2 2008 → Q2 2011 | +0.1%/yr | |
| 7 | Shehbaz Sharif | 11 Apr 2022 – 14 Aug 2023 | −1.1% Q1 2022 → Q2 2023 | −0.9%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Rs thousand per person, 2015-16 prices, last four quarters · Pakistan Bureau of Statistics quarterly GDP via the IMF (constant 2015-16 prices), summed over the trailing four quarters (the World Bank's fiscal-year GDP before July 2015), over the population (World Bank, UN estimates) interpolated to the quarter · Pakistan data · as of Oct 2026.