DebtClock: Every Pakistani is Over Rs. 115k in Debt, Thanks to Government!

Irrespective of which political party holds power, the national debt remains a crucial talking point when it comes to Pakistan.

Despite gradual improvement in various sectors and the economy growing at an eight-year high, Pakistan still isn’t completely out of the shambles it has found itself in.

“Pakistan’s high level of public debt, with a large portion financed through short-term instruments, does make the sovereign’s ability to meet their financing needs more sensitive to market conditions,” Mervyn Tang, lead analyst for Pakistan at Fitch Ratings Ltd., told Bloomberg.

How serious is the debt issue?

Two websites, Debt Clock and National Debt Clocks have tried to put the ‘debt trap’ in perspective.

Debt Clock

Debt Clock website is doing its part to alert the people about the challenge that Pakistan faces with the looming ‘debt trap.’

The website depicts a real-time counter which highlights Pakistan’s overall national debt. If you stare at the screen for a moment, you can see the numbers increasing drastically.

The Debt Clock also shows Interest and Per Capita numbers.

Pakistan’s current nation debt stands at PKR 22.5 trillion, according to their website.

According to the data gathered by Debt Clock, the numbers imply that every Pakistani has to pay PKR 115,148.41, in order to clear the debt. When put in this perspective, it becomes mind boggling.

National Debt Clocks

However, Debt Clock is not the only website to have taken such an initiative. Another website which has done the same is National Debt Clocks.

 The national debt of Pakistan differs here, compared to Debt Clock.

The National Debt Clock also has a much in-depth count on the numbers, which are as following:

• Interest Per Year.
• Interest Per Second.
• Debt Per Citizen.
• Debt as Percentage of GDP.
• Overall GDP.
• Population.

To round the website off, it has also included some remarkable facts which leave you in a state of shock. Such as:

• You could wrap $1 bills around the earth 242 times with the amount of debt Pakistan owns.
• If you lay $1 bills on top of each other they would make a pile 6,797 km, or 4,224 miles high! That’s equivalent to 0.02 trips to the Moon!

The National Debt Clocks source gathers data from Pakistan’s government whereas Debt Clocks have not mentioned any source on their website.

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