The Economic Census of Pakistan- Overview of Economic Activity
Economic Census is the major source of statistics on economic activities in the country. It covered 3.249 million Establishments / Households of which, 64% were in Punjab, 18% in Sindh, 15% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2% in Balochistan and 1% in Islamabad. 44% of the total Establishments were in rural areas and 56% were in urban areas. 53% of the total establishments were in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Restaurants and Hotels Sector, 20% Manufacturing Sector, 22% in Community, Social and Persona[i]l Services Sector. Among the households establishments slightly over 66% household establishments were engaged in manufacturing activities, about 9% in Agriculture (Poultry Farming, Fish Farming and Livestock) and about 21% in Community Services and Personal Services Sectors and about 4% engaged in Wholesale Retail Trade, Hotels and Restaurants Sector. 68% of the total manufacturing industries covered in Economic Census were in Punjab, 13% in Sindh and 16% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 2.851 million Establishments were such which employed 1-5 persons, whereas, 0.079 million have employment size of 6-10 persons, about 26 thousand establishments with 11-50 employed persons and 1617 establishments with 51 or above employed persons. 97% of the total establishments covered were owned by the individuals. Almost 68% of the manufacturing establishments in the households were engaged in Textile Wearing, Apparel and Leather Industries. The Census revealed that 2.958 million establishments had employed 6.580 million persons, of these 0.456 million were female, which is about 7 % of the total employment. Among the females, 15 % were Self-employed / Proprietor or Partners and 30 % were unpaid family helpers; the remaining 55 % were paid employees.
[i] Source: Economic Census of Pakistan, 2005.

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