Comprehensive List of All Public Data Sources in Pakistan

Whether it’s data analysis or data journalism, a good data set is essential in finding out information and telling a compelling story in the information age.

You might think that Pakistan is a data poor country but that’s certainly not the case. There are a surprisingly high number of government agencies and private organizations working to release free data sets for anyone to use.

So without further ado, here is a list of data sets available in Pakistan. Remember, you don’t need to be a pro with R or other tools to use these. Even Excel proficiency will do!

• Pakistan National Constituency Boundaries: KML File
• Pakistan export of goods and services data: http://www.sbp.org.pk/publications/export/index.htm
• Pakistan import of goods and services data: http://www.sbp.org.pk/publications/import/index.htm
• Pakistan monthly and annual auto domestic sales/production numbers:
  • Monthly: http://www.pama.org.pk/statistical-information/sales-production/monthly-sales-production
  • Annual: http://www.pama.org.pk/statistical-information/historical-information/annual-sales-production
• Pakistan economic data: http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/index2.asp
• Pakistan discretionary funds 2008 – 2013: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mfd78wkr8rph56s/DiscretionaryFunds-2008-2013.csv
• Pakistan data portal: http://www.data.org.pk/
• National Assembly of Pakistan: http://www.na.gov.pk/en/index.php
• Federal Board of Revenue: http://www.fbr.gov.pk/
• Ministry of Finance: http://www.finance.gov.pk/
• Pakistan Bureau of Statistics: http://www.pbs.gov.pk/
• Punjab HealthWatch: http://healthwatch.punjab.gov.pk/visitStatus/compliance
• Open Data Initiative: http://odi.itu.edu.pk/
• Pakistan Millennium Development Goal (MDG) status: http://www.mdg.undp.org.pk/
• World Bank data: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx
• Education Data
  • Pakistan Annual Status of Education Report http://www.aserpakistan.org/index.php?func=data_statistics
  • Sindh Province https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2tWv9lLa3PhfmRBVXBsU1lQVmxoLUgwM0NRWGhLcWZrR1RxTlBSb2o1aXpVdVJJREhYN28&usp=sharing 
  • Punjab Province http://www.bos.gop.pk/publicationreports 
  • Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province: http://kpbos.gov.pk/products.php?pid=47
  • Balochistan Province: http://balochistan.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=1282&Itemid=677and http://balochistan.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=1282&Itemid=677Election of Commission of Pakistan http://ecp.gov.pk/
• Election of Commission of Pakistan http://ecp.gov.pk/