As of 2008, the city's gross domestic product (GDP) by purchasing power
parity (PPP) was estimate was 40 billion$ with a projected average growth rate
of 5.6 percent.As a whole Punjab has 115 billion$ economy making it first and
till the date only Pakistani Subdivision of economy more than 100 billion$ at
the rank 144 This is at par with
Pakistan's economic hub, Karachi, with Lahore (having half the population)
fostering an economy that is 51% of the size of Karachi's ( billion in 2008).
The contribution of Lahore to the national economy is supposed to be around
13.2%
