Rural population in Pakistan was last measured at 63% of the total population in 2010 according to the World Bank. The rural population has declined from 69.4% in 1990 to 63% in 2010 as the urban population has grown. Retirement age is becoming less defined as more people choose to continue working for as long as possible or perform volunteer work worth $3.1 billion annually in Canada. Livestock is an important part of Pakistan's agriculture and rural economy, contributing over 50% to the value added in agriculture and 12% to exports. Goats and poultry are significant indigenous livestock, with goats numbering over 60 million.

1. Live stoke of Pakistan
Retirement age
Rural population in Pakistan

2. 1) Rural population (% of total population) in Pakistan
• Rural population (% of total population) in Pakistan was last measured at 63 in 2010,
according to the World Bank. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as
defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total
population and urban population.

3. Year 1990 2000 2010
Rural
population in Pakist
an
74934691.8 96540824.3 109363831.3
Rural population
growth (annual
%) in Pakistan
2.2 1.9 1.1
Rural population
(% of total
population) in Pa
kistan
69.4 66.8 63.0

4. 2) Retirement age
• “Retirement: it’s a word without meaning…
the current group of retirees and soon-to-be-retirees are redefining the way people
stop working—if they
• end their careers at all. Statistics Canada
• studies show more people are choosing to work longer.”
• “Nearly half of those in their 40s and 50s expect to
• continue working for as long as possible”

5. • “The HSBC survey found that older Canadians perform more than $3.1 billion worth
of volunteer work each year”
The Globe & Mail
May 23, 2007
• “According to Statistics Canada’s 1998 General Social Survey on time use, 3.2 million
retirees spent about 5 billion hours doing unpaid productive work. The economic
value to our communities is thought to be $60.2 billion each year.”
Seniors at Work
National Advisory Council
on Aging, 2005

6. Worried about population aging?
In fact, through taxation, volunteer work and the provision of care to
family members, HSBC has found that those in their 60s and 70s are
the foundations upon which their nations build.”
The Globe & Mail
May 23, 2007

7. 3) LIVESTOCK OF PAKISTAN

8. What is livestock
• Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to
produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. Livestock are generally
raised for profit

9. IMPORTANCE OF LIVESTOCK
• Agriculture contributes more than 21% in the overall GDP of
Pakistan.
• Livestock contributes about 53% of the agri. Value added& 12
percent share in exports.
• Gross value addition of livestock = Rs. 1538 billion (2009-10).
• Important component of high value human food

10. INDIGENOUS LIVESTOCK
 Goats and poultry are Important part of livestock
 Goats = About 60 millions (2010)
 Very popular in the middle east for meat purpose
 Contribute more than 30 % of eggs and 25 % of meat

11. Livestock Sector - Endowments
2nd
Largest
2nd
Largest
3rd
Largest
3rd
Largest
Herd of
Livestock
Herd of
Livestock
Sector of
economy
Sector of
economy
4th
Largest
4th
Largest
Exports
Products
Exports
Products
5th
Largest
5th
Largest
1st
Largest
1st
Largest
Segment of
rural economy
Segment of
rural economy
Pakistan’s LivestockPakistan’s Livestock
Producer of MilkProducer of Milk