Hasnain2009
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If contribution of Lahore is still 13.2% then it means 27.8 billion dollar GDP nominal.
2527 USD GDP per capita.
13.2% is for GDP per capita at PPP and not nominal terms, we were talking about nominal terms.
Read this:
"As of 2008, the city's gross domestic product (GDP) by purchasing power parity (PPP) was estimated at $40 billion with a projected average growth rate of 5.6 percent.[2] This is at par with Pakistan's other economic hub, Karachi, with Lahore (having half the population) fostering an economy that is 51% of the size of Karachi's ($78 billion in 2008).[2] The contribution of Lahore to the national economy is supposed to be around 13.2%"
Along with lahore's 13%, they also mentioned karachi's gdp = $78bn for year 2008, while pakistan's gdp for year 2008 was $166bn at nominal. Does that means karachi is generating half the gdp of pakistan? No its not....the gdp of the cities mentioned here are mentioned in PPP terms and not nominal.