There are 3 agencies which measure the PPP: IMF, America's CIA, and
the World Bank. The PPP is a great proxy for the standard-of-living
of a nation, as it takes the costs of good and services produced
within the country. It is also harder to calculate.
For a long time now on Wikipedia, they had the PPP of India about 40%
higher than Pakistan's. However, one of these 3 agencies recently
revised *DOWNWARD* India's, China's, and Bangladesh's PPP by 40%, 40%,
and 36%, respectively. I am sure that they will also lower Pakistan's
PPP, but they haven't so far yet.
Anyways, according to Wikipedia now, the PPP of Pakistan is *HIGHER*
than that of India's - ~$3300 VS ~$2700.
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