Pakistan exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Pakistan in South Asia, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 2.7M | 0.0M | $99.3B | 7.03% | 0.00% | 11.65% |
| IND | 0.8M | 0.0M | $51.7B | 2.13% | 0.00% | 6.07% |
| RES | 35.2M | 255.2M | $701.4B | 90.84% | 100.00% | 82.28% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Pakistan.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Pakistan.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Pakistan.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Punjab | 21,835.2K | 132.0M | $438.2B | 56.34% | 51.74% | 51.41% |
| Sindh | 7,653.3K | 57.3M | $239.6B | 19.75% | 22.47% | 28.11% |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 5,710.7K | 42.5M | $99.8B | 14.74% | 16.64% | 11.71% |
| Balochistan | 2,287.4K | 14.7M | $40.8B | 5.90% | 5.76% | 4.79% |
| Azad Jammu and Kashmir | 644.2K | 4.9M | $16.6B | 1.66% | 1.90% | 1.95% |
| Islamabad | 410.1K | 2.7M | $12.5B | 1.06% | 1.06% | 1.46% |
| Gilgit-Baltistan | 212.6K | 1.1M | $5.0B | 0.55% | 0.44% | 0.58% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Pakistan.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 1,116,869 | 18,772.8K | $105,071.1M | 2.88% | 7.36% | 12.33% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 7,162,371 | 46,507.8K | $88,576.2M | 18.48% | 18.22% | 10.39% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 6,212,276 | 42,409.1K | $74,733.8M | 16.03% | 16.62% | 8.77% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 5,042,113 | 32,882.5K | $61,919.5M | 13.01% | 12.88% | 7.26% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 684,680 | 10,905.4K | $60,176.1M | 1.77% | 4.27% | 7.06% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 3,861,596 | 25,822.2K | $45,549.2M | 9.96% | 10.12% | 5.34% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 1,280,748 | 8,123.8K | $26,937.3M | 3.30% | 3.18% | 3.16% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 1,956,169 | 11,872.3K | $26,777.4M | 5.05% | 4.65% | 3.14% |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 76,604 | 3,497.5K | $24,983.3M | 0.20% | 1.37% | 2.93% | |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 809,472 | 0.0K | $22,403.0M | 2.09% | 0.00% | 2.63% |
| MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 907,274 | 5,496.3K | $19,126.2M | 2.34% | 2.15% | 2.24% | |
| MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 576,253 | 0.0K | $16,008.3M | 1.49% | 0.00% | 1.88% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 1,117,804 | 6,784.1K | $15,301.4M | 2.88% | 2.66% | 1.79% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 1,086,229 | 6,569.5K | $14,868.0M | 2.80% | 2.57% | 1.74% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:>5/RES | RES | 40,535 | 1,269.8K | $14,713.9M | 0.10% | 0.50% | 1.73% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4/RES | RES | 50,825 | 1,998.3K | $13,907.9M | 0.13% | 0.78% | 1.63% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:5/RES | RES | 32,670 | 1,337.8K | $13,417.3M | 0.08% | 0.52% | 1.57% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 452,838 | 0.0K | $12,445.2M | 1.17% | 0.00% | 1.46% |
| MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 467,669 | 3,008.5K | $9,740.7M | 1.21% | 1.18% | 1.14% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 67,864 | 0.0K | $9,182.5M | 0.18% | 0.00% | 1.08% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 620,703 | 3,754.0K | $8,496.0M | 1.60% | 1.47% | 1.00% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:>5/RES | RES | 30,188 | 723.3K | $7,938.8M | 0.08% | 0.28% | 0.93% |
| HYB | HYB(W;EU)/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 611,938 | 4,254.4K | $7,244.8M | 1.58% | 1.67% | 0.85% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:5/RES | RES | 22,489 | 741.4K | $7,184.4M | 0.06% | 0.29% | 0.84% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 323,176 | 1,774.7K | $6,951.8M | 0.83% | 0.70% | 0.82% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 439,554 | 2,664.4K | $6,016.8M | 1.13% | 1.04% | 0.71% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 89,186 | 0.0K | $5,954.0M | 0.23% | 0.00% | 0.70% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 43,070 | 0.0K | $5,833.9M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.68% |
| OT | MATO/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 414,494 | 2,798.5K | $5,040.6M | 1.07% | 1.10% | 0.59% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 181,813 | 0.0K | $4,645.3M | 0.47% | 0.00% | 0.54% |
| W | W+WLI/LPB/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 356,813 | 2,444.1K | $4,588.8M | 0.92% | 0.96% | 0.54% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 79,720 | 0.0K | $4,462.2M | 0.21% | 0.00% | 0.52% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 62,737 | 0.0K | $4,263.9M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.50% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 74,355 | 0.0K | $4,178.2M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.49% |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 74,355 | 0.0K | $4,169.7M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.49% | |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 71,847 | 0.0K | $4,019.9M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.47% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 184,678 | 1,014.1K | $3,972.5M | 0.48% | 0.40% | 0.47% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 177,896 | 976.6K | $3,826.3M | 0.46% | 0.38% | 0.45% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 61,783 | 0.0K | $3,459.3M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.41% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 75,872 | 654.7K | $3,298.7M | 0.20% | 0.26% | 0.39% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 60,128 | 0.0K | $3,142.8M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.37% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 46,131 | 0.0K | $3,065.4M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.36% |
| CR+ | CR+PC/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 52,388 | 0.0K | $2,938.6M | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.34% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 52,388 | 0.0K | $2,932.3M | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.34% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 103,899 | 0.0K | $2,919.2M | 0.27% | 0.00% | 0.34% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 60,414 | 514.2K | $2,633.7M | 0.16% | 0.20% | 0.31% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 102,774 | 0.0K | $2,612.6M | 0.27% | 0.00% | 0.31% |
| W | W/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 192,416 | 1,321.4K | $2,457.9M | 0.50% | 0.52% | 0.29% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 39,865 | 0.0K | $2,227.8M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.26% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 101,649 | 558.1K | $2,186.5M | 0.26% | 0.22% | 0.26% | |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 37,181 | 0.0K | $2,090.1M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.25% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 39,381 | 0.0K | $2,058.6M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.24% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDH+ERH/H:3/RES | RES | 22,926 | 361.3K | $2,011.3M | 0.06% | 0.14% | 0.24% |
| W | W/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 154,906 | 1,057.4K | $2,009.9M | 0.40% | 0.41% | 0.24% |
| W/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 24,250 | 324.5K | $1,941.6M | 0.06% | 0.13% | 0.23% | |
| MR|MCF | MR+CB/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 30,886 | 0.0K | $1,730.4M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 58,726 | 0.0K | $1,653.4M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.19% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 72,394 | 397.5K | $1,557.2M | 0.19% | 0.16% | 0.18% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 24,514 | 0.0K | $1,502.6M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.18% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 26,193 | 0.0K | $1,469.0M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.17% |
| W | W/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 21,862 | 258.5K | $1,448.3M | 0.06% | 0.10% | 0.17% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 13,192 | 0.0K | $1,400.6M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 13,192 | 0.0K | $1,398.4M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.16% | |
| W | W/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 61,134 | 410.4K | $1,359.0M | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 12,401 | 0.0K | $1,311.9M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| W | W/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 53,457 | 351.1K | $1,192.6M | 0.14% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 41,144 | 0.0K | $1,183.3M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.14% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 11,595 | 0.0K | $1,150.2M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.13% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 10,871 | 0.0K | $1,147.7M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.13% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 9,030 | 0.0K | $954.9M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 14,012 | 0.0K | $934.9M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.11% | |
| CR+ | CR+PC/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 8,676 | 0.0K | $919.0M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 8,676 | 0.0K | $918.2M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.11% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 13,791 | 0.0K | $844.5M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.10% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 5,821 | 0.0K | $761.6M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 7,159 | 0.0K | $709.9M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 6,597 | 0.0K | $700.2M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 6,212 | 0.0K | $655.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 4,595 | 0.0K | $605.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% | |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 7,875 | 0.0K | $524.7M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.06% | |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4/COM | COM | 2,214 | 0.0K | $509.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CB/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 4,519 | 0.0K | $476.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDH+ERH/H:1/RES | RES | 34,509 | 208.9K | $472.5M | 0.09% | 0.08% | 0.06% |
| CR/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:4/RES | RES | 1,824 | 67.0K | $471.4M | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.06% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 4,333 | 0.0K | $459.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 5,530 | 0.0K | $380.4M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4/COM | COM | 1,310 | 0.0K | $293.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| CR/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:>5/RES | RES | 1,125 | 25.0K | $277.0M | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.03% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:1/RES | RES | 19,723 | 119.3K | $270.0M | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.03% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:5/RES | RES | 820 | 24.9K | $245.9M | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.03% |
| CR/LFINF/CDH+ERH/H:3/COM | COM | 1,427 | 0.0K | $192.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:5/COM | COM | 463 | 0.0K | $178.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDH+ERH/H:2/RES | RES | 5,677 | 31.1K | $122.1M | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:1/IND | IND | 2,173 | 0.0K | $121.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| W | W/LFM/CDH+ERH/H:1/RES | RES | 9,493 | 65.3K | $120.8M | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.01% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:5/COM | COM | 262 | 0.0K | $106.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR+PC/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:1/IND | IND | 1,808 | 0.0K | $101.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDH+ERH/H:1/IND | IND | 1,808 | 0.0K | $101.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:3/RES | RES | 2,044 | 17.5K | $88.9M | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:>5/COM | COM | 216 | 0.0K | $86.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDH+ERH/H:1/COM | COM | 3,363 | 0.0K | $85.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:2/RES | RES | 3,246 | 17.7K | $69.7M | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| S | S/LFM/CDH+ERH/H:1/IND | IND | 1,329 | 0.0K | $69.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| W | W/LFM/CDH+ERH/H:2/RES | RES | 2,937 | 19.8K | $64.9M | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CB/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:1/IND | IND | 1,081 | 0.0K | $60.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| W | W/LFM/CDH+ERH/H:3/RES | RES | 961 | 10.7K | $59.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:1/COM | COM | 1,921 | 0.0K | $54.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:1/IND | IND | 905 | 0.0K | $50.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:>5/COM | COM | 119 | 0.0K | $46.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:2/IND | IND | 296 | 0.0K | $30.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDH+ERH/H:2/IND | IND | 281 | 0.0K | $29.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR+PC/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:2/IND | IND | 281 | 0.0K | $29.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDH+ERH/H:2/COM | COM | 440 | 0.0K | $26.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDH+ERH/H:2/IND | IND | 226 | 0.0K | $22.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:3/COM | COM | 148 | 0.0K | $19.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:2/COM | COM | 246 | 0.0K | $16.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| MR+CB/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:2/IND | IND | 140 | 0.0K | $14.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:2/IND | IND | 136 | 0.0K | $13.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:4/COM | COM | 32 | 0.0K | $7.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:5/COM | COM | 8 | 0.0K | $2.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDH+ERH/H:>5/COM | COM | 2 | 0.0K | $0.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |