All the official figures are garbage.There is always certain amount of slip in the official figures and the reality on the ground. Not everybody declares their true income. That why we call the unofficial economy the 'black economy'.
However what marks out Pakistan is magnitude of tax evasion even by Third World standards. According to FBR figures there are
856,987 taxpayers in Pakistan in a country of
190 million people. That has got to be world record. That is well below 1% paying tax in Pakistan.
Less than 1 percent of Pakistanis pay tax – Survey | Aboard The Democracy Train
Given the monumental incompetance by
FBR as demonstrated by the numbers of most of the 856,987 taxpayers will be paying nominal amount of tax and getting away with 'murder'. Therefore Pakistan's tax iceberg is differant from most because larger mass of it is submerged. This is the point to keep in mind and not compare it to Canada, USA or UK. What is the exception in UK is ithe norm in Pakistan.
Anecodotal evidence will show any observer. Everytime I go to Pakistan I see huge housing estates sprouting everywhere and cars, consumer goods on sale which does not even by the slightest fit with what figures I read on papers. So if people are not making money where are they getting the money to spend on cars, houses, phones? I just checked and car ownership rates are higher in Pakistan then India, extreme malnutritution is less in Pakistan then India, sanitation access is better in Pakistan but the crazy gross domestic capita is lower then India.
Does this add up? So if figures are to be believed Indian's make more money but then don't bother buying cars, don't bother feeding their children, don't bother building sanitation facelities but hide the money under the bed ....
Yes of course .....
Cars -
Pakistan -
57
India -
18
List of countries by vehicles per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WHO | Fast facts
Indian poverty levels higher than Pakistan's, says UN report - Telegraph