Pakistan ranks third on The Economist’s normalcy index measuring return to pre-pandemic life
In four out of eight categories, Pakistan ranked above pre-pandemic levels.
Pakistan has ranked third on The Economist’s Global Normalcy Index, which measures countries’ return to pre-pandemic life.
The Prime Minister, Imran Khan, expressed his gratitude on Twitter regarding the development.
The Economist’s normalcy index tracks the progress of fifty countries’ return to pre-pandemic life based on eight indicators.
These factors include time not at home, retail, office use, public transport, road traffic, flights, cinema, and sports attendance.
Each country is scored out of 100 — the benchmark number for the pre-pandemic level of activity — on the index, where Pakistan’s current score is 84.4.
The Economist magazine normalcy index has ranked #Pakistan among the top 5 countries for return to pre-#pandemic activity level.The latest #Covid_19 positivity rate is just over 2% in spite of the fact that the #vaccination rates in Pak are still very low https://t.co/JMuz2XbXpY pic.twitter.com/ny1rEkvTlI
— Riaz Haq (@haqsmusings) July 4, 2021
As of now, the top-ranked country on the list is Hong Kong, with a score of 96.3, followed by New Zealand that has a score of 87.8.
In the category of “time not spent at home,” “retail,” “office use,” and “public transport,” Pakistan ranked over 100.
Nonetheless, in the category of “flights” and “cinema, the South Asian country scored low.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has not been scored for the categories of “road traffic” and “sports attendance.”
The Prime Minister, Imran Khan, took to Twitter to express gratitude to God and appreciate the relevant authorities regarding Pakistan’s rank on the normalcy index.
کوروناء (COVID-19) جیسی عالمی وباء سے نمٹنے کی مؤثر حکمت عملی پر میں این سی او سی اراکین، احساس ٹیم اور سٹیٹ بنک آف پاکستان کو مبارکباد پیش کرتا ہوں اور سب سے بڑھ کر قادرِ مطلق اللہ کی رحمت و احسان کا شکرگزار ہوں۔pic.twitter.com/C8vQP4D9ku
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) July 7, 2021
“Congratulations to NCOC members, Ehsaas team & State Bank of Pakistan for effective response to the Covid-19 pandemic; and above all thanks to the mercy of Almighty Allah,” PM Khan said in a post on Twitter.
Congratulations to NCOC members, Ehsaas team & State Bank of Pakistan for effective response to Covid 19 pandemic; and above all thanks to the mercy of Almighty Allah. pic.twitter.com/C8vQP4D9ku
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) July 7, 2021
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