Pakistan brain drain statistics drawn from official overseas employment data show that more than 90,000 Pakistani professionals went abroad for jobs across 2024, 2025 and 2026 so far. The tracked total includes managers, engineers, doctors, accountants, nurses, teachers and IT workers. Year by year, 45,830 left in 2024, 28,726 in 2025 and 15,850 in 2026 so far. The dataset covers selected professional categories and is not a full count of people leaving Pakistan.
Managers, engineers and accountants lead departures
Managers were the largest group among the listed professions. Some 23,674 managers went abroad in 2024, followed by 9,562 in 2025 and 5,190 in 2026 so far. Engineers were another major category, with 8,015 departures in 2024, 5,945 in 2025 and 3,605 in 2026 so far.
Accountants also featured strongly: 4,779 in 2024, 4,305 in 2025 and 1,771 in 2026 so far. Highly skilled workers numbered 1,616 in 2024, 1,510 in 2025 and 681 in 2026 so far. Smaller tracked groups included consultants, budget controllers and pilots, all of which also recorded overseas job moves in each of the three periods.
Doctors, nurses, teachers and tech roles
Healthcare and education staff are a visible part of the outflow. Doctors going abroad numbered 3,625 in 2024, rose to 3,795 in 2025, then stood at 2,093 in 2026 so far. Nurses recorded 2,030, 1,639 and 626 over the same spans. Teacher departures were relatively steady at 1,729 in 2024, 1,725 in 2025 and 1,457 in 2026 so far.
Other health roles appear in smaller counts: dental surgeons (84, 63 and 45) and pharmacists (155, 183 and 156). Among IT and finance workers, computer programmers numbered 1,351, 1,147 and 664; systems analysts 388, 362 and 243; and financial analysts 683, 923 and 424. The data do not state why these professionals left or whether they plan to settle permanently overseas.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- 2024: 45,830 professionals in the tracked categories took overseas jobs, including 23,674 managers, 8,015 engineers and 3,625 doctors.
- 2025: 28,726 professionals left for foreign employment; doctor departures rose to 3,795 while managers fell to 9,562.
- 2026 so far: 15,850 professionals have gone abroad for jobs, including 5,190 managers, 3,605 engineers and 2,093 doctors.
- Across 2024–2026 so far: Combined tracked departures exceed 90,000, according to the official overseas employment figures.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Pakistan se 2024, 2025 aur 2026 mein ab tak 90,000 se zyada managers, engineers, doctors aur doosre professionals bahar jobs ke liye gaye hain. Yeh sirf kuch professions ka data hai, poori emigration nahi. Asbab ya yeh ke log hamesha ke liye rukenge, figures mein nahi bataya gaya. Hospitals, schools aur companies ke liye skilled log kam hone ka asar pad sakta hai.
