Abstract:
This study purposed to observe the problems faced by Pakistan from health sector and the
vital relationship among health indicators and economic growth. In this research, ARDL
model is applied on Pakistan’s time series data ranging from 1990 to 2019. In the study
results shows that, significant relationship between GDP, foreign direct investment, fertility
rate and life expectancy in short run, whereas mortality rate is negative but have significant
effect on economic growth whereas Health expenditure is insignificant and have negative
impact on economic growth. In long run foreign direct investment, fertility rate significantly
influenced the GDP. The study accomplishes that, nations that want high level of economic
growth they can achieve it by increasing the wellbeing of human capital.
