Education in Pakistan

1,860 indicators covering education for Pakistan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, female 0.3% 2024 down 11.6% 114th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, male 0.4% 2024 up 5.4% 114th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.6021 GPIA 2021 up 44.9% 116th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 28.9% 2021 up 49.5% 110th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 63.4% 2021 down 1.1% 125th
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are trained according 49.5% 2024 up 12.6% 107th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.6822 GPIA 2019 up 0.1% 109th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.816 GPIA 2021 up 14.9% 107th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 0.6358 GPIA 2021 up 14.0% 125th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 1.5% 2015 down 0.1% 123rd
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender 0.7734 GPIA 2024 down 16.1% 76th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage 0.3% 2023 up 3.3% 101st
Share of young women vs. men who are not in education, employment or training 56.4% 2021 down 0.5% 1st
Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 9.6% 2021 down 15.1% 104th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 17.8% 2021 up 16.0% 84th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage 0.4% 2023 up 11.2% 102nd
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.6634 GPIA 2021 up 71.3% 91st
Official entrance age to early childhood educational development 1 years 2013 unchanged 10th
Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development 2 years 2013 unchanged 73rd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 76.3% 2021 up 2.5% 92nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 22.8% 2018 down 4.1% 83rd
Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 58.1% 2018 up 30.3% 97th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 42.0% 2018 up 13.7% 83rd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 47.4% 2018 up 7.7% 80th
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 95.1% 2023 up 21.7% 10th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 36.3% 2018 up 24.1% 85th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 67.5% 2021 down 2.3% 93rd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 10.6% 2021 up 79.5% 86th
Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 5,632 2023 up 56.7% 58th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 58.4% 2021 down 7.4% 96th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.7659 GPIA 2018 up 15.2% 89th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 4.98 2021 up 4.0% 114th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.3951 GPIA 2018 up 52.6% 99th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.7656 GPIA 2021 down 9.7% 96th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.3736 LPIA 2018 down 10.1% 86th
Gross graduation ratio, primary, female 53.6% 2018 up 37.9% 96th
Gross graduation ratio, primary, male 62.2% 2018 up 24.7% 91st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 25.6% 2021 up 53.7% 94th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 39.7% 2021 up 13.9% 90th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 54.3% 2021 up 4.3% 81st
Literacy rate 58.9% 2021 up 7.5% 116th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.4802 LPIA 2018 down 11.0% 74th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.5888 LPIA 2021 up 16.6% 89th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education vocational programmes 24.6% 2018 down 22.9% 96th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 17.0% 2021 up 16.5% 82nd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 14.8% 2021 up 28.5% 85th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.4714 GPIA 2021 up 47.3% 96th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.2477 LPIA 2018 up 17.9% 88th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 3.88 2021 up 24.8% 113th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 0.635 GPIA 2021 up 29.9% 115th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 6.1 2021 down 3.9% 112th
Share of schools with access to basic drinking water 50.9% 2024 down 2.2% 108th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 12.5% 2021 up 52.1% 85th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.7112 LPIA 2021 up 1.8% 82nd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.4379 LPIA 2021 up 66.0% 93rd
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education as a 0.0% 2022 down 31.7% 83rd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 4.7% 2021 up 130.9% 77th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.7344 GPIA 2021 up 30.5% 83rd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 5.8% 2021 up 65.9% 69th