Education in Pakistan

1,860 indicators covering education for Pakistan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.06 modelled data 2025 up 5.8% 88th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 37.9% 2025 up 66.2% 107th
Teachers in secondary education, male 891,760 2024 up 297.6% 3rd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.9% 2025 up 12.9% 74th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.0% 2025 up 76.8% 92nd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.4% 2025 up 52.0% 88th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 11.0% 2024 up 21.4% 151st
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 10.7% 2024 up 26.8% 154th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 3.9% 138th
Primary education, teachers 51.9% 2024 up 4.7% 168th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year 2019 down 48.5% 106th
Repeaters, primary, total 1.9% 2018 down 57.8% 103rd
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.5506 years 2024 up 21.4% 155th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.5354 years 2024 up 26.8% 159th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 3.9% 141st
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 28.0% 2017 down 20.5% 12th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 8.17 years 2024 up 29.4% 171st
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 74.1% 2024 up 30.2% 161st
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 56,885 number 2018 36th
Persistence to grade 5, total 65.3% 2018 up 7.5% 147th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 65.3% 2018 up 7.5% 153rd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 18,291 2024 down 28.4% 4th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 16,555 2024 down 17.2% 4th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 17,321 2024 down 19.4% 8th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 22,705 2024 down 12.4% 7th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 107.3% 2018 up 9.4% 48th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 126.5% 2018 up 14.0% 23rd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.63 years 2024 up 57.2% 116th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.6 years 2024 up 35.1% 117th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 16.3% 79th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.8496 GPI 2018 up 4.3% 160th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 58,517 2024 up 79.5% 20th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 36.5% 2024 down 2.0% 118th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 101,917 2024 up 85.2% 12th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 5.2% 2100 down 24.0% 7th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 25.69 million people 2100 down 22.6% 2nd
Population by level of education 157.20 million people 2100 up 19.6% 5th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.931 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.3% 100th
Repeaters, primary, female 1.8% 2018 down 54.0% 94th
Repeaters, primary, male 1.9% 2018 down 60.3% 107th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 7.99 years 2024 up 39.8% 164th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 8.34 years 2024 up 21.4% 170th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.957 GPIA 2024 up 15.1% 148th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 75.4% 2024 up 20.9% 154th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 72.9% 2024 up 42.3% 162nd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9667 GPIA 2024 up 17.7% 165th
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 29.6% 2021 up 23.5% 72nd
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 42.7% 2021 up 26.6% 75th
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.32 GPIA 2021 up 10.3% 71st
School enrollment, secondary, private 46.8% 2024 up 34.9% 19th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.13 GPIA 2018 up 16.4% 12th
School enrollment, primary 67.6% 2018 up 4.1% 173rd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 70.6% 2018 up 18.1% 133rd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 61.3% 2018 down 0.3% 140th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% 121st
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 33.6% 2017 down 18.6% 13th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 22.7% 2017 down 23.0% 19th
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 54.8% 2021 up 14.1% 76th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 55.8% 2024 up 44.4% 151st
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 43.1% 2021 up 35.1% 77th