Pakistan's adult literacy rose from 25.7 % in 1981 to 58.9 % in 2021.
Pakistan's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 50.8 % in 1985 to 83.7 % in 2024.
Pakistan · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Pakistan's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 34.8 % in 1981 to 73.1 % in 2021.
Pakistan's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 17.5 % in 1984 to 48.3 % in 2024.
Pakistan's tertiary enrolment rose from 2.1 % in 1978 to 10.9 % in 2024.
Pakistan's children out of school, primary fell from 9.14M in 2021 to 5.43M in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +5.5 pts98th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.0 pts70th of 90*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −1.2 pts89th of 112*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs187th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs121st of 145
- Learning poverty28th of 41*
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- Education spendingdown −0.0 pts105th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.4 pts93rd of 113
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −1.6 %84th of 90
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