Primary school completion rate in Pakistan
The primary completion rate in Pakistan was 74.1% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Pakistan, 2024
74.1%
Change from 2023
+5.5percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in Pakistan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 74.1% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 68.6% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 65.0% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 64.4% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | – | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 59.6% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 58.7% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | – | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 55.8% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | – | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 56.9% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 55.3% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 55.1% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | 52.2% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | 53.5% | 88.5% |
| 2009 | 51.7% | 89.0% |
| 2008 | 52.2% | 88.2% |
| 2007 | 52.5% | 86.5% |
| 2006 | 52.4% | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 53.4% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | – | 84.2% |
| 2003 | – | 83.5% |
| 2002 | – | 83.3% |
| 2001 | – | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +5.5 percentage points from 68.6% in 2023.
- Since 2011, when it was 52.2%, the figure has changed by +21.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.
More for Pakistan
All statistics for Pakistan
Primary school enrolment (gross)
83.7%
2024 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
48.3%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
34.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
60.1%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
53.8%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
27.1%
2021 · UNESCO UIS