Primary school enrolment (gross) in Pakistan

Gross primary school enrolment in Pakistan was 83.7% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Pakistan, 2024 83.7% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2023 +2.3percentage points 2023: 81.4%
World, 2024 102.2% Official aggregate

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Pakistan over time

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% of the official primary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official primary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period PakistanWorld
2024 83.7% 102.2%
2023 81.4% 100.7%
2022 78.9% 100.4%
2021 80.3% 99.4%
2020 – 99.6%
2019 78.7% 99.1%
2018 77.4% 99.1%
2017 74.5% 101.8%
2016 75.7% 102.1%
2015 71.7% 101.0%
2014 72.2% 101.6%
2013 68.9% 103.0%
2012 69.9% 102.9%
2011 70.4% 102.4%
2010 73.6% 102.5%
2009 72.9% 102.7%
2008 72.6% 102.9%
2007 72.8% 102.7%
2006 68.5% 101.7%
2005 72.0% 101.7%
2004 68.6% 101.6%
2003 64.7% 100.9%
2002 62.9% 99.4%
2001 62.6% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.3 percentage points from 81.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 68.9%, the figure has changed by +14.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 102.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Pakistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics