Primary completion (UIS) in Pakistan

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Pakistan
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In Pakistan, 60.1% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2021.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2007 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS

Pakistan, 2021 60.1% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Change from 2018 +0.4percentage points 2018: 59.7%

Primary completion (UIS) in Pakistan over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2007 to 2021
Period	Pakistan
2021	60.1%
2018	59.7%
2012	60.9%
2007	55.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

The previous available figure was 59.7% in 2018, a change of +0.4 percentage points.
Since 2007, when it was 55.2%, the figure has changed by +4.9 percentage points.

More for Pakistan

All statistics for Pakistan

Lower secondary completion 53.8% 2021 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 74.1% 2024 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 34.4% 2025 · ILOSTAT Upper secondary completion 27.1% 2021 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 17.9% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 32.2% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2007 to 2021 for Pakistan
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

Pakistan by sex

Total 60.1%2021
Girls 56.3%2021
Boys 63.5%2021

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What this measures

Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly measured in household surveys (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

Survey years differ between countries; check the year shown for each value.
This survey-based rate differs from the World Bank's primary completion rate, which compares new entrants to the last grade with the population of that age.

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