Upper secondary completion in Pakistan

In Pakistan, 27.1% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2021.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2007 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Pakistan, 2021 27.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +2.4percentage points 2019: 24.7%

Upper secondary completion in Pakistan over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2007 to 2021
Period Pakistan
2021 27.1%
2019 24.7%
2018 23.4%
2012 19.5%
2007 14.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 24.7% in 2019, a change of +2.4 percentage points.
  • Since 2007, when it was 14.8%, the figure has changed by +12.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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