Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Pakistan
Pakistan: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 52.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Pakistan, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Pakistan stood at 52.5%.
The figure is down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Pakistan peaked at 86.7% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 51.0%, in 2005.
That places Pakistan 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 86.7% | — |
| 1965 | 84.7% | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 82.6% | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 80.2% | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 78.9% | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 75.5% | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 73.8% | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 69.8% | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 66.9% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 51.0% | -23.7% |
| 2010 | 52.5% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85.7% | 84.7% | 86.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 81.4% | 80.2% | 82.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 77.2% | 75.5% | 78.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 71.8% | 69.8% | 73.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 58.9% | 51.0% | 66.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 52.5% | 52.5% | 52.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More education data for Pakistan
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.04 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 440,233 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.90 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 19.70 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 25.38 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.101 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Pakistan?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Pakistan was 52.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 86.7% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.0% in 2005.
- How does Pakistan rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- Pakistan ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 25+ with no education