Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Pakistan
Pakistan: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 0.7249 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Pakistan, 1972–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2021, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Pakistan stood at 0.7249 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.6% on the previous year and up 58.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Pakistan peaked at 0.7249 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2628 GPIA, in 1981.
Pakistan ranks 85th of 108 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3252 GPIA | 0.3252 GPIA | 0.3252 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.2628 GPIA | 0.2628 GPIA | 0.2628 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.431 GPIA | 0.3616 GPIA | 0.5208 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5545 GPIA | 0.4565 GPIA | 0.6899 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7249 GPIA | 0.7249 GPIA | 0.7249 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More education data for Pakistan
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 445,877 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 83.73 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 83.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Pakistan?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Pakistan was 0.7249 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7249 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2628 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Pakistan rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Pakistan ranks 85th out of 108 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release