Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Pakistan
Pakistan: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.7425 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Pakistan, 1981–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 0.7425 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2021.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Pakistan peaked at 0.752 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4097 GPIA, in 1981.
That places Pakistan 81st out of 97 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.4097 GPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.6017 GPIA | +46.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6179 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6364 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6755 GPIA | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6446 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6397 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5735 GPIA | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6642 GPIA | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 0.685 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6915 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7184 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 0.7387 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.7492 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.752 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7425 GPIA | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4097 GPIA | 0.4097 GPIA | 0.4097 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6352 GPIA | 0.6017 GPIA | 0.6755 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6902 GPIA | 0.5735 GPIA | 0.752 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.7425 GPIA | 0.7425 GPIA | 0.7425 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More education data for Pakistan
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0989 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Pakistan?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Pakistan was 0.7425 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.752 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4097 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Pakistan rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Pakistan ranks 81st out of 97 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release