Progression to secondary school, female in Pakistan
Pakistan: Progression to secondary school, female was 88.2% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school, female in Pakistan, 2004–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 88.2% for progression to secondary school, female in 2017. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school, female in Pakistan peaked at 88.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 73.2%, in 2007.
Pakistan ranks 119th of 156 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Progression to secondary school, female in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 74.4% | — |
| 2005 | 76.6% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 78.4% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 73.2% | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 74.0% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 76.8% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 74.8% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 79.8% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 75.3% | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 80.0% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 86.6% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 88.2% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.5% | 73.2% | 78.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 80.8% | 74.8% | 88.2% | 6 |
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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 progression to secondary school, female in Pakistan?
- Progression to secondary school, female in Pakistan was 88.2% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 88.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.2% in 2007.
- How does Pakistan rank for progression to secondary school, female?
- Pakistan ranks 119th out of 156 countries with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school, female rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).