Pakistan Literacy Rate 1960-2024

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Pakistan literacy rate for 2022 was 0.00%, a 0% increase from 2021.
  • Pakistan literacy rate for 2021 was 0.00%, a 0% increase from 2020.
  • Pakistan literacy rate for 2020 was 0.00%, a 58% decline from 2019.
  • Pakistan literacy rate for 2019 was 58.00%, a 0.99% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Literacy Rate
Uzbekistan 100.00%
Georgia 99.58%
Sao Tome and Principe 93.75%
Cabo Verde 91.00%
Lao PDR 87.52%
Cambodia 83.78%
Tunisia 83.56%
Kenya 82.88%
Lesotho 82.01%
Morocco 77.35%
India 76.32%
Egypt 74.50%
Angola 72.40%
Bhutan 72.10%
Bangladesh 0.00%
Micronesia 0.00%
Mongolia 0.00%
Sudan 0.00%
Kyrgyz Republic 0.00%
Myanmar 0.00%
West Bank and Gaza 0.00%
Ukraine 0.00%
Djibouti 0.00%
Moldova 0.00%
Papua New Guinea 0.00%
Philippines 0.00%
Timor-Leste 0.00%
Republic of Congo 0.00%
Indonesia 0.00%
Pakistan 0.00%
Eswatini 0.00%
Zambia 0.00%
Cameroon 0.00%
Honduras 0.00%
Sri Lanka 0.00%
Nicaragua 0.00%
Kosovo 0.00%
Ghana 0.00%
Nigeria 0.00%
El Salvador 0.00%
Vanuatu 0.00%
Bolivia 0.00%
Kiribati 0.00%
Mauritania 0.00%
Solomon Islands 0.00%
Vietnam 0.00%
Pakistan Literacy Rate - Historical Data
Year Literacy Rate Annual Change
2022 0.00% 0.00%
2021 0.00% 0.00%
2020 0.00% -58.00%
2019 58.00% 0.99%
2018 57.01% -2.12%
2017 59.13% 59.13%
2016 0.00% 0.00%
2015 0.00% -56.98%
2014 56.98% 1.38%
2013 55.60% -1.17%
2012 56.76% 2.03%
2011 54.74% -0.64%
2010 55.38% 0.48%
2009 54.89% -0.63%
2008 55.53% 3.39%
2007 52.14% -2.01%
2006 54.15% 4.28%
2005 49.87% 49.87%
2004 0.00% 0.00%
2003 0.00% 0.00%
2002 0.00% 0.00%
2001 0.00% 0.00%
2000 0.00% 0.00%
1999 0.00% -42.70%
1998 42.70% 42.70%
1997 0.00% 0.00%
1996 0.00% 0.00%
1995 0.00% 0.00%
1994 0.00% 0.00%
1993 0.00% 0.00%
1992 0.00% 0.00%
1991 0.00% 0.00%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% -25.73%
1981 25.73% 25.73%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%