Literacy Rate & Stat.

‘Literacy and Nation-Building: Approaching the Literacy Year 2010′ organized by the National Commission for Human Development provided an insight and drive campaign to increase literacy in Pakistan. At this seminiar Prime Minister Gillani Sahab also highlighted that Pakistan is targeting 66% literacy rate by the end of 2010.

Education Statistics from Economic Survey 2009-2010:

• Overall literacy rate in the country has improved remarkably from previous 56% to 57 %, says the Economic Survey.

• The data shows that literacy remained higher in urban areas (74%) than in rural areas (48%), and is more prevalent for men (69%) compared to women (45%). However, it is evident from the data that overall female literacy is rising over time, but progress is uneven across the provinces.

• Literacy rate in Punjab is (59 %), Sindh, (59%), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (50%) and Balochistan at (45%). The literacy rate of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has improved considerably during 2007-08 to 2008-09.

• According to the data, the overall school attendance, as measured by the Net Enrolment Rate (NER)1, for 2008-09 was 57% as compared to 55% in 2007-08.

STATISTICS From various other sources:

Total Adult Literacy Rate : 55% - (UNICEF Pakistan Statistics 2007)

Total Adult Literacy Rate : 54% ( Male 66.25% , Female 41.75%) – (Pakistan’s Ministry Of Education)

Punjab : 60.8% (Male 70%, Female 51%)

KPK : 47.4% (Male 63%, Female 30.8%)

Sindh : 5.15% (Male 60.5%, Female 42.5%)

Balochistan : 34% (Male 45%, Female 23%)

Total Literacy Rate : 49% (Wiki Rankings)

Total Literacy Rate 50% (CIA Factbook – Est 2005)