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Age-Wise Distribution of Crimes Against Children (2024)

  Age-Wise Distribution of Crimes Against Children (PPC) 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025 Age Group Number of Cases Percentage (%) 0–5 years 414 2 6–10 years 1,964 11 11–15 years 5,200 30 16–17 years 9,770 56 Source: ICT Police, Balochistan Police, KP Police, Punjab Police, Sindh Police   Age-Wise Distribution of Crimes Against Children under the Pakistan Penal…

Literacy Rate: Overall, Male, Female and Provincial Comparison

    Literacy Rates in Pakistan by Gender and Province (2023) Literate % Total Male Female Transgender Pakistan 60.65 68 52.84 40.15 Balochistan 42.01 50.5 32.8 24.97 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 51.09 64.57 37.15 44.67 Punjab 66.25 71.98 60.19 41.3 Sindh 57.54 64.23 50.21 37.45 Islamabad Capital Territory 83.97 88.23 79.13 47.04…

Education Insights

Pakistan’s Education Profile: GER, PTR, ETR, and Literacy Rate Source: Pakistan Education…

Provincial Budgets (Current vs Development)

  Federal and Provincial Health Expenditures Years Region Current Expenditure Development Expenditures Total Expenditures Percent of GDP 2017-18 Federal 16721 18129 34850 1.1 Punjab 173992 44906 218898 Sindh 77399 6342 83741 KP 44587 12909 57496 Balochistan 16334 5148 21482 Pakistan 329033 87434 416467 2018-19 Federal 16853 10278 27131 1 Punjab…
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Labour Inspection in Balochistan and KP

  Child Labour Inspections and Enforcement in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2022–2024*) Year No. of inspections No. of convictions Fine/Penalties imposed by Court Balochistan KP Balochistan KP Balochistan KP 2022 241 8,982 5 360 500 385,862 2023 387 10,567 10 245 10000 600,000 2024 221 2,928 3 17 3000 51,000…
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Budgets

  Federal and Provincial Health Budget 2024-25 (in millions) Budget Type Federal Sindh Punjab KP Balochistan Total Health Budget 56356 321712 371806 212294 77167 Current Budget- Health (%) 49.99 90.22 73.09 83.46 74.03 Development Budget- Health (%) 50.01 9.78 26.91 16.54 25.97 Source: CPDI    …
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Child Domestic Labour in Punjab

Child Domestic Labour in Punjab: Prevalence and Gender-based Analysis Prevalence of Child Domestic Labour in Punjab by Age Age Group Total Working Population Children in Domestic Work(%) 5-14 YR 3,835,956 1.7 5-17 YR 6,036,473 1.6 5-9 YR 780,122 1.3 10-14 YR 3,055,834 2 15-17 YR 2,200,517 1.2 Source: Punjab Child…
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Child Labour in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

  Prevalence of Child Labour in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa by Age and Gender (%) Age Total Boys Girls 5-17 YR 9 11.7 5.9 5-11 YR 5.3 5.9 4.7 12-13 YR 10.9 14.3 7.2 14-17 YR 15.5 22.3 7.9 Source: KPCLS 2022…
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Child Labour in Punjab

  Prevalence of Child Labour in Punjab by Age and Gender (%) Age Total Boys Girls 5-14 YR 13.4 16.8 9.7 5-17 YR 16.9 21.8 11.5 Source: PCLS 2019-20…
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Adolescent Health Risk Factors

  Adolescent Health Risk Factors by Gender and Year Risk Factors (%) Alcohol Use (aged 15–19) Year 2016 Tobacco Use (aged 13–15) Year 2022 Insufficient Physical Activity (aged 11–17) Year 2016 Male 1 13 85 Female 0 7 89 Source: UNICEF (State of World’s Children 2024)…
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Estimated Number of Illegal Child Marriages by Age and Region

  Estimated Number of Illegal Child Marriages by Age and Region Based on provincial legal age thresholds for girls Region Boys Girls Age Number Age Number ICT 15-17 869 15 304 Balochistan 15-17 48512 15 10,793 KP 15-17 40990 15 14,177 Punjab 15-17 71343 15 20,086 Sindh 15-17 49785 15–17…
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Life Expectancy at Birth

  Life Expectancy and Maternal Mortality Pakistan in Regional Context Indicators South Asia Pakistan Life expectancy at birth (years) 71.6 67.3 Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 births) 138 (2020) 186 (2019) Source: Economic Survey of Pakistan 2023-24…
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