Pakistan’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and Deprivation Profile (2017–2018) Survey Year MPI Value Headcount % Intensity of Deprivations Population share (%) Contribution of deprivation in dimension to overall multidimensional poverty (%) Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty In Severe Multidimensional Poverty Below Income Poverty Line Health Education Standard of Living 2017 – 2018 0.198 38.3 51.7 12.9 21.5 4.9 27.6 41.3 31.1 Source: UNDP 2024
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Access to Drinking Water in Pakistan: Quality, Availability, and Household Reach Access to Improved, Basic, and Available Drinking Water by Province (%) Province Use of improved drinking water sources Use of basic drinking water services Availability of drinking water Balochistan 85.6 79.6 51.6 KP 90.5 86.8 77.4 Punjab 99.4 95.6 N/A Sindh 96 90.4 74.3 Source: MICS (Balochistan 2019-20, KP 2019, Punjab 2024, Sindh 2018-19) Access to Drinking Water within Households Province Inside
Birth Registration – Birth Registration Rates in Pakistan by Urban and Rural Areas (PDHS 2017-18) – Birth Registration Rates by Gender in Pakistan (MICS) – Number of Child Registration Certificates Issued in 2024 (NADRA) Child Discipline – Percentage of Children aged 1 to 14 years who have experienced physical punishment and violent forms of discipline by Province (MICS) – Public Schools with Reported Cases of Corporal Punishment Child Sexual Violence – Reported Child Sexual
Disability among Children Aged 24-59 Months Functional Difficulty Percentage of Children Vision 1.2 Hearing 1.5 Walking 2.6 Memory 4.5 Self-care 8.5 Communication 5.6 Total 12.7 Source: NNS 2018
Burden of Diseases in Pakistan 2022-24 Province/Region Year Measles Malaria AD (Non-cholera) ALRI < 5 years Dengue AFP HIV/AIDS TB ICT 2022 34 60 13,621 3,777 266 10 3 276 2023 44 266 18,572 218 449 10 0 615 2024 32 100 16,299 185 238 0 32 402 Balochistan 2022 712 117,346 110,740 24,247 908 37 120 2,086 2023 2,864 349,823 278,474 96,907 507 129 215 5,119 2024 1,642 237,726 297,182 78,536 2,506
Literacy Rate Comparison in South Asia (2022-23) Country Name Literacy % Maldives 98 Sri Lanka 92 Iran 89 India 76 Bangladesh 75 Nepal 71 Bhutan 71 Pakistan 58 Afganistan 37 Source: PES 2022-23
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 Source: Census 2023
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