Child Rights in Focus

Adolescent Health

February 7, 2025
Reproductive Health and Maternal Care Indicators (2017–2023) Births by age 18 (%) 2017–2023 (R) Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods (%) 2017–2023 (R) Informed decisions for reproductive health (%) 2017–2023 (R) Antenatal care (%) (At least 4 visits) 2017–2023 (R) Skilled birth attendant (%) 2017–2023 (R) Women aged 20-24 years who gave birth before age 18 Aged 15-19 Aged 15-19 Aged 15-19 Aged 15-19 Female Female Female Female Female 7 6 11

Nutrition

February 7, 2025
Malnutrition among preschool-aged children (0–4 years of age) Stunted (%) 2022 Wasted (%) 2016–2023 (R) Overweight (%) 2022 Moderate and severe (m) Severe Moderate and severe (R) Moderate and severe (m) 34 2 7 3 Source: UNICEF (State of World’s Children 2024)   Malnutrition among school-aged children (5–19 years of age) 2022 Thinness (%) Overweight (%) Thin and severely thin Overweight and obese 16 19 Source: UNICEF (State of World’s Children 2024)   Infant

Child Mortality

February 7, 2025
Trends in Mortality and Stillbirth Rates (1990–2022) Mortality & Stillbirth Rates 1990 2000 2021 2022 Male (2022) Female (2022) Under-five Mortality Rate 140 108 – 61 65 56 Infant Mortality Rate 107 – – 51 – – Neonatal Mortality Rate 64 57 – 39 – – Mortality Rate (Children Aged 5–14 Years) 14 – – 8 – – Stillbirth Rate – 38 31 – – – Source: UNICEF (State of World’s Children 2024)  

Health Facilities By Provinces

February 7, 2025
Types of Health Facilities Available in the Provinces of Pakistan Province Primary Level Secondary Level Tertiary Level Sindh 1824 253 14 Punjab 2835 652 22 KP 2281 381 33 Balochistan 1089 198 9 ICT 31 3 2 Total 8060 1487 80 Source: National Institute of Health (2024)

Child Protection Insights

February 7, 2025
Birth Registration Birth Registration Rates in Pakistan by Urban and Rural Areas Region Total (%) Urban (%) Rural (%) National 42.2 60.3 33.7 ICT 82.4 Balochistan 37.8 46 34 KP 18.8 30.4 16.3 Punjab 57.8 70.5 51.7 Sindh 27.6 53.8 6.9 PDHS 2017-18   Provincial Birth Registration Rates by Gender Provinces  Total (%) Male (%) Female (%) Balochistan (2019-2020) 44.1 44.2 44.1 KP (2019) 29.5 29.7 29.3 Sindh (2018-2019) 34 34.4 33.6 GB (2016-2017)

Health Insights

February 7, 2025
Types of Health Facilities Available in the Provinces of Pakistan Province Primary Level Secondary Level Tertiary Level Sindh 1824 253 14 Punjab 2835 652 22 KP 2281 381 33 Balochistan 1089 198 9 ICT 31 3 2 Total 8060 1487 80 Source: National Institute of Health (2024)   Trends in Mortality and Stillbirth Rates (1990–2022) Mortality & Stillbirth Rates 1990 2000 2021 2022 Male (2022) Female (2022) Under-five Mortality Rate 140 108 – 61

Education Insights

February 7, 2025
Pakistan’s Education Profile: GER, PTR, ETR, and Literacy Rate Source: Pakistan Education Statistics 2022-2023   Pakistan Literacy Table Literate % Total Male Female Pakistan 60.65 68.00 52.84 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 51.09 64.57 37.15 Punjab 66.25 71.98 60.19 Sindh 57.54 64.23 50.21 Balochistan 42.01 50.50 32.80 Islamabad Capital Territory 83.97 88.23 79.13 Source: Census 2023   Education Indicators Full Table Indicator Male Female Total GPI 2021-22 2022-23 Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Pre-Primary 82.50% 69.80% 76.30%

Alternative Care

February 7, 2025
Punjab Category Punjab (2017-2018) 0-4 5-9 10–14 15-17 Total Living with neither biological parent (both dead) 0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 Both parents living elsewhere 0.5 1 1.2 2.6 1.1 Both parents living abroad 0 0 0 0 0 Adopted, foster, or step-child 20.4 12.4 8.4 3.2 9.4 Source: MICS Sindh Category Sindh (2018-2019) 0-4 5-9 10–14 15-17 Total Living with neither biological parent (both dead) 0 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.2 Both parents living

Child Online Protection

February 7, 2025
Country-Specific Reports of OCSEA Cases Country 2021 2022 2023 India 4,699,515 5,675,324 8,923,738 Philippines 3,188,793 2,576,182 2,740,905 Pakistan 2,030,801 2,059,884 1,924,739 Indonesia 1,861,135 1,878,011 1,925,549 Bangladesh 1,743,240 2,145,098 2,491,368 Iraq 1,220,470 905,883 749,746 Algeria 1,171,653 731,167 762,754 Source Cybertipline   Local Complaints in Pakistan (2021-2023) Year Local Complaints 2021 133 2022 187 2023 250 Source: FIA   FIRs Registered on OCSEA for Years 2022 and 2023 Cyber Crime Reporting Centre (CCRC) 2022 2023 Local

Child Marriage

February 7, 2025
Pakistan Married before the age of 15 4.70% Married before the age of 18 18.30% PDHS 2017-18   CHILD MARRIAGES IN PROVINCES PERCENTAGE MARRIED BEFORE AGE 15 Provinces Male Female Balochistan (2019-2020) 2 6.7 KP (2019) 1 7.3 Sindh (2018-2019) 2.6 7.7 Punjab(2017-2018) 1 4.4 Gilgit-Baltistan (2016-2017) 13.1 Source: MICS   Marriage Data For (15-19) Age Group in Pakistan Area Total Population (15-19 Age) Never Married Married Widowed Divorced Separation Pakistan 24,154,118 21,696,089 2,437,156 6,563 8,113 6,197

Child Labour

February 7, 2025
Punjab Child Labour in Punjab (%) Age Total Boys Girls 5-14 Years 13.4 16.8 9.7 5-17 Years 16.9 21.8 11.5 Source: PCLS 2019-20   Number & Percentage of children in Child Labour 5-17 years by Industry Industry Characteristics Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Manufacturing Water collection Construction Wholesale and retail trade Accommodation and food service activities Domestic Work Other Industries Total number of children in Child labour Both sexes Total 55.3 13.6 11.8 2.8 8.8

Child Discipline

February 7, 2025
Child Discipline Child Discipline (Percentage of children aged 1-14 years who experienced Physical Punishment/ any violent discipline method) Provinces Total Male Female Balochistan (2019-2020) 55.3 56.4 54 KP (2019) 82.7 84.6 80.6 Sindh (2018-2019) 79.6 80.5 78.6 Punjab (2024) 83.1 84.5 81.6 GB (2016-2017) 84.6 86 83.1 Source: MICS
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