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1 Out-of-School Children in Pakistan: Disaggregated Trends by Province, Gender, Education Stage, and Year (PES 2022–2024 & Census 2023)
1.1 OOSR & OOSC by Province, Stage, Gender (2023-24)
1.2 Out-of-School Children Rates (OOSR) in Pakistan by Education Stage, Gender and Year (2022-2024)
1.3 Out of School (5-16) Aged 5–16 by Province and Gender in Pakistan (Census 2023)

Out-of-School Children in Pakistan: Disaggregated Trends by Province, Gender, Education Stage, and Year (PES 2022–2024 & Census 2023)

OOSR & OOSC by Province, Stage, Gender (2023-24)

Region
Stage
 OOSR OOSC
Male (%) Female (%) Total (%) Male Female Total
Punjab
 Primary 22 12 17 1,717,172 933,295 2,650,467
Middle 29 18 24 1,350,089 781,357 2,131,446
High 41 32 37 1,208,178 866,046 2,074,224
Higher Sec. 58 50 54 1,575,302 1,260,097 2,835,399
Primary to Higher Sec. 32 22 27 5,850,741 3,840,795 9,691,536
Sindh
 Primary 25 38 31 1,025,138 1,446,163 2,471,301
Middle 43 51 46 956,284 1,004,399 1,960,683
High 47 59 53 575,566 681,252 1,256,818
Higher Sec. 69 75 72 882,968 822,166 1,705,134
Primary to Higher Sec. 39 49 44 3,439,956 3,953,980 7,393,936
KP
 Primary 20 32 26 630,419 929,477 1,559,896
Middle 28 41 34 472,387 639,219 1,111,606
High 33 52 42 338,210 490,551 828,761
Higher Sec 47 63 55 446,116 555,017 1,001,133
Primary to Higher Sec. 28 41 34 1,887,132 2,614,264 4,501,396
Balochistan
 Primary 60 68 64 761,139 776,067 1,537,206
Middle 67 73 70 443,177 424,545 867,722
High 71 78 74 269,609 260,188 529,797
Higher Sec. 74 83 78 273,235 268,487 541,722
Primary to Higher Sec. 65 73 69 1,747,160 1,729,287 3,476,447
ICT
 Primary 27 27 27 34,963 31,843 66,806
Middle 10 9 10 8,317 6,522 14,839
High 6 4 5 3,113 1,926 5,039
Higher Sec 3 2 3 1,456 984 2,440
Primary to Higher Sec. 15 15 15 47,849 41,275 89,124
Pakistan
 Primary 25 26 26 4,168,831 4,116,845 8,285,676
Middle 35 33 34 3,230,254 2,856,042 6,086,296
High 43 44 43 2,394,676 2,299,963 4,694,639
Higher Sec 59 60 60 3,179,077 2,906,751 6,085,828
Primary to Higher Sec. 35 35 35 12,972,838 12,179,601 25,152,439

Source: Pakistan Education Statistics 2023-2024

Out-of-School Children Rates (OOSR) in Pakistan by Education Stage, Gender and Year (2022-2024)

Education Stage Gender OOSR 2022–23 (%) OOSR 2023–24 (%) OOSC 2022–23 OOSC 2023–24
Primary (Age 5-9)
 Male 32 26 5,060,457 4,168,831
Female 39 25 5,794,790 4,116,845
Total 35 26 10,855,247 8,285,676
Middle (Age 10-12)
 Male 23 33 2,062,024 3,230,254
Female 34 34 2,788,093 2,856,042
Total 29 34 4,850,117 6,086,296
High (Age 13-14)
 Male 40 43 2,241,050 2,394,676
Female 42 44 2,163,454 2,299,963
Total 41 43 4,404,504 4,694,639
Higher Secondary (Age 15-16)
 Male 57 60 3,014,361 3,179,077
Female 62 60 2,965,512 2,906,751
Total 59 60 5,979,873 6,085,828
Primary to Higher Secondary (Age 5-16)
 Male 35 35 12,377,892 12,972,838
Female 42 36 13,711,849 12,179,601
Total 38 35 26,089,741 25,152,439
Source: Pakistan Education Statistics (2023-24)

Out of School (5-16) Aged 5–16 by Province and Gender in Pakistan (Census 2023)

Out of School Children (5-16) Population(5-16) Total Male Female Transgender
Pakistan 71,270,068 25,373,350 11,964,533 13,407,069 1,748
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 13,133,856 4,924,121 1,999,712 2,924,279 130
Punjab 35,578,562 9,600,164 4,772,207 4,826,873 1,084
Sindh 16,891,397 7,818,248 3,729,504 4,088,394 350
Balochistan 5,074,550 2,941,690 1,415,261 1,526,248 181
Islamabad Capital Territory 591,703 89,127 47,849 41,275 3
Source: Census 2023
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