Editing Demographics of Pakistan (section)

==Human development==

===Human Development Index===
{{Further|List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index}}

Pakistan's [[Human Development Index]] (HDI) value for 2018 is in the medium human development category with a score of 0.560 (152nd rank out of 189 countries and territories) compared to [[List of countries by Human Development Index|0.614 (135th rank) for Bangladesh]] and [[List of Indian states and territories by Human Development Index|0.647 (129th rank) for India]]. From 1990 to 2018, Pakistan's HDI increased 38.6% from 0.404 to 0.560.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://hdr.undp.org/en/2018-update| title = 2019 HD Report| date = January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://hdr.undp.org/sites/all/themes/hdr_theme/country-notes/PAK.pdf| title = Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update: Pakistan}}</ref>

2018 Information on Pakistani provinces/regions, compared to other countries, estimated at three decimal places is provided below:<ref name="Subnational HDR">{{Cite web|title=Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab |website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Region
!HDI (2018)<ref name="Subnational HDR"/>
|-
! colspan="3" style="color:#fc0;" |Medium human development
|-
|1
|[[Islamabad Capital Territory]]
|0.875 {{decrease}}
|-
|2
|[[Azad Jammu & Kashmir]]
|0.611 {{decrease}}
|-
|3
|[[Gilgit-Baltistan]]
|0.593 {{increase}}
|-
|4
|[[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
|0.567 {{increase}}
|- style="background:#e6e6e6"
|–
|{{PAK}} '''(average)'''
|0.561 {{increase}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="color:#900;" |Low human development
|-
|5
|[[Sindh]]
|0.533 {{decrease}}
|-
|6
|[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
|0.529 {{decrease}}
|-
|7
|[[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]
|0.477 {{increase}}
|-
|8
|[[FATA]]
|0.466 {{decrease}}
|}

===Literacy===
Definition: A person who can read a newspaper and write a simple letter in any language with understanding and can make simple calculation is treated as literate. Literacy rates for the population over 10 years old as of 2023 are below.<ref name="keyfindings2023" />

{| class=wikitable
| Total population || {{Percentage bar|62.85}}
|-
| Urban || {{Percentage bar|77.09}}
|-
| Rural || {{Percentage bar|55.56}}
|}

===Educational institutions by kind===
* Primary schools: 156,592
* [[Middle school]]s: 320,611
* High schools: 23,964
* [[College of Arts and Sciences]]: 3,213
* [[Undergraduate education|Degree colleges]]: 1,202
* [[Vocational education|Technical and vocational institutions]]: 3,125
* Universities: 197<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hec.gov.pk/OurInstitutes/Pages/Default.aspx|title=HEC recognized Universities|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209080426/http://www.hec.gov.pk/OurInstitutes/Pages/Default.aspx|archive-date=9 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Pakistan Education Statistics 2007–08">{{cite web |url=http://www.moe.gov.pk/Pakistan%20Education%20Statistics%2007-08.pdf |title=Pakistan Education Statistics 2007–08 |access-date=2010-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002183659/http://www.moe.gov.pk/Pakistan%20Education%20Statistics%2007-08.pdf |archive-date=2 October 2011}}</ref>