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Pakistan counted 25 million out-of-school children

The 2023 census counted 25.4m children aged 5 to 16 who were not in school.

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Punjab alone had 9.6m, or 37.8% of the national total.

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Pakistan counted 25 million out-of-school children. Out-of-school children aged 5 to 16 in each province-level region in the 2023 census. Visual by PakStats.

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Population and Housing Census 2023 Table 12: literacy and out-of-school population · Updated 15 September 2026

These are counts, not rates. A province with more children will usually have more children out of school.

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