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Pakistan's 15-point literacy gap between men and women

68.0% of men aged 10 and over could read and write, compared with 52.8% of women.

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The gap is widest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at 27.4 points, and narrowest in Islamabad, at 9.1.

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Pakistan's 15-point literacy gap between men and women. 68.0% of men and 52.8% of women aged 10 and over could read and write 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

Both rates come from the same census question for people aged 10 and over, so men and women are measured the same way.

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