Education Comparison
Literacy, universities, enrollment, and education spending comparison
Key Education Indicators
Literacy Rate (%)
🇮🇳India
77.7
🇵🇰Pakistan
62.3
Male Literacy (%)
🇮🇳India
84.7
🇵🇰Pakistan
73
Female Literacy (%)
🇮🇳India
70.3
🇵🇰Pakistan
51.1
Universities
🇮🇳India
1,113
🇵🇰Pakistan
220
Primary Enrollment (%)
🇮🇳India
99.2
🇵🇰Pakistan
66
Secondary Enrollment (%)
🇮🇳India
78.5
🇵🇰Pakistan
45.3
Tertiary Enrollment (%)
🇮🇳India
28.4
🇵🇰Pakistan
10.2
Education Spending (% of GDP)
🇮🇳India
4.6
🇵🇰Pakistan
2.8
Literacy Rate Over Time (%)
Historical literacy rate trends for both countries
Higher Education & Research
STEM Enrollment (% of Tertiary)
Proportion of tertiary students enrolled in STEM fields
Research Papers Published (Thousands)
Annual academic research publications indexed in Scopus
Skilled Emigration (Thousands/Year)
Annual emigration of skilled professionals (engineers, doctors, IT workers)
Notable Institutions
🇮🇳
India
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Technical
Ranking: 149
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Research
Ranking: 225
University of Delhi
University
Ranking: 328
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Technical
Ranking: 197
Jawaharlal Nehru University
University
Ranking: 559
🇵🇰
Pakistan
National University of Sciences and Technology
Technical
Ranking: 315
Quaid-i-Azam University
University
Ranking: 401
Lahore University of Management Sciences
University
Ranking: 701
Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Technical
University of Karachi
University
Ranking: 801