COUNTRY PROFILES
KNOWLEDGE INDEX
RANK
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank Value
0 100
196 | GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE INDEX 2017
Political and Institutional
Socio-economic
Health and Environment
Rank Value
Political
Political stability and absence of violence/ terrorism
Government effectiveness
Gender parity
Women-to-men ratio in parliament (%)
Educational attainment: at least completed upper secondary (ISCED 3 or higher), GPI
Labour force participation rate, female to male ratio
Environment
Total CO2 emissions per capita
Energy intensity of residential sector (GJ/ household)
Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption)
Institutional
Judicial independence
Regulatory quality
World Press Freedom Index
Empowerment
Adult literacy rate (%)
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher)
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $)
Unemployment rate (%)
Share of youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) (%)
Health
Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Rank Value
Rank Value
RANK VALUE
GENERAL ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
47 WORLD AVERAGE
Pakistan
GDP (US$ BILLIONS)
283.66Population189,380,513
HDI 0.55 105/131
127 31
125 33
121 64
125
69
91
125
39
32
26
86
120
98
107
102
105
75
106
105
128
129
103
116
121
104
58
96
128 42
20
10
29
29
35
15
72
97
68
51
43
44
32
51
37
35
4
81
32
60
71
49
38
26 38
Pre-University Education
Technical Vocational Education and Training
Higher Education
Research,Developmentand Innovation
Economy
General EnablingEnvironment
Informationand Communications
Technology
20
40
60
80
100
PakistanWorld Average
Pre-University Education 80 52.4
Technical Vocational Education and Training 110 44.8
Higher Education 68 38.2
Research, Development and Innovation 87 18.5
Information and Communications Technology 112 33.1
Economy 110 36.3
General Enabling Environment 128 41.7
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GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE INDEX 2017 | 197
COUNTRY PROFILES
All values are normalized to a scale from 0 (worst) to 100 (best).
Pakistan Rank Value
PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 80 52.4KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL 102 45.3
Enrolment 121 24.8Gross enrolment ratio, primary (%) 119 24.3Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary (%) 110 14.3Out-of-school children (%) 86 35.9Completion 82 65.7Gross graduation ratio, primary (%) 92 46.0Gross graduation ratio, upper secondary (%) n/a n/aSurvival rate, last grade of lower secondary (%) 69 85.4Outcomes n/a n/aAssessment of 15-year-old students n/a n/aAssessment of 8th Grade students n/a n/a
EDUCATIONAL ENABLING ENVIRONMENT 56 63.1Expenditure on education 119 18.1Government expenditure, primary (% of GDP) 100 9.0Government expenditure, secondary (% of GDP) 101 13.4Expenditure on educational institutions, all levels (%) 103 32.0Early childhood education (ECE) 2 97.7Gross enrolment ratio, ECE (%) n/a n/aGrade 1 entrants with ECE (%) 15 97.7School environment 110 58.4Pupil-teacher ratio, primary (HC) 122 37.8Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary (HC) 89 58.0Trained teachers, primary (%) 54 79.4Trained teachers, secondary (%) n/a n/a
TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING 110 44.8FORMATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 94 44.2
Continuous training 89 43.7Extent of staff training 86 44.0Availability of specialized training services 93 49.5Firms offering formal training (%) 48 37.7Educational structure 89 44.4Expenditure on non-tertiary vocational education 60 7.3Enrolment in vocational programmes, secondary (%) 107 4.4Enrolment in vocational programmes, post-secondary non-tertiary (%) 1 100.0Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary vocational (HC) 58 66.1
FEATURES OF THE LABOUR MARKET 118 45.8Qualifications of the human capital 113 37.8Poor work ethic in the labour force 101 65.3Availability of skilled employees 89 45.0Technicians per thousand labour force (HC) 63 3.0Structure of the labour market 79 64.7Restrictive labour regulations 30 91.6Labour freedom 125 37.8
HIGHER EDUCATION 68 38.2HIGHER EDUCATION INPUTS 53 45.0
Expenditure 89 14.7Government expenditure, tertiary (% of GDP) 91 20.3Government expenditure per student, tertiary (constant PPP$) 71 9.0Enrolment 42 41.1Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 (%) 38 65.7Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 (%) 38 41.6Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 (%) 63 16.0Human resources 14 81.3Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary (HC) 65 71.6Researchers in higher education (%) 9 90.9
HIGHER EDUCATION OUTPUTS AND QUALITY 79 33.3Graduation n/a n/aGraduates, ISCED 6 (%) n/a n/aGraduates, ISCED 7 (%) n/a n/aGraduates, ISCED 8 (%) n/a n/aEmployment after graduation 112 24.7Labour force with advanced education (%) 94 13.7Unemployment with advanced education (%) 107 35.6Quality of universities 45 40.7University-industry collaboration in R&D 60 41.5Number of globally-ranked universities 38 40.0Competency of students 56 33.3Enrolment in globally ranked-universities (% of tertiary students) 65 33.3Inbound mobility rate (%) n/a n/a
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION 87 18.5RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 94 13.3
Research and development inputs 104 9.9GERD (% of GDP) 75 6.2GERD per researcher (constant '000 $PPP) 87 7.1Researchers per thousand labour force (HC) 70 5.8Graduates from ICT, Science and Engineering programmes, tertiary (%) n/a n/aHigh-technology net imports (% of total trade) 32 36.4Research and development outputs 70 16.7Average documents per researcher 86 13.2Citations per document 67 31.7Citable documents H index 51 14.8Best scientific journal (SJR ranking) 52 28.2Quality of scientific research institutions 65 47.3PCT patents applications (per million inhabitants) 99 0.0
Pakistan Rank Value
INNOVATION IN PRODUCTION 47 29.8Inputs of innovation in production 27 56.4GERD performed by business enterprises (% of GDP) n/a n/aGERD financed by business enterprises (%) n/a n/aResearchers (HC) in business enterprise (%) n/a n/aFDI and technology transfer 66 56.4Outputs of innovation in production 103 12.0Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade) 75 3.2Industrial design applications (per billion PPP$ GDP) 81 2.2Production process sophistication 71 45.0Extent of marketing 96 51.2
SOCIAL INNOVATION 99 22.9Inputs of social innovation 83 24.6Ease of protecting minority investors 26 66.7Joint venture per strategic alliance deals 52 10.5ICT goods imported (% of total imports) 70 20.2Total computer software spending (% of GDP) 55 23.1New business density 98 0.1Outputs of social innovation 100 21.8Trademark applications (per billion PPP$ GDP) 73 13.0National feature films produced (per million inhabitants) 98 1.2Printing and publishing manufactures (% of manufactured output) n/a n/aICT goods exported (% of total exports) 84 57.0
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 112 33.1ICT INPUTS 104 48.0
Infrastructure 120 20.9Population covered by mobile-cellular networks (%) 117 27.8International Internet bandwidth per Internet user (Kbit/s) 97 34.9Secure Internet servers (per million inhabitants) 115 0.1Sector competitiveness 74 75.1ICT Price Basket 90 92.5Internet and telephony level of competition 1 100.0Laws relating to ICTs 110 32.7
ICT OUTPUTS 118 26.7Subscriptions 118 8.2Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) 111 2.7Mobile-cellular subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) 118 16.0Fixed-broadband subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) 106 1.8Active mobile-broadband subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) 111 12.3Usage by individuals 119 37.0Internet users (%) 120 11.5Use of virtual social networks 121 54.7Business-to-consumer Internet use 103 44.6Usage by government and institutions 116 34.6Firm-level technology absorption 86 54.4Government Online Service Index 103 32.6Government success in ICT promotion 93 43.2Unlicensed software installation rates 88 8.2Impact on development 97 30.8ICT PCT patents' applications (per million inhabitants) 90 0.9Impact of ICTs on business models 86 51.3Social impacts of ICT 101 40.1
ECONOMY 110 36.3KNOWLEDGE COMPETITIVENESS 123 42.4
Economic infrastructure and competition 113 52.7Ease of starting a business 106 77.9Ease of enforcing a contract 114 43.5Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) 123 24.9Logistics Performance Index 65 50.4Intensity of local competition 117 57.4Availability of latest technologies 68 62.1Competitiveness drivers 119 32.0Business impact of rules on FDI 94 52.0FDI, net inflows (% of GDP) 118 34.4Global Entrepreneurship Index 105 15.2Investment in telecom services (% of GDP) 79 18.7Venture capital availability 38 39.9
ECONOMIC OPENNESS 96 27.0Creative economy 59 29.5High-technology net exports (% of total trade) 68 4.9Creative services' exports (% of total trade in services) 30 21.9Creative goods' exports (% of total trade in goods) 41 61.7Trade 126 24.5Trade (% of GDP) 131 0.0Prevalence of non-tariff barriers 101 49.0
FINANCING AND VALUE ADDED 93 33.4Financing and taxes 96 34.8Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) 50 67.2Soundness of banks 88 55.8Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) 120 4.7Bank deposits to GDP (%) 101 11.4Domestic value added 78 32.0High-skilled employment (% of total employed people) 71 31.5Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) 67 32.6