Pakistan posts its strongest gender-gap improvement in a decade, driven by girls' education

The World Economic Forum's 2026 report puts Pakistan's gender parity at 59.5% — up 2.8 percentage points, the fastest improvement in ten years — powered by big gains in school enrolment, where girls' education parity reached 91.7%. Economic participation remains the weak spot at 144th globally, but the trajectory has finally turned upward.