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Pakistan stands at 6th place with 1,909,000 child brides.Īgainst this backdrop, public spending on health in Pakistan constituted 0.97 percent of GDP in 2017-18, which is still low, considering the poor health indicators, especially the ones related to reproductive health. 32 per cent of ever-married women aged 15-49 have experienced physical violence 29 % of women were married before 18 years of age. According to World Economic Forum, Pakistan Gender Inequality Index ranks 148 out of 149 countries (2018). The spectre of gender inequality is large.
The unmet need for family planning is high at 17 % among married women and the contraceptive prevalence rate for modern methods is 25 %, significantly lower than other South Asian and Muslim-majority countries. The maternal mortality ratio is 178 per 100,000 live births, with wide variation between provinces. For instance, lifetime risk of maternal death is high at 1 in 180 (the estimated number of maternal deaths in Pakistan is 8300), compared to 1 in 1020030300 in other middle income and developed countries. The country’s high population growth rate, which stood at 2.4 % for the period 1998 – 2017, has been impacting the rate of urbanization and migration and almost all aspects of socio-economic life in the country.Įven though Pakistan attained middle-income status in 2008 and the per capita GDP of Pakistan in 2018 constituted $1,565, social and health indicators are comparable to those of least developed countries. Pakistan is the fifth most populated country in the world.