External debt at the end of March 2008 was US$ 45.9 billion.
• Male literacy rate increased from 58 percent in 2001 to 67 percent in 2006-07
while it increased from 32 to 42 percent for females during the same period.
• There are currently 231,289 educational institutions in the country. Their over
all enrolment is recorded at 34.84 millions with teaching staff of 1.37 million.
• To promote research and development (R&D) activities, Higher Education
Commission (HEC) has awarded 5,837 PhD scholarships (3,237 indigenous,
2,600 foreign) over the past three years.
• At present there are 945 hospitals, 4755 dispensaries, 5349 basic health units &
sub health centers and 903 maternity and child health centers in Pakistan.
• With the existing number of 127859 doctors, 8195 dentists ,62651 nurses and
103285 hospital beds, the population and health facilities ratio turns out to be
1225 persons per doctor,19121 person per dentist, 2501 persons per nurse and
1517 persons per bed .
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