The intention of the series of District Profiles is to give district specific information on the 26 Districts in Balochistan. The data presented so far in this Profile refer to Kohlu district only. But since data is collected on all Districts a comparison between them and with the province as a whole has become possible. To add that perspective, 32 indicators covering a range of items have been selected. Those indicators, and others, can be found in the next two pages. Each of the 26 districts can be ranked on each of the indicators. The relative position of Kohlu is given in the diagram on the third page. It is a bottom-up ranking: position number 1 means the lowest score on the indicator concerned, while position number 26 means the highest score. An overall ranking of districts is not given, since that would require attaching a certain weight to every indicator.

As far as Kohlu district is concerned, the following observations can be made:

• With its geographical area of 7,610 square kilometre, Kohlu takes a position in the middle of the rankings. The population is comparatively small, third position from the bottom, which results in a low raking in population density also.

• All the agriculture related indicators give a relatively low position to the district (around position number 8). The somewhat higher ranking on value of agricultural production is most probably due to the fruit production in the district.

• The indicators on livestock give a completely different picture. The number of livestock units present is the second highest in the province, while the density and the livestock units per capita are the highest. This means that the sector is of great importance to the local economy, but that further expansion probably has to be realised through more intensive modes of production or through an expansion of the available range land.

• The district scores favourably on the indicator of student/teachers ratio in primary education, which is the lowest among the districts, both for boys and for girls. The ranking on enrolment for boys gives a middle ranking (position number 14), while for girls it is lower (position number 8).

• The health indicators (population per bed, position number 4, and population per doctor, position number 10) give probably a better impression than the actual health status of the population warrants. There is a considerable under-representation of females among the medical staff.

• About one fifth of the population has access to safe drinking water, which gives the district a ranking in the middle.

• The relative position with regard to roads is mixed. There are no metalled roads in the district, but the density with shingle roads gives the district the fifth highest position in the province.