The data and other information provided so far in this District Profile were focused on the situation in Awaran district. No comparison was made to the situation in other districts or to the situation in Balochistan as a whole. To add that perspective, 32 indicators have been selected on which the districts can be compared. These indicators can be found in the table on the following two pages. Each district can be ranked on each of the indicators. The relative position of Awaran is given in the diagram on the third page. It is a bottom-up ranking: position number 1 reflects the lowest score on the indicator concerned while position number 26 means the highest score. An overall ranking of districts is not given, because that would require to attach certain weights to each of the indicators.
- Awaran district has the fifth biggest area among the districts in the province, with a population which is the 8th lowest. Hence, the district is one of the least densely populated districts. The estimated population growth takes a position in the middle.
- No comparisons can be made with regard to agricultural production, because figures that give a more or less complete picture of Awaran do not exist. The total production will most likely score among the lowest half of the districts in the province, while the yields are substantially less than in many other areas.
- The few available indicators on livestock demonstrate the importance of that sector for the district. Especially with regard to the total value of the livestock related produce, the district scores high.
- The district takes a position in the lower half as far as enrolment for boys and girls is concerned, while the pupil/teacher ratio is among the highest in the province.
- The health infrastructure is particularly backward. Both on the population per bed and population per doctor indicator, the district belongs to the top five in Balochistan.
- Awaran takes a middle position with regard to coverage of the population with drinking water supply.
- The road network is the worst in the province: there is not a single kilometer of metalled road, while the density (length per square kilometer) of shingle roads are the third lowest.