Pakistan District Education Rankings

The Pakistan District Education Rankings are a series of 5 consecutive annual publications by Inayat Arman, first published in 2013.

Pakistan District Education Rankings 2023

National Rank	Name of District	Province	Overall Index (100)	Infrastructure & Access (100)	Learning (100)	Inclusion: Equity & Technology (100)	Governance & Management (100)	Public Financing (100)
1	ICT	Federal	73.86	82.31	68.95	86.54	66.03	55.97
2	Jhelum	Punjab	68.74	83.9	59.62	78.71	63.81	43.12
3	Chakwal	Punjab	68.18	84.02	59.87	78.92	56.71	46.69
4	Haripur	KP	67.3	84.75	51.44	70.49	70.9	52.35
5	Rawalpindi	Punjab	66.38	78.72	61.7	78.92	57.5	37.87
6	Sialkot	Punjab	66.11	82.57	53.79	83.13	53.93	46.36
7	Attock	Punjab	65.74	81.74	53.92	79.33	55.89	47.57
8	Narowal	Punjab	65.58	79.92	53.8	80.31	56.57	49.33
9	Chitral	KP	65.41	85.52	50.25	63.57	65.59	53.01
10	Gujrat	Punjab	65.23	80.86	53.24	83.01	55.32	42.53
11	Abbottabad	KP	64.99	83.35	49.74	69.43	66.61	46.56
12	Sargodha	Punjab	64.45	77.63	55.82	78.22	55.8	43.16
13	Toba Tek Singh	Punjab	64.45	77.33	53.29	78.85	57.07	48.7
14	Karachi East	Sindh	64.14	67.95	56.42	74.64	56.05	72.22
15	Karachi Central	Sindh	64.03	70.79	57.58	68.97	52.95	72.27
16	Faisalabad	Punjab	63.76	77.67	53.21	79.07	57.64	39.89
17	Khushab	Punjab	63.75	77.79	55.51	74.23	55.49	43.03
18	Lahore	Punjab	63.32	76.15	53.82	85.15	58.77	27.44
19	Gujranwala	Punjab	63.13	75.73	52.75	82.96	54.59	39.48
20	Korangi	Sindh	63.05	65.22	58.37	68.32	56.71	72.22
21	Hafizabad	Punjab	62.89	78.35	48.75	79.56	56.96	42.82
22	Mandi Bahauddin	Punjab	62.87	77.36	49.84	81.13	56.02	41.42
23	Mianwali	Punjab	62.83	74.89	55.09	72.21	58.05	43.01
24	Layyah	Punjab	62.83	75.01	51.33	75.84	57.77	48.88
25	Mansehra	KP	62.73	79.73	47.87	63.56	65.31	51.21
26	Karachi South	Sindh	62.59	69.78	55.69	72.62	45.48	72.36
27	Malakand	KP	62.02	76.86	48.48	62.33	69.03	47.14
28	Sheikhupura	Punjab	61.65	75.01	52.15	74.25	55.7	40.07
29	Bhakkar	Punjab	61.44	72.91	52.26	71	57.5	46.16
30	Khanewal	Punjab	61.09	71.51	50.31	76.93	55.05	47.44
31	Nankana Sahib	Punjab	61.08	75.11	48.12	74.75	55.99	44.96
32	Karak	KP	60.98	70.39	51.01	62.03	69.73	47.94
33	Sahiwal	Punjab	60.7	74.22	47.88	75.11	56.44	43.43
34	Jhang	Punjab	60.69	74.86	50.21	76.23	47.45	46.14
35	Vehari	Punjab	60.34	70.69	51.01	70.61	56.76	47.28
36	Bahawalnagar	Punjab	60.11	69.57	50.41	72.05	56.13	48.9
37	Nowshera	KP	59.94	74.07	46.29	61.27	66.32	46.92
38	Mardan	KP	59.83	73.97	44.94	60.81	67.68	48.85
39	Kasur	Punjab	59.77	73.25	45.81	74.94	56.01	44.06
40	Keamari	Sindh	59.55	59.69	49.91	66.57	63.04	72.24
41	Lower Dir	KP	59.46	72.86	46.4	55.27	68.2	51.61
42	Swabi	KP	59.46	74.67	42.8	60.94	67.41	49.66
43	Charsadda	KP	59.36	71.95	45.63	59.2	69.79	47.38
44	Okara	Punjab	59.3	71.37	44.8	73.86	57.18	47.96
45	Pakpattan	Punjab	58.99	71.03	46.51	71.8	56.37	45.02
46	Chiniot	Punjab	58.77	71.06	45.88	71.75	55.67	45.7
47	Multan	Punjab	58.46	68.39	49.97	71.85	57.41	35.61
48	Kohat	KP	58.42	71.83	45.73	56.84	68.65	43.46
49	Karachi West	Sindh	57.9	58.03	55.45	65.23	45.68	72.21
50	Lodhran	Punjab	57.12	65.49	46.16	68.42	56.59	48.76
51	Bahawalpur	Punjab	56.81	65.59	47.85	69.37	57.12	38.03
52	Malir Karachi	Sindh	56.72	58.61	51.49	62.2	47.58	72.22
53	Peshawar	KP	56.69	67.82	45.35	61.67	69.08	31.26
54	Swat	KP	56.03	69.18	40.88	58.02	67.18	42.3
55	Lakki Marwat	KP	55.7	63.51	43.18	54.95	70.22	49.21
56	Hyderabad	Sindh	55.42	62.42	55.83	62.22	50.93	29.73
57	Upper Dir	KP	55.28	63.49	43.12	52.72	69.43	49.72
58	Dera Ismail Khan	KP	54.89	62.13	44.48	55.41	66.38	46.35
59	Buner	KP	54.75	67.33	38.29	52.91	67.45	50.16
60	Rahim Yar Khan	Punjab	54.72	60.8	43.82	69.53	55.87	45.28
61	Muzaffargarh	Punjab	54.46	57.86	48.17	64.17	57.44	44.1
62	Batagram	KP	54.15	62.75	45.96	46.67	65.03	47.78
63	Bannu	KP	54.02	62.67	42.97	54.22	65.28	44.09
64	Jamshoro	Sindh	53.98	52.44	50.7	53.54	53.91	69.18
65	Dera Ghazi Khan	Punjab	53.88	59.05	47.68	65.24	55.73	37.14
66	Hangu	KP	53.73	62.16	45.9	47.48	65.41	43.78
67	Gwadar	Balochistan	53.36	64.4	49.81	61.54	45.82	29.91
68	Quetta	Balochistan	53.27	58.9	47.74	63.25	60.26	27.56
69	Naushahro Feroze	Sindh	53.11	57.02	51.1	53.51	58.42	38.87
70	Larkana	Sindh	52.77	54.87	51.24	58.05	56.18	38.04
71	Sukkur	Sindh	52.67	53.41	53.22	58.9	54.92	36.05
72	Tank	KP	52.6	59.77	43.14	50.19	64.8	44.77
73	Kech	Balochistan	52.5	57.57	48.8	58.41	53.75	37.7
74	Kurram	KP	51.85	55.48	42.78	50.46	67.24	47.17
75	Shangla	KP	51.51	59.7	39.1	46.4	67.94	47.15
76	Orakzai	KP	51.25	56.26	44.48	45.36	66.1	43.06
77	Khairpur Mirs	Sindh	51.14	54.84	51.36	53.23	52.53	35.65
78	Nushki	Balochistan	51.1	52.56	50.38	57.34	52.02	38.13
79	Mirpur Khas	Sindh	50.64	51.82	50.11	52.33	55.88	38.32
80	Rajanpur	Punjab	50.51	53.53	42.46	60.22	56.04	42.69
81	Shaheed Benazirabad	Sindh	50.22	54.83	49.32	53.57	54.65	27.44
82	Dadu	Sindh	50.13	51.72	49.38	52.05	55.59	36.56
83	Khyber	KP	50.02	54.34	42.44	45.82	66.72	41.03
84	Matiari	Sindh	49.72	51.65	49.54	48.81	52.69	41.35
85	Umer Kot	Sindh	49.01	51.57	47.07	49.08	53.54	40.22
86	Loralai	Balochistan	48.43	48.7	49.88	55.76	46.8	34.73
87	Bajaur	KP	48.28	49.51	40.43	44.82	66.87	45.41
88	Mastung	Balochistan	48.12	50.16	47.08	53.94	46.53	38.75
89	Panjgur	Balochistan	47.91	43.04	47.97	55.78	55.91	38.51
90	Tando Allah Yar	Sindh	47.88	49.1	47.44	47.18	52.43	39.74
91	Mohmand	KP	47.76	51.45	39.22	44.14	63.79	43.67
92	Kambar-Shahdadkot	Sindh	47.75	46.13	45.96	51.99	56.84	37.96
93	Sanghar	Sindh	47.69	47.97	47.45	48.87	53.69	36.83
94	Pishin	Balochistan	47.46	46.03	48.07	52.58	48.71	40.42
95	Kalat	Balochistan	47.44	51.27	45.03	52.37	49.59	32.55
96	Sibi	Balochistan	47.29	48.86	46.33	54.6	49.69	30.91
97	Ghotki	Sindh	47.27	46.65	48.22	47.12	53.3	37.46
98	Tharparkar	Sindh	47.19	48.74	46.73	46.71	53.31	35.44
99	Jacobabad	Sindh	47.16	42.46	47.84	49.19	56.04	42.82
100	Musakhel	Balochistan	47.02	49.22	44.27	52.36	48.21	38.89
101	Awaran	Balochistan	46.94	54.23	44.98	47.89	41.53	37.66
102	Torghar	KP	46.75	53.97	37.74	36.01	63.93	42.49
103	Barkhan	Balochistan	46.71	47.84	44.61	51.75	48.64	39.15
104	Badin	Sindh	46.69	47.33	45.95	45.06	55.05	36.9
105	Zhob	Balochistan	46.42	50.39	46.24	44.84	47.58	35.64
106	Shikarpur	Sindh	46.3	42.92	47.1	48.43	54.68	38.26
107	Killa Saifullah	Balochistan	46.24	45.51	43.09	50.26	55.09	38.54
108	Tando Muhammad Khan	Sindh	46.23	42.83	46.45	50.5	50.71	42.68
109	Sohbatpur	Balochistan	45.96	47.9	45.27	44.08	44.24	47.63
110	North Waziristan	KP	45.81	48.75	41.72	43.9	58.87	32.52
111	Harnai	Balochistan	45.22	43.62	45.53	50.99	47.04	37.77
112	Lasbela	Balochistan	45.09	44.92	41.22	51.75	53.78	34.15
113	South Waziristan	KP	44.55	41.38	43.1	49.4	57.01	32.48
114	Ziarat	Balochistan	44.45	44.92	44.37	51.93	43.39	33.71
115	Kharan	Balochistan	44.44	42.98	45.42	49.63	48.78	31.57
116	Kashmore	Sindh	43.77	38.93	44.93	42.21	56.96	37.41
117	Khuzdar	Balochistan	43.73	39.6	43.99	52.86	49.56	32.95
118	Kohlu	Balochistan	43.68	39.57	41.86	54.59	48.72	37.55
119	Duki	Balochistan	43.34	38.14	50.89	40.68	44.92	37.9
120	Jaffarabad	Balochistan	43.26	38.31	44.28	50.3	49.18	35.56
121	Lower Kohistan	KP	43.16	36.73	42.46	35	59.95	51.6
122	Dera Bugti	Balochistan	43.14	39.51	44.05	40.72	53.66	39.19
123	Surab (Shaheed Sikandarabad)	Balochistan	42.56	37.02	42.09	51.08	48.51	38.91
124	Jhal Magsi	Balochistan	42.45	42.17	42.6	48.71	42.55	33.26
125	Killa Abdullah (inc. Chaman)	Balochistan	42.41	39.21	45.06	46.17	45.91	33.21
126	Kachhi	Balochistan	42.34	37.83	43	46.18	49.9	36.77
127	Chagai	Balochistan	42.29	42.33	40.09	48.52	47	32.28
128	Upper Kohistan	KP	42.11	35.78	43.2	35.85	60.18	40.12
129	Kolai Palas	KP	41.28	29.78	41.49	38.14	57.96	54.83
130	Thatta	Sindh	41.28	38.04	43.12	44.79	44.87	34.8
131	Washuk	Balochistan	41.27	39.36	38.59	49.51	48.46	31.91
132	Sujawal	Sindh	40.6	36.34	42.92	40.13	43.63	42.64
133	Nasirabad	Balochistan	40.39	35.58	42.48	45.55	45.94	32.45
134	Sherani	Balochistan	35.41	29.63	38.02	35.21	39.76	38.74

Pakistan District Education Rankings 2018

The last district rankings published by Inayat Arman were in 2022.

Top 10 Districts in the higher School Education Score Index

Sr no.	District/Agency	Province/Territory	Education Score	Electricity score	Drinking water score	Toilet availability score	Boundary wall availability score	Building condition satisfactory score
1	Dunyapur	Punjab	99.89	94.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	22.00
2	Sargodha	Punjab	98.44	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	92.22
3	Lahore	Punjab	98.19	99.91	99.91	99.91	99.91	91.34
4	Bahawalpur	Punjab	97.50	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	87.50
5	Narowal	Punjab	98.08	99.74	99.74	99.74	99.74	86.65
6	Rawalpindi	Punjab	96.80	99.35	99.35	99.35	99.35	86.61
7	Attock	Punjab	96.78	99.79	99.79	99.79	99.79	84.74
8	Gujrat	Punjab	95.78	99.27	99.58	99.79	99.27	81.00
9	Lakki Marwat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	95.55	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	77.73
10	Swabi	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	95.22	97.60	98.18	98.75	98.85	82.73

Top 10 Districts Education Rankings

Rank	District/Agency	Province/Territory	School Education Score	Electricity availability score	Water availability score	Toilet availability score	Boundary wall availability score	Building condition satisfactory score
1	Wah Cantt	world	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
2	Karak	world	98.39	96.36	97.27	99.09	100.00	94.55
3	Pakistan]]	world	96.50	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	82.52
4	LAKKI MARWAT	world	96.08	96.65	100.00	100.00	99.52	84.21
5	Pakistan	world	95.95	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	79.74
6	Pakistan	world	95.95	100.00	100.00	100.00	99.35	80.39
7	Pakistan	world	95.62	98.51	99.50	100.00	100.00	80.10
8	Pakistan	world	95.18	97.29	100.00	99.73	98.37	80.49
9	Pakistan	world	95.07	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	75.36
10	Pakistan	world	95.00	100.00	100.00	900.22	100.00	75.00

Top 10 Districts in the 2017 Middle School education Score Index

Rank	District	Province/region	SDG Readiness Score	Above-primary to primary ratio	School Infrastructure Score
1	Hunza	Gilgit-Baltistan	110.67	153.33	96.00
2	Swat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	104.82	146.15	63.48
3	Islamabad	Islamabad Capital Territory	99.16	110.99	87.33
4	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	93.51	94.28	92.74
5	Ghizer	Gilgit-Baltistan	89.19	98.39	80.00
6	Gilgit	Gilgit-Baltistan	86.78	102.86	70.70
7	Khanewal	Punjab	85.75	76.69	94.80
8	Faisalabad	Punjab	83.01	74.94	91.08
9	Ghanchee	Gilgit-Baltistan	80.89	104.11	57.67
10	Toba Tek Singh	Punjab	80.82	68.15	93.50