PakStats DailyComparison13 October 2026

Islamabad's literacy rate is twice Balochistan's

84.0% of people aged 10 and over in Islamabad could read and write, compared with 42.0% in Balochistan.

01Islamabad84.0%

02Punjab66.2%

03Sindh57.5%

04Khyber Pakhtunkhwa51.1%

05Balochistan42.0%

literacy rate, age 10 and over

What stands out

Every other province-level region falls between them, from 51.1% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to 66.2% in Punjab.

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Source and methodology

Islamabad is a small and mostly urban capital territory, so it is not a like-for-like match for a large province.