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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.88 % of GNI		[95th of 168]
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Duration of compulsory education	12 years		[10th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[8th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[150th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	13,025		[160th of 189]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level	5,276		[148th of 171]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI	4%		[78th of 127]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.8%		[88th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% Tertiary)	6.7%		[102nd of 108]
DEFINITION: Overall percent of education expenditure dedicated to tertiary education.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Female enrolment share > Primary level	62%		[1st of 176]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	71.7%		[1st of 170]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	61.53		[161st of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Primary education, duration > years	7 years		[5th of 197]
DEFINITION: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.		View time series
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	23.2		[48th of 131]
DEFINITION: Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	3.85 %		[83rd of 136]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	18.74		[109th of 159]
DEFINITION: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level	18.7		[121st of 175]
DEFINITION: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Scientific and technical journal articles	1		[172nd of 175]
DEFINITION: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO
Secondary education, pupils	5,276		[141st of 166]
DEFINITION: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Trained teachers in primary education, male > % of male teachers	58.78 %		[43rd of 56]
DEFINITION: Trained teachers in primary education are the percentage of primary school teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching in their country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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