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Asia > Afghanistan > Education

AFGHAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 1.64 % of GNI Time series [123rd of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults 1.7 [97th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 6 years [163rd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [118th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [127th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 24,333 Time series [88th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate 32 Time series [121st of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 14% [125th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 32% [177th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 25.4% [170th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 58.783 [179th of 191]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male 43.1% Time series [30th of 156]
Literacy > Total population 28.1% Time series [33rd of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 28.09 % Time series [112nd of 121]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24 34.31 % Time series [107th of 123]
Primary school girls out of school 86% [3rd of 99]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 83.37 Time series [1st of 159]
Scientific and technical journal articles 1 Time series [170th of 175]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24 0.36 Time series [35th of 138]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; The Geography Zone; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Afghanistan, Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan, Afghanestan

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