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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	1.64 % of GNI		[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		[88th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	32		[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%		[30th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	28.1%		[33rd of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	28.09 %		[112nd of 121]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	34.31 %		[107th of 123]
Primary school girls out of school	86%		[3rd of 99]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	83.37		[1st of 159]
Scientific and technical journal articles	1		[170th of 175]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.36		[35th of 138]

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