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Average years of schooling of adults	8.8		[21st of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[69th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[30th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[73rd of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4%		[83rd of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	13.8%		[54th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	99		[43rd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	79.1%		[40th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	66.702		[125th of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	729 hours		[31st of 38]
Literacy > Male	97.1%		[49th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	97.1%		[47th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	12.02 %		[47th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	12.5		[74th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	17.34		[115th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	13.6 years		[28th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	14.3 years		[24th of 110]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	38 weeks per year		[19th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	48%		[28th of 151]
Universities > Top 500	1		[37th of 38]

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