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Average years of schooling of adults	9.3		[17th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	17.2 students		[20th of 29]
Duration of compulsory education	13 years		[2nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[38th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[77th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	6.3%		[27th of 132]
Educational attainment > Senior secondary	31%		[16th of 18]
Educational attainment > Tertiary	27%		[10th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	88%		[22nd of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	78.352		[5th of 191]
Literacy > Total population	99%		[18th of 160]
Mathematical literacy	520		[9th of 27]
Reading literacy	507		[10th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	15.7 years		[6th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	15.8 years		[8th of 110]
Scientific literacy	496		[15th of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school	42%		[1st of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring	46%		[13th of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder	36%		[6th of 17]
Tertiary enrollment	57%		[16th of 151]

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