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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.84 % of GNI		[96th of 168]
Children out of school, primary	3,159		[56th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	12 years		[14th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[119th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[128th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	3,960		[114th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	102		[19th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	71.6%		[55th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.3%		[106th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	48.7%		[103rd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	55.226		[186th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate	33.9		[93rd of 114]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	4.3%		[102nd of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	94.7%		[67th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	95.6%		[56th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	94.43 %		[26th of 121]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	19.67 %		[15th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	16.06		[81st of 159]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.02		[12th of 138]

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