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Children out of school, primary	331		[71st of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[94th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[111st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[123rd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	527		[127th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.2%		[53rd of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	18.1%		[31st of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	106		[14th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	63.3%		[74th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	51.2%		[30th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	60.355		[168th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	5.9%		[97th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	94.1%		[70th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	94.1%		[59th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	18.12 %		[14th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	14.4		[54th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	22.54		[58th of 159]
Spending on teaching materials	0.4		[26th of 30]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.01		[3rd of 138]

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