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Average years of schooling of adults	5.6		[57th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	47,468		[45th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	8 years		[106th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[26th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[71st of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	311,015		[48th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	6.3%		[25th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	19.7%		[21st of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	101		[34th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	68.1%		[66th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	65.973		[132nd of 191]
Library books	125,036		[65th of 81]
Literacy > Male	93.1%		[79th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	87.2%		[87th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	18.06 %		[15th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.3		[67th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	23.93		[67th of 159]
School life expectancy > Total	9.9 years		[78th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	35.7%		[42nd of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.98		[21st of 138]

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