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Average years of schooling of adults	2.8		[85th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	487,384		[13th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	5 years		[168th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5		[141st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[96th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	555,060		[32nd of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	79		[84th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	36.5%		[103rd of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	48.3%		[109th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	74.799		[61st of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	14.4%		[66th of 138]
Library books	4,800		[79th of 81]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	89.2%		[22nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	85.3%		[23rd of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	18.12 %		[26th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	1.6		[123rd of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	30.9		[40th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	11.5%		[90th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.98		[21st of 138]

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