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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.83 % of GNI		[97th of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	26,210		[53rd of 126]
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[37th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[26th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	55,093		[146th of 189]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level	63%		[126th of 160]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI	3.3%		[100th of 127]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.4%		[98th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education, primary completion rate	72		[44th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita	14.07 %		[23rd of 101]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Primary level	44.8%		[155th of 176]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	37.6%		[157th of 170]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	75.83		[46th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	3.27 %		[99th of 136]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	7.94 %		[96th of 103]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	19.25		[102nd of 159]
DEFINITION: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupils reaching grade 5	81.2		[67th of 108]
DEFINITION: Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross	32.06 % gross		[82nd of 162]
DEFINITION: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary	8 years		[33rd of 93]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Scientific and technical journal articles	6		[140th of 175]
DEFINITION: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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