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Average years of schooling of adults	4.9		[69th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	8 years		[120th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	4		[180th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[65th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.2%		[78th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	12%		[73rd of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	105		[13th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	71.3%		[56th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	78.34		[6th of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	800 hours		[19th of 38]
Literacy > Male	88.4%		[12th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	88.6%		[10th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	10.86 %		[63rd of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	12.5		[77th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	21.57		[80th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	13.2 years		[36th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	13.4 years		[37th of 110]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	40 weeks per year		[12th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	16.5%		[77th of 151]
Universities > Top 500	4		[24th of 38]

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