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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	2.55 % of GNI		[140th of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults	6.9		[41st of 100]
Children out of school, primary	47,067		[46th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[71st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5		[135th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	8		[3rd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	63,660		[62nd of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	97		[19th of 148]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.5%		[74th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	50.8%		[36th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	65.337		[135th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	7.7%		[85th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	94.8%		[65th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	92.3%		[72nd of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	90.68 %		[48th of 121]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	8.41 %		[95th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	22.5		[73rd of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	5.1%		[112nd of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.01		[5th of 138]

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