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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.79 % of GNI		[98th of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	376,221		[15th 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
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	509,507		[95th of 189]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	12,456		[109th of 150]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI	2.8%		[37th of 127]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government	8.1%		[47th of 85]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.2%		[101st of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	12.6%		[69th of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	57		[103rd of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	16.2%		[60th of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women	21.6%		[55th of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	67.14 %		[73rd of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24	90.28 %		[58th of 123]
DEFINITION: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	92.53 %		[56th of 123]
DEFINITION: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	2.2 %		[46th 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: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	8.09 %		[45th 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	82.8		[2nd 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
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross	3.65 % gross		[116th of 141]
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. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Scientific and technical journal articles	13		[125th 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: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.98		[19th of 138]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Congo, Republic of the, Republic of the Congo, Congo, Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Republique du Congo, congo-brazzaville, Republic of Congo, Congo, Republic of, Congo, Rep. of, Congo, Rep.