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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.79 % of GNI		[98th of 168]
Children out of school, primary	376,221		[15th of 126]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	12,456		[109th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.2%		[101st of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	12.6%		[69th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	57		[103rd of 148]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	16.2%		[60th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women	21.6%		[55th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female	78.4%		[101st of 157]
Literacy > Male	89.6%		[90th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	83.8%		[100th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	67.14 %		[73rd of 121]
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24	90.28 %		[58th of 123]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	92.53 %		[56th of 123]
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	2.2 %		[46th of 136]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	8.09 %		[45th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	82.8		[2nd of 159]
Scientific and technical journal articles	13		[125th of 175]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.98		[19th of 138]

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