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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	0.95 % of GNI		[164th of 168]
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Education enrolment by level > Primary level	4,022,411		[24th of 189]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	60,341		[75th of 150]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education, primary completion rate	39		[140th of 148]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Geographical aptitude results	62.161		[156th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	34.5%		[30th of 138]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone		View time series
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Men	23.8%		[37th of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women	44.9%		[30th of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Women	6,549,900		[10th of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	67.17 %		[91st 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	63.09 %		[94th 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	70.42 %		[92nd 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 rates, aged 15-24 > Men	78%		[26th of 138]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Primary school girls out of school	53%		[20th of 99]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	34.33		[37th 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: Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross	1.3 % gross		[121st 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
School life expectancy > Total	4.3 years		[105th of 110]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Scientific and technical journal articles	6		[137th 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: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Secondary education, pupils	1,655,023		[39th of 166]
DEFINITION: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.81		[24th 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; The Geography Zone; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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