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Average years of schooling of adults	7.5		[33rd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[102nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[126th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[135th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.2%		[80th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	18.7%		[25th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	95		[64th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	74.5%		[48th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	54.679		[191st of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	1,140 hours		[1st of 38]
Library books	100,752		[68th of 81]
Literacy > Male	96.4%		[54th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	96.2%		[50th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	18.47 %		[16th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.9		[59th of 126]
School life expectancy > Male	13.7 years		[27th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	13.5 years		[35th of 110]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	40 weeks per year		[15th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	37.5%		[40th of 151]
Universities > Top 500	1		[38th of 38]

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