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Average years of schooling of adults	3.5		[77th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[153rd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[77th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[37th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	81,318		[84th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.8%		[90th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	17.3%		[37th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	62		[101st of 148]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	43.7%		[140th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	69.543		[102nd of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	25.4%		[43rd of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	84.7%		[101st of 156]
Literacy > Total population	79%		[110th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	40%		[30th of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	8.57 %		[43rd of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	8.3		[100th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	48.18		[17th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	4.9%		[113rd of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.8		[93rd of 138]

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