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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	4.19 % of GNI		[78th of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	49,426		[49th 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
Duration of compulsory education	8 years		[112nd of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[74th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[33rd of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	1,707		[124th of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.9%		[86th 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)	24.1%		[8th of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	51		[111st of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Female enrolment share > Primary level	45.9%		[150th of 176]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	44.5%		[137th of 170]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	75.283		[56th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Grade 1 intake rate	15.5		[113rd of 114]
DEFINITION: Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	43.6%		[22nd of 138]
SOURCE: World Bank		View time series
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	53.78 %		[90th 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
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	24.12 %		[3rd 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
Public spending per student > Primary level	12.6		[73rd of 126]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	34.98		[30th 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: UNESCO
Tertiary enrollment	1.1%		[143rd of 151]
DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.77		[99th of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series