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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	1.58 % of GNI		[155th of 168]
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Average years of schooling of adults	2.5		[91st of 100]
DEFINITION: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[162nd of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[114th 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		[61st of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	414,537		[106th of 189]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	6,323		[106th of 150]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education, primary completion rate	23		[124th of 148]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Female enrolment share > Primary level	40.8%		[170th 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
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	48.9%		[17th of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women	60.1%		[18th of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	48.57 %		[106th 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	46.87 %		[100th 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	58.52 %		[100th 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
Primary school girls out of school	54%		[19th of 99]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	1.86 %		[102nd of 136]
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: Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	77.03		[1st 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: World Development Indicators database
Scientific and technical journal articles	4		[146th 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: World Development Indicators database
Tertiary enrollment	1.9%		[134th 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	0.67		[33rd of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series

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