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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	1.38 % of GNI		[161st of 168]
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Average years of schooling of adults	6.4		[46th 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
Children out of school, primary	10,901		[74th 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: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[44th 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		[68th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[97th 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	213,496		[31st of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	1%		[131st 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)	8%		[92nd of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	101		[30th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	48.1%		[90th of 135]
DEFINITION: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Primary level	49.1%		[23rd 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: UNESCO
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	49.7%		[69th 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	62.672		[154th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	7.6%		[86th of 138]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone		View time series
Library books	150,000		[64th of 81]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	8.01 %		[82nd 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: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Public spending per student > Primary level	4.3		[115th 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	23.13		[57th 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
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[13th of 138]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series