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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	4.41 % of GNI		[67th of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	219,515		[28th 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
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	2,153,865		[15th of 150]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Education, primary completion rate	98		[37th of 148]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Geographical aptitude results	71.135		[86th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12	1,026 hours		[9th of 38]
DEFINITION: Intended hours of instruction per year for 12 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	0 hours		[38th of 38]
DEFINITION: Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	1,026 hours		[6th of 38]
DEFINITION: Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	42.3%		[24th of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics		View time series
Library books	1,001,200		[47th of 81]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	71.41 %		[82nd 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: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	84.93 %		[75th 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	18%		[51st of 99]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Proportion of 20 year olds in tertiary education	0%		[37th of 37]
DEFINITION: Percentage share of 20 year-olds enrolled in tertiary education. Based on net enrolment rates, attained by head count. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	21.86		[77th 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 Institute of Statistics
School life expectancy > Male	11.2 years		[61st of 97]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Total	10.3 years		[73rd of 110]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Scientific and technical journal articles	1,720		[38th 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: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	36 weeks per year		[30th of 36]
DEFINITION: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.88		[7th of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics		View time series

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