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Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[146th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	4		[156th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	8		[6th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	172,111		[4th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.6%		[68th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	13.8%		[53rd of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	55		[107th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	12.7%		[126th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	39.7%		[150th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	66.117		[131st of 191]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	50.3%		[151st of 156]
Literacy > Total population	42.7%		[152nd of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	19.4 %		[14th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	33.6		[7th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	72.28		[3rd of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	5.3 years		[94th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	4.3 years		[106th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	1.6%		[138th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.18		[1st of 138]

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