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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	2.85 % of GNI		[126th of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults	3.9		[76th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	1,129,334		[4th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	8 years		[115th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[82nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[108th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	69,968		[5th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	72		[96th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	30.8%		[108th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	47.4%		[134th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	44.7%		[135th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	78.376		[4th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	25.1%		[44th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	82.7%		[108th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	74.8%		[117th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	26%		[42nd of 99]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	32.81		[36th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	3.3%		[123rd of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.86		[28th of 138]

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