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Average years of schooling of adults	3.5		[78th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	11 years		[28th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[106th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[168th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	111,739		[78th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	74		[93rd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	26.2%		[111st of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	46.9%		[122nd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	55.411		[185th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	29.5%		[41st of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	78%		[115th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	70.6%		[119th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	34%		[33rd of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	13.02 %		[62nd of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	4.9		[112nd of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	31.06		[38th of 159]
Spending on teaching materials	0.3		[27th of 30]
Tertiary enrollment	8.5%		[101st of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.91		[13th of 138]

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