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Average years of schooling of adults	6.2		[49th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[38th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[55th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[151st of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	4,848		[119th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	8.4%		[9th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	18.4%		[28th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	126		[3rd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	65.7%		[71st of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	51.4%		[26th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	77.067		[31st of 191]
Literacy > Male	99.1%		[19th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	98.8%		[31st of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	14.53 %		[28th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	1		[126th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	28.04		[52nd of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	9.8 years		[76th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	9.9 years		[79th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	9.7%		[97th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[23rd of 138]

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