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Average years of schooling of adults	8.8	[22nd of 100]
Class size > Age 13	11.7 students	[28th of 29]
DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	11 years	[24th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Duration of education > Primary level	7	[16th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	7	[48th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	6%	[31st of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: UNESCO
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	83.4%	[32nd of 135]
DEFINITION: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Expected duration of education for all students	18 years	[6th of 30]
DEFINITION: Expected years of schooling for a 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Expected duration of education for females	18.6 years	[6th of 28]
DEFINITION: Expected years of schooling for a female 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Geographical aptitude results	75.04	[58th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Library books	840,152	[50th of 81]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Mathematical literacy	514	[12th of 27]
DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$19,939.00	[11th of 22]
DEFINITION: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.
SOURCE: OECD
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.2	[70th of 126]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Reading literacy	507	[11th of 27]
DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
SOURCE: UNESCO
School life expectancy > Male	15.1 years	[13th 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: OECD
School life expectancy > Total	15.8 years	[9th 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 literacy	496	[17th of 27]
DEFINITION: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	38 weeks per year	[24th of 36]
DEFINITION: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: OECD
Tertiary enrollment	48.7%	[27th of 151]
DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics