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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	4.39 % of GNI		[72nd of 168]
Children out of school, primary	306,852		[19th of 126]
Class size > Age 9	31.9 students		[2nd of 17]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	1,714,433		[22nd of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.9%		[58th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	17.7%		[34th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	96		[48th of 148]
Geographical aptitude results	60.4		[167th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	20.9%		[52nd of 138]
Library books	411,000		[58th of 81]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	85.6%		[99th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	79.4%		[109th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	77 %		[75th of 121]
Primary school girls out of school	7%		[71st of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	22.85 %		[9th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	19.22		[68th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	12 years		[43rd of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	11.3 years		[60th of 110]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.99		[5th of 138]

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