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Average years of schooling of adults	7.2		[35th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[93rd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5		[148th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	8		[15th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.7%		[63rd of 132]
Educational attainment > Senior secondary	33%		[14th of 18]
Educational attainment > Tertiary	10%		[18th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	90.5%		[12th of 135]
Grade 12 advanced students math	474		[12th of 15]
Literacy > Total population	98.6%		[36th of 160]
Mathematical literacy	457		[23rd of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$19,188.00		[14th of 22]
Reading literacy	487		[20th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	14.5 years		[20th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	14.7 years		[20th of 110]
Scientific literacy	478		[23rd of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school	38%		[2nd of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring	54%		[9th of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder	46%		[1st of 17]
Tertiary enrollment	49.9%		[25th of 151]

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