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Average years of schooling of adults	9.5		[13th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	35.5 students		[1st of 29]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[34th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[32nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[74th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.6%		[94th of 132]
Educational attainment > Senior secondary	49%		[7th of 18]
Educational attainment > Tertiary	34%		[4th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	101.2%		[1st of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	68.122		[111st of 191]
Literacy > Total population	99%		[4th of 160]
Mathematical literacy	557		[1st of 27]
Reading literacy	522		[8th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	14.4 years		[21st of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	14.3 years		[25th of 110]
Scientific literacy	550		[2nd of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school	25%		[13th of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring	32%		[16th of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder	17%		[17th of 17]
Tertiary enrollment	47.7%		[29th of 151]

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