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Average years of schooling of adults	5.3		[62nd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	7 years		[136th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[115th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[171st of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	6.1%		[28th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	12.3%		[72nd of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	82		[79th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	74.4%		[50th of 135]
Expected duration of education for all students	14.4 years		[25th of 30]
Female teachers > Lower secondary	66.6%		[8th of 20]
Geographical aptitude results	73.754		[70th of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	950 hours		[13th of 38]
Literacy > Male	84.1%		[105th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	87.9%		[85th of 160]
Public spending per student > Primary level	16.2		[45th of 126]
School life expectancy > Male	10.5 years		[67th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	10.8 years		[66th of 110]
Spending on teaching materials	0.7		[23rd of 30]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	38 weeks per year		[22nd of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	16.4%		[78th of 151]

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