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Average years of schooling of adults	4.2		[73rd of 100]
Children out of school, primary	1,031,544		[6th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	8 years		[119th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[22nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[174th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	98,607		[75th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	7%		[20th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	22.1%		[12th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	95		[50th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	23.1%		[116th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	47.6%		[119th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	67.875		[114th of 191]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	90.6%		[88th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	85.1%		[96th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	29.19 %		[1st of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	0.4		[127th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	39.54		[27th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	3%		[124th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.01		[7th of 138]

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