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Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	390,000		[28th of 150]
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Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level	33.59%		[65th of 126]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Geographical aptitude results	63.629		[147th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Primary education, duration > years	4 years		[170th of 197]
DEFINITION: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.		View time series
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Scientific and technical journal articles	1		[168th of 175]
DEFINITION: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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