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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	5.09 % of GNI		[29th of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	37		[126th of 126]
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[36th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[45th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[147th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	14,823		[163rd of 189]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level	100%		[7th of 160]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI	9.1%		[5th of 127]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education, primary completion rate	129		[1st of 148]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita	31.66 %		[1st of 101]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Primary level	49%		[24th of 176]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	54.4%		[6th of 170]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	61.77		[159th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	77.5		[5th of 131]
DEFINITION: Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Progression to secondary level	47		[83rd of 97]
DEFINITION: Progression to secondary level is the number of new entrants to the first grade of general secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	16.53 %		[1st of 136]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	24.67		[51st of 159]
DEFINITION: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupils reaching grade 5	88.9		[51st of 108]
DEFINITION: Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Scientific and technical journal articles	1		[140th 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: UNESCO
Secondary education, pupils	2,965		[164th of 166]
DEFINITION: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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