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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	1.43 % of GNI		[160th of 168]
Children out of school, primary	126,224		[25th of 126]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	28,117		[99th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	2.8%		[111st of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	11%		[81st of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	76		[90th of 148]
Geographical aptitude results	71.36		[85th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	32.7%		[32nd of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female	38.1%		[142nd of 157]
Literacy > Male	67.5%		[133rd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	52.8%		[139th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	68.73 %		[87th of 121]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	78.46 %		[80th of 123]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	11.71 %		[36th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	31.48		[37th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	9.3 years		[78th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	8.3 years		[92nd of 110]
Scientific and technical journal articles	2		[160th of 175]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.9		[23rd of 138]

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