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Children out of school, primary	24,087		[41st of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[67th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5		[152nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[68th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	144,050		[70th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	2.7%		[116th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	12.3%		[71st of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	90		[72nd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	70.2%		[61st of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	51.7%		[21st of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	74.056		[65th of 191]
Literacy > Male	93.1%		[78th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	87.4%		[86th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	10.99 %		[39th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	10.5		[90th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	14.25		[86th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	12.7 years		[39th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	12.8 years		[40th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	42.3%		[34th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.9		[82nd of 138]

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