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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	1.92 % of GNI		[121st of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults	2.5		[90th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	171,431		[27th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[53rd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[89th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[43rd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	44,107		[83rd of 150]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	24.7%		[114th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	40.8%		[169th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	41.4%		[145th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	73.273		[75th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	43%		[23rd of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	73.3%		[126th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	57.5%		[136th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	47%		[24th of 99]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	38.27		[32nd of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	11.7 years		[51st of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	9.5 years		[82nd of 110]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.06		[2nd of 138]

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