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Average years of schooling of adults	9.3		[18th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	20.6 students		[12th of 29]
DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[45th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Duration of education > Primary level	4		[161st of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	9		[2nd of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	158,089		[66th of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.4%		[73rd of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	7.5%		[95th of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	94		[54th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	74.9%		[47th of 135]
DEFINITION: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female teachers > Lower secondary	75.6%		[3rd of 20]
DEFINITION: Percentage share of lower secondary level teachers at who are female. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	75.409		[54th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Library books	6,035,140		[13th of 81]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	11.18 %		[51st of 103]
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 Institute for Statistics
Public spending per student > Primary level	10.8		[89th of 126]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	17.68		[102nd 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: UNESCO
Spending on teaching materials	0.3		[28th of 30]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on teaching materials, primary level is the amount spent on teaching materials expressed as a percentage of total public current spending on primary education.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Students from households with computer > Age 13	32%		[23rd of 28]
DEFINITION: Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households with at least one computer.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	60%
DEFINITION: Percentage of 13-year-old students whose mothers have at least secondary education.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Tertiary enrollment	30.3%		[50th of 151]
DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002