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Average years of schooling of adults	4.2		[72nd of 100]
Children out of school, primary	41,497		[37th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	7 years		[126th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[6th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[79th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	6,108		[116th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	10.4%		[3rd of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	18.4%		[29th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	67		[97th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	20.6%		[120th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	66.892		[121st of 191]
Literacy > Male	74.5%		[125th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	84.8%		[97th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	29.82 %		[1st of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	27		[9th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	41.59		[24th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	9 years		[80th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	9.6 years		[81st of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	2.6%		[128th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.31		[1st of 138]

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