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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	2.14 % of GNI		[112nd of 168]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[92nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[109th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[122nd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	375,028		[45th of 150]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	49.2%		[19th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	49.9%		[64th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	61.698		[160th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	17.5%		[57th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female	72%		[109th of 157]
Literacy > Male	92.4%		[83rd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	82.6%		[102nd of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	68.05 %		[72nd of 121]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	90.95 %		[61st of 123]
Primary school girls out of school	4%		[84th of 99]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	13.74		[133rd of 159]
Scientific and technical journal articles	19		[117th of 175]
Tertiary enrollment	48.8%		[26th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.97		[25th of 138]

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