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Children out of school, primary	3,192		[55th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[68th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[131st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[138th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	26,272		[100th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	96		[46th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	69.4%		[64th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	47.3%		[138th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	50.2%		[55th of 170]
Grade 1 intake rate	70.7		[46th of 114]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	5.5%		[99th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	97.2%		[47th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	94.5%		[58th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	91.3 %		[44th of 121]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	14.03 %		[34th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	10.1		[92nd of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	23.24		[56th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	52.1%		[23rd of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[7th of 138]

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