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Average years of schooling of adults	3.2		[81st of 100]
Children out of school, primary	113,349		[27th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	8 years		[117th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	4		[173rd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	8		[16th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	4,565		[120th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	6%		[32nd of 132]
Education, primary completion rate	57		[104th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	24.9%		[113rd of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	42.7%		[144th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	70.189		[93rd of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	37.3%		[29th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	76.1%		[119th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	62.7%		[130th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	24.58 %		[6th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	8.2		[102nd of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	63.63		[6th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	0.3%		[152nd of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.86		[2nd of 138]

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