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Average years of schooling of adults	0.9		[100th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	1,112,659		[5th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[80th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[65th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[95th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	28,332		[98th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	38		[117th of 148]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	34.2%		[164th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	74.879		[60th of 191]
Library books	60,315		[72nd of 81]
Literacy > Male	53.5%		[149th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	46.4%		[148th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	14.83 %		[27th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.7		[64th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	54.39		[10th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	2.7 years		[98th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	2.1 years		[111st of 110]
Spending on teaching materials	15.1		[2nd of 30]
Tertiary enrollment	1.9%		[133rd of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.52		[4th of 138]

Interesting facts on Malian Education

• Kids in Mali spend only 2 years in school. More than half of them start working between the ages of 10 and 14.

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