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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	6.92 % of GNI		[14th of 168]
Children out of school, primary	12,547		[50th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	7 years		[137th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[21st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[172nd of 181]
Education, primary completion rate	127		[2nd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	31.4%		[107th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.6%		[72nd of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	51.2%		[31st of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	68.18		[109th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate	80.3		[33rd of 114]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	2.6%		[109th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	97.1%		[50th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	97.2%		[46th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	96.33 %		[29th of 121]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	15 %		[26th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.8		[61st of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	20.08		[66th of 159]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[14th of 138]

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