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Average years of schooling of adults	6.8		[42nd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[104th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[129th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[178th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	8.1%		[10th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	20.3%		[19th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	92		[82nd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	70.2%		[60th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	76.266		[42nd of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	964 hours		[11th of 38]
Library books	1,108,000		[46th of 81]
Literacy > Male	92.4%		[82nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	88.9%		[82nd of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	28.02 %		[2nd of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	11.2		[84th of 126]
School life expectancy > Male	11.2 years		[62nd of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	11.5 years		[57th of 110]
Spending on teaching materials	13.6		[3rd of 30]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	41 weeks per year		[7th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	28.2%		[57th of 151]

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