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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	12.22 % of GNI		[1st of 168]
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Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[63rd of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	5		[151st of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[66th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	22,308		[151st of 189]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level	21,908		[143rd of 171]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	761		[139th of 150]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Primary level	48.28%		[87th of 179]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Secondary level	51.61%		[26th of 162]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level	44.09%		[52nd of 126]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Literacy rate, adult female > % of females ages 15 and above	95.5 %		[28th of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy rate, adult male > % of males ages 15 and above	96.8 %		[31st of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	96.2 %		[30th of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Literacy rates, aged 15-24	99.1%		[2nd of 138]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Men	99%		[2nd of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Women	99.1%		[2nd of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment	70.8 %		[5th of 78]
DEFINITION: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Unemployment with primary education, male > % of male unemployment	75.2 %		[5th of 72]
DEFINITION: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment	23.7 %		[60th of 77]
DEFINITION: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[5th of 138]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series

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