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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	5.94 % of GNI		[25th of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	1,643		[59th of 126]
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	7 years		[133rd 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	6		[100th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	8		[13th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	675		[129th of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	11%		[2nd of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	28.1%		[3rd of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	87		[74th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	22.6%		[117th of 135]
DEFINITION: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Primary level	49.7%		[8th of 176]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	43.5%		[142nd of 170]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	62.753		[153rd of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Grade 1 intake rate	101.5		[1st of 114]
DEFINITION: Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	74 %		[79th 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 Bank
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	26.71 %		[2nd of 103]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.2		[71st of 126]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending per student > Tertiary level	2,074.6		[1st of 123]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	20.01		[67th of 159]
DEFINITION: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO
Tertiary enrollment	0.3%		[151st of 151]
DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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