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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	0.85 % of GNI		[167th of 168]
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[149th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[57th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[91st of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	947,538		[26th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	80		[81st of 148]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	44.5%		[156th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	45.6%		[129th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	63.808		[145th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	31.9%		[35th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	75.7%		[122nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	68%		[125th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	48.66 %		[96th of 121]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	73.58 %		[86th of 123]
Primary school girls out of school	51%		[22nd of 99]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	37.18		[29th of 159]
Scientific and technical journal articles	384		[53rd of 175]
Tertiary enrollment	4.3%		[116th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.77		[17th of 138]

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