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Average years of schooling of adults	9.4	[14th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	19.7 students	[13th of 29]
DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	13 years	[1st of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Duration of education > Primary level	6	[29th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	6	[72nd of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.1%	[56th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: UNESCO
Educational attainment > Senior secondary	32%	[15th of 18]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till senior secondary level (year 2000).
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Educational attainment > Tertiary	22%	[16th of 18]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000).
SOURCE: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	89.9%	[13th 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: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003
Expected duration of education for all students	17.2 years	[11th of 30]
DEFINITION: Expected years of schooling for a 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	76.665	[39th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level	20%	[6th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998.
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level	35.9%	[14th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'low'. Data for 1998
SOURCE: OECD
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$25,896.00	[4th of 22]
DEFINITION: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.
SOURCE: OECD
Public spending per student > Primary level	15.4	[50th 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: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
School life expectancy > Male	16 years	[4th of 97]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: UNESCO
School life expectancy > Total	15.9 years	[7th of 110]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	40 weeks per year	[9th of 36]
DEFINITION: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Tertiary enrollment	55%	[19th 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: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Universities > Top 100	4	[6th of 22]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 100
SOURCE: UNESCO