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Average years of schooling of adults	2.4		[93rd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	5 years		[167th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5		[138th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[156th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	124,817		[71st of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.4%		[99th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	14.9%		[50th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	76		[3rd of 148]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	41%		[147th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	68.132		[110th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	54.9%		[12th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	62.7%		[139th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	45.2%		[150th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	47%		[25th of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	14.89 %		[35th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	14.2		[56th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	39.71		[26th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	4.6%		[114th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.75		[26th of 138]

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