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Average years of schooling of adults	6.2		[48th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[86th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[85th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[112nd of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.4%		[74th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	11.4%		[77th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	89		[90th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	46.7%		[93rd of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	73.507		[72nd of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	1,011 hours		[16th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	753 hours		[25th of 38]
Literacy > Male	94.9%		[64th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	94%		[60th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	10.75 %		[56th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	10.9		[86th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	27.84		[55th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	10 years		[75th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	10 years		[75th of 110]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	35 weeks per year		[32nd of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	10.1%		[96th of 151]

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