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Average years of schooling of adults	3.9		[75th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	6,303,212		[1st of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	5 years		[169th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5		[143rd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[38th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	401,056		[41st of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	1.8%		[127th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	7.8%		[93rd of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	63		[100th of 148]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	35.9%		[176th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	39.5%		[153rd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	69.666		[99th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	54.3%		[13th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	63%		[5th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	49.9%		[5th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	55%		[16th of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	10.94 %		[40th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	38.34		[28th of 159]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.69		[8th of 138]

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