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Average years of schooling of adults	5.9		[55th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	22.2 students		[7th of 29]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[81st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[69th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[98th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.8%		[35th of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	85.2%		[30th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	67.337		[116th of 191]
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level	3.2%		[17th of 17]
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level	80.1%		[1st of 17]
Literacy > Total population	93.3%		[66th of 160]
Mathematical literacy	454		[24th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$18,751.00		[15th of 22]
Public spending per student > Primary level	20.5		[28th of 126]
Reading literacy	470		[25th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	14.7 years		[18th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	15.2 years		[15th of 110]
Scientific literacy	459		[25th of 27]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	34 weeks per year		[35th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	50.2%		[24th of 151]

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