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Average years of schooling of adults	2.9		[83rd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[76th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[52nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[87th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	9,859		[96th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	2.3%		[120th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	17.5%		[35th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	54		[128th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	21.1%		[119th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	40.1%		[148th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	75.239		[57th of 191]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	72.3%		[127th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	66%		[128th of 160]
Public spending per student > Primary level	11.1		[85th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	35.45		[32nd of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	6.5 years		[88th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	6.1 years		[99th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	2.3%		[130th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.93		[25th of 138]

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