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Average years of schooling of adults	8.2		[28th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	7 years		[128th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[64th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	4		[180th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.1%		[104th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	17.8%		[33rd of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	97		[42nd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	52.6%		[84th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	78.427		[1st of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	1,467 hours		[1st of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	1,067 hours		[3rd of 38]
Library books	1,244,110		[45th of 81]
Literacy > Male	96%		[57th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	95.9%		[55th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	17.22 %		[19th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	14.3		[55th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	34.53		[38th of 159]
School life expectancy > Total	11.2 years		[62nd of 110]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	40 weeks per year		[11th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	31.2%		[48th of 151]

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