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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	7.92 % of GNI		[5th of 168]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[64th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	8		[2nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	4		[182nd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	492,908		[84th of 189]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	137,171		[37th of 150]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level	60.49%		[5th of 126]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	5.7%		[98th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Men	6%		[85th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women	5.5%		[99th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+	176,100		[96th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Men	87,000		[88th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Women	89,200		[94th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female	94.4%		[9th of 157]
Literacy > Male	93.7%		[17th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	94.1%		[11th of 160]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24	86.4%		[27th of 138]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Men	86.5%		[30th of 138]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[8th of 138]

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