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Average years of schooling of adults	2.6		[88th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	373,055		[16th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[164th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[124th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[132nd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	20,393		[101st of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	2.8%		[115th of 132]
Education, primary completion rate	39		[116th of 148]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	49.1%		[90th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	75.803		[47th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	29.6%		[40th of 138]
Library books	1,197		[81st of 81]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	76.3%		[117th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	70.4%		[120th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	12.25 %		[35th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	6.9		[108th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	62.03		[8th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	1.7%		[137th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.98		[22nd of 138]

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