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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	5.29 % of GNI		[43rd of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	294		[117th of 126]
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[60th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[107th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[169th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	144		[145th of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.2%		[51st of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education, primary completion rate	115		[4th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Female enrolment share > Primary level	49.3%		[16th of 176]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	50.6%		[43rd of 170]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	77.235		[26th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	91.84 %		[43rd of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	99.06 %		[28th of 123]
DEFINITION: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	10.7 %		[34th of 103]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.8		[60th of 126]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending per student > Secondary level	16.4		[78th of 123]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, secondary level is the total reported current spending by the government on secondary education, divided by the total number of pupils in secondary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	14.04		[124th of 159]
DEFINITION: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO
Scientific and technical journal articles	2		[154th of 175]
DEFINITION: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Spending on teaching materials	1.7		[16th of 30]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on teaching materials, primary level is the amount spent on teaching materials expressed as a percentage of total public current spending on primary education.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.01		[2nd of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series

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