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Average years of schooling of adults	2.6		[89th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	361,762		[17th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[151st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[70th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[99th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	29,303		[84th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.6%		[93rd of 132]
Education, primary completion rate	50		[113rd of 148]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	39.6%		[151st of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	66.951		[120th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	59.8%		[5th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	50%		[152nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	40.2%		[156th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	70%		[10th of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	18.93 %		[15th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.6		[65th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	46.53		[21st of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	3.7%		[120th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.7		[15th of 138]

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