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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	1.01 % of GNI		[163rd of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults	2.4		[92nd of 100]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[84th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[111st of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	9,041		[109th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.7%		[91st of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	26.5%		[110th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	43.3%		[163rd of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	45.3%		[131st of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	70.748		[90th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate	80.2		[34th of 114]
Library books	20,000		[73rd of 81]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic
Literacy > Male	46.9%		[18th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	35.1%		[18th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	35.09 %		[108th of 121]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	66.85		[4th of 159]
Scientific and technical journal articles	3		[148th of 175]
Tertiary enrollment	2.2%		[131st of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.63		[33rd of 138]

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