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Average years of schooling of adults	7		[39th of 100]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[90th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[44th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	92,140		[48th of 150]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	47.6%		[129th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	46.8%		[124th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	63.255		[149th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	6.9%		[91st of 138]
Library books	5,419,800		[18th of 81]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	96.7%		[52nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	93.2%		[67th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	0%		[98th of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	18.22 %		[29th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	26.44		[72nd of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	33.7%		[46th of 151]
Universities > Top 100	2		[15th of 22]
Universities > Top 200	2		[23rd of 31]
Universities > Top 500	2		[30th of 38]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[11th of 138]

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