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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	2.7 % of GNI		[134th of 168]
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Average years of schooling of adults	7		[39th of 100]
DEFINITION: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[90th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[44th 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	92,140		[48th of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Female enrolment share > Primary level	47.6%		[129th 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	46.8%		[124th 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	63.255		[149th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	6.9%		[91st of 138]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone		View time series
Library books	5,419,800		[18th of 81]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	92.55 %		[41st 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: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Primary school girls out of school	0%		[98th of 99]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	18.22 %		[29th 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: Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Public spending per student > Tertiary level	34.1		[75th of 123]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	26.44		[72nd 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
Tertiary enrollment	33.7%		[46th of 151]
DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Universities > Top 100	2		[15th of 22]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 100
SOURCE: UNESCO
Universities > Top 200	2		[23rd of 31]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 200
SOURCE: The Times, 2005
Universities > Top 500	2		[30th of 38]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE: The Times, 2005
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[11th of 138]
SOURCE: Shanghai Jiao Tong University		View time series

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