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Average years of schooling of adults	2.1		[96th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	2,695,495		[2nd of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	8 years		[113rd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[75th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[160th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	204,114		[47th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	50		[112nd of 148]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	45.1%		[153rd of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	61.7%		[2nd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	65.106		[137th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	39%		[28th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	71.8%		[128th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	61.1%		[131st of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	2.75 %		[103rd of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	45.6		[3rd of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	27.76		[46th of 159]
Spending on teaching materials	0		[31st of 30]
Tertiary enrollment	6.9%		[106th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.84		[29th of 138]

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