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Average years of schooling of adults	5.8		[56th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	70,395		[42nd of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[152nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[71st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[100th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	215,734		[43rd of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	111		[7th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	39.1%		[101st of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	46.4%		[127th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	64.688		[139th of 191]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	86%		[13th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	79.6%		[13th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	14.2 %		[58th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	12.9		[72nd of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	25.33		[66th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	10.1 years		[74th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	9.5 years		[84th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	6.1%		[109th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.95		[28th of 138]

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