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Average years of schooling of adults	6.5		[44th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	23.8 students		[5th of 29]
Class size > Age 9	19.4 students		[12th of 17]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[74th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[42nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[82nd of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.2%		[54th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	28.3%		[2nd of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	86		[84th of 148]
Geographical aptitude results	76.61		[40th of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	1,080 hours		[2nd of 38]
Literacy > Male	97.5%		[44th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	96%		[52nd of 160]
Public spending per student > Primary level	12.5		[75th of 126]
School life expectancy > Male	10.7 years		[65th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	10.8 years		[65th of 110]
Spending on teaching materials	3.2		[12th of 30]
Spending per primary school student	$1,048.00 per student		[21st of 21]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	40 weeks per year		[13th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	35.3%		[43rd of 151]

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