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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.82 % of GNI		[72nd of 168]
Children out of school, primary	33		[76th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[148th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[49th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[86th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	28,780		[157th of 189]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	183		[133rd of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	77		[88th of 148]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	47.9%		[122nd of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	51.5%		[23rd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	67.33		[117th of 191]
Library books	8,636		[76th of 81]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female	77.9%		[24th of 157]
Literacy > Male	92.2%		[20th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	84.9%		[23rd of 160]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Men	96%		[17th of 138]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	30.78		[41st of 159]
Secondary education, pupils	8,091		[88th of 166]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.99		[20th of 138]

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