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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.82 % of GNI		[72nd of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	33		[76th of 126]
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[148th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[49th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[86th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	28,780		[157th of 189]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	183		[133rd of 150]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level	100%		[10th of 160]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education, primary completion rate	77		[88th of 148]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Female enrolment share > Primary level	47.9%		[122nd 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	51.5%		[23rd 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	67.33		[117th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Library books	8,636		[76th of 81]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Men	96%		[17th of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	30.78		[41st 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: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
School enrollment, secondary > % net	32 % net		[54th of 121]
DEFINITION: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross	42.86 % gross		[71st of 162]
DEFINITION: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary	10 years		[81st of 93]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Secondary education, pupils	8,091		[88th of 166]
DEFINITION: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.99		[20th of 138]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series

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