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Average years of schooling of adults	5.3		[61st of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[90th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[97th 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		[117th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.7%		[92nd of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education, primary completion rate	87		[75th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	51.3%		[85th of 135]
DEFINITION: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Expected duration of education for all students	10.1 years		[30th of 30]
DEFINITION: Expected years of schooling for a 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Expected duration of education for females	8.8 years		[28th of 28]
DEFINITION: Expected years of schooling for a female 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Geographical aptitude results	77.894		[15th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	796 hours		[21st of 38]
DEFINITION: Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Library books	1,552,630		[43rd of 81]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$9,116.00		[20th of 22]
DEFINITION: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Primary teacher salary per hour > After 15 years	$14.00 per hour		[20th of 22]
DEFINITION: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary level education, per hour after 15 years experience and typical training. Expressed in equivalent US dollars converted using Purchasing Power Parities (PPP's). Data for 1999.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Public spending per student > Primary level	17.6		[39th of 126]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
School life expectancy > Male	10.4 years		[70th of 97]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: UNESCO
School life expectancy > Total	9.5 years		[83rd of 110]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	38 weeks per year		[25th of 36]
DEFINITION: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Tertiary enrollment	15%		[83rd of 151]
DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Universities > Top 500	2		[29th of 38]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE: UNESCO