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Average years of schooling of adults	2.7		[86th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	604,378		[10th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	7 years		[131st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[15th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[113rd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	31,049		[97th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	72		[4th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	4.8%		[136th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	44.8%		[133rd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	63.064		[152nd of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	21.9%		[50th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic
Literacy > Male	85.9%		[97th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	78.2%		[112nd of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	11.37 %		[80th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	55.86		[9th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	5.1 years		[95th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	5 years		[102nd of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	0.7%		[147th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.94		[11th of 138]

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