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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.98 % of GNI		[89th of 168]
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Average years of schooling of adults	3.5		[79th of 100]
DEFINITION: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[25th 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		[136th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	74,090		[87th of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education, primary completion rate	56		[105th of 148]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	12%		[128th 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
Female enrolment share > Primary level	47.4%		[136th 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: UNESCO
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	42.8%		[143rd 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	70.627		[91st of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	30.2%		[37th of 138]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone		View time series
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	66.81 %		[92nd of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	76.64 %		[84th of 123]
DEFINITION: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	18.29 %		[17th of 103]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending per student > Primary level	7.7		[104th 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: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	49.93		[15th 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: UNESCO
Scientific and technical journal articles	90		[84th of 175]
DEFINITION: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Spending on teaching materials	1.2		[21st of 30]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on teaching materials, primary level is the amount spent on teaching materials expressed as a percentage of total public current spending on primary education.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tertiary enrollment	3%		[125th 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
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.86		[14th of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series

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