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Children out of school, primary	1,201,992		[3rd of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[57th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[103rd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[53rd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	16,054		[105th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	31		[122nd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	8%		[133rd of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	39.2%		[155th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	56.896		[183rd of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	73.4%		[2nd of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	29.4%		[155th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	21.8%		[159th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	16.64 %		[21st of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	22.2		[21st of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	47.18		[19th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	3.5 years		[97th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	2.8 years		[109th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	1%		[144th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.66		[9th of 138]

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