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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	9.37 % of GNI		[2nd of 168]
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Duration of education > Primary level	4		[158th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[30th 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	2,513,342		[49th of 189]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	393,910		[43rd of 150]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education, primary completion rate	97		[53rd of 148]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.5%		[79th 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
Geographical aptitude results	72.039		[81st 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+	0.7%		[126th of 138]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone		View time series
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women	1%		[126th of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	98.65 %		[10th 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 female > % of females ages 15-24	99.6 %		[16th 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
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	99.65 %		[14th 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
Primary school girls out of school	5%		[80th of 99]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	9.37 %		[3rd of 136]
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: Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	17.81 %		[31st 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 > Secondary level	44.4		[7th of 123]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, secondary level is the total reported current spending by the government on secondary education, divided by the total number of pupils in secondary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	24.09		[82nd 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	192		[69th 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
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[40th of 138]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series

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