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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	9.6 % of GNI		[1st of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	1,220		[64th of 126]
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	11 years		[17th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[4th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[144th 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	18,629		[160th of 189]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	677		[128th of 150]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI	8.7%		[5th of 127]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government	16.1%		[24th of 85]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	10%		[4th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	20.3%		[18th of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	92		[65th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.3%		[103rd 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
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	54.2%		[9th 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	64.663		[140th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	46.3		[14th of 131]
DEFINITION: Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	8.17 %		[6th 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: UNESCO
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	16.09 %		[24th 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
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	17.97		[75th 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: World Development Indicators database
Scientific and technical journal articles	1		[168th 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

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