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Average years of schooling of adults	6.6		[43rd of 100]
Children out of school, primary	235,577		[21st of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	7 years		[134th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[102nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[167th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	983,217		[25th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	92		[67th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	50.4%		[87th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	53.6%		[11th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	67.956		[113rd of 191]
Library books	3,690,000		[24th of 81]
Literacy > Male	93.8%		[74th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	93.4%		[65th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	17.04 %		[37th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	2.1		[121st of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	18.7		[70th of 159]
School life expectancy > Total	10.9 years		[64th of 110]
Spending on teaching materials	0.6		[24th of 30]
Tertiary enrollment	28.5%		[55th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.02		[4th of 138]

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