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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.96 % of GNI		[91st of 168]
Duration of compulsory education	11 years		[29th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[20th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	4		[181st of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level	91,390		[138th of 189]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level (per capita)	0.155 per capita		[40th of 172]
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level	29,194		[143rd of 171]
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level (per capita)	49.407 per 1,000 people		[130th of 159]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	1,893		[123rd of 150]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level (per capita)	3.296 per 1,000 people		[112nd of 146]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Primary level	47.4%		[136th of 179]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Secondary level	45.41%		[128th of 162]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level	33.76%		[111st of 126]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI	5.6%		[39th of 127]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government	12.9%		[50th of 85]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.2%		[49th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	12.9%		[62nd of 96]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5	81.3%		[66th of 112]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men	78%		[53rd of 101]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women	85.1%		[51st of 101]
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita	14.38 %		[44th of 101]
Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita	103.2 %		[1st of 93]
Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita	573.98 %		[4th of 81]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	46.1%		[148th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	44.7%		[136th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	64.151		[144th of 191]
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment	0.76		[146th of 183]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group	109 %		[34th of 157]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female	34%		[144th of 157]
Literacy > Male	60%		[140th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	47%		[147th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult female > % of females ages 15 and above	48.7 %		[1st of 121]
Literacy rate, adult male > % of males ages 15 and above	69.1 %		[1st of 121]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	59.5 %		[1st of 121]
Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort	93.22 %		[26th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort	89.17 %		[29th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort	91.04 %		[38th of 92]
Primary education, duration > years	7 years		[22nd of 197]
Primary education, pupils	99,458		[77th of 176]
Primary education, pupils (per capita)	0.156 per capita		[30th of 193]
Primary education, pupils > % female	48.72 % female		[25th of 175]
Primary education, teachers	3,203		[70th of 159]
Primary education, teachers (per capita)	5.031 per 1,000 people		[40th of 191]
Primary education, teachers > % female	38.18 % female		[74th of 153]
Primary school girls out of school	64%		[15th of 99]
Private school enrolment > Primary level	1.7		[120th of 148]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	0.4		[124th of 131]
Progression to secondary level	76		[70th of 97]
Progression to secondary school > %	82.48 %		[73rd of 123]
Progression to secondary school, female > %	82.65 %		[70th of 118]
Progression to secondary school, male > %	82.33 %		[66th of 118]
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	5.62 %		[38th of 136]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	12.86 %		[49th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	31.05		[39th of 159]
Pupils reaching grade 5	90.4		[49th of 108]
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level	41.1		[30th of 175]
Pupils-teacher ratio > secondary level	38.6		[5th of 121]
Repetition rate, primary > % of total enrollment	9.62 %		[32nd of 128]
Repetition rate, primary, female > % of total enrollment	8.79 %		[30th of 125]
Repetition rate, primary, male > % of total enrollment	10.41 %		[31st of 125]
Repitition rate > Primary level	13.2		[33rd of 143]
School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary	1.97 %		[62nd of 139]
School enrollment, secondary, private > % of total secondary	8.03 %		[45th of 124]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary	10 years		[80th of 93]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female	10 years		[80th of 93]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Male	11 years		[78th of 93]
Scientific and technical journal articles	1		[166th of 175]
Secondary education, general pupils	41,514		[80th of 183]
Secondary education, general pupils (per capita)	0.065 per 1,000 people		[58th of 196]
Secondary education, pupils	42,144		[78th of 166]
Secondary education, pupils (per capita)	0.066 per capita		[58th of 185]
Secondary education, pupils > % female	47.15 % female		[59th of 153]
Secondary education, teachers	1,499		[60th of 141]
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)	2.355 per 1,000 people		[56th of 188]
Secondary education, teachers > % female	31.02 % female		[52nd of 131]
Secondary education, vocational pupils	630		[76th of 163]
Secondary education, vocational pupils (per capita)	0.99 per 1,000 people		[60th of 183]
Trained teachers in primary education > % of total teachers	93.82 %		[20th of 61]
Trained teachers in primary education, female > % of female teachers	94.69 %		[18th of 56]
Trained teachers in primary education, male > % of male teachers	93.28 %		[19th of 56]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls	both

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