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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	6.03 % of GNI		[24th of 168]
Children out of school, primary	7,048		[52nd of 126]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[143rd of 171]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[36th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[75th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	2,215		[123rd of 150]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	7.9%		[11th of 132]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	17%		[40th of 96]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	81		[80th of 148]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	47.9%		[91st of 135]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.9%		[29th of 176]
Source: UNESCO
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	48.8%		[98th of 170]
Source: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	65.068		[138th of 191]
Source: UNESCO
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	23.5%		[46th of 138]
Source: The Geography Zone
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy > Male	85.8%		[98th of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Literacy > Total population	76.6%		[115th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	25.44 %		[5th of 103]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	26		[48th of 159]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.01		[6th of 138]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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