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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	4.41 % of GNI		[67th of 168]
Children out of school, primary	219,515		[28th of 126]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	2,153,865		[15th of 150]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Education, primary completion rate	98		[37th of 148]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Geographical aptitude results	71.135		[86th of 191]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	0 hours		[38th of 38]
Source: The Geography Zone
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	1,026 hours		[6th of 38]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	42.3%		[24th of 138]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Library books	1,001,200		[47th of 81]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy > Male	83%		[4th of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Literacy > Total population	71.4%		[4th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	71.41 %		[82nd of 121]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Primary school girls out of school	18%		[51st of 99]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Proportion of 20 year olds in tertiary education	0%		[37th of 37]
Source: Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	21.86		[77th of 159]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
School life expectancy > Male	11.2 years		[61st of 97]
Source: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Total	10.3 years		[73rd of 110]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	36 weeks per year		[30th of 36]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.88		[7th of 138]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics

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