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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.29 % of GNI		[111st of 168]
Children out of school, primary	46,307		[54th of 126]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	11 years		[30th of 171]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[110th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[57th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	7,473		[103rd of 150]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.9%		[85th of 132]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education, primary completion rate	66		[121st of 148]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Female enrolment share > Primary level	49.6%		[10th of 176]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	48.3%		[110th of 170]
Source: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	73.376		[73rd of 191]
Source: UNESCO
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Source: The Geography Zone
Literacy > Male	73.7%		[4th of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Literacy > Total population	63.2%		[5th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	9.61 %		[38th of 103]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending per student > Primary level	4.6		[114th of 126]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Public spending per student > Tertiary level	50.9		[55th of 123]
Source: UNESCO
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	36.04		[31st of 159]
Source: UNESCO
Tertiary enrollment	8%		[102nd of 151]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.98		[24th of 138]
Source: UNESCO

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