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Average years of schooling of adults	6		[53rd of 100]
Children out of school, primary	5,981		[53rd of 126]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[150th of 171]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[62nd of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[153rd of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	16,764		[104th of 150]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.7%		[64th of 132]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	13.3%		[58th of 96]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	97		[38th of 148]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	64.2%		[72nd of 135]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	47.8%		[117th of 170]
Source: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	74.239		[64th of 191]
Source: UNESCO
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Source: The Geography Zone
Literacy > Male	88.6%		[91st of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Literacy > Total population	85.6%		[95th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	14.26 %		[29th of 103]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending per student > Primary level	10.8		[88th of 126]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	22.34		[59th of 159]
Source: UNESCO
Tertiary enrollment	11.4%		[92nd of 151]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1.02		[3rd of 138]
Source: UNESCO

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