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Average years of schooling of adults	7.2		[36th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[46th of 171]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[72nd of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[101st of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.3%		[46th of 132]
Source: UNESCO
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	59.7%		[79th of 135]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Expected duration of education for all students	12.6 years		[27th of 30]
Source: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	76.135		[43rd of 191]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Literacy > Total population	91%		[6th of 160]
Source: The Geography Zone
Mathematical literacy	387		[27th of 27]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$10,465.00		[19th of 22]
Source: OECD
Public spending per student > Primary level	11.7		[80th of 126]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Reading literacy	422		[27th of 27]
Source: UNESCO
School life expectancy > Male	11.6 years		[55th of 97]
Source: OECD
School life expectancy > Total	11.5 years		[55th of 110]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Scientific literacy	422		[27th of 27]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	42 weeks per year		[5th of 36]
Source: OECD
Tertiary enrollment	20.7%		[73rd of 151]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Universities > Top 100	1		[19th of 22]
Source: UNESCO
Universities > Top 500	1		[36th of 38]
Source: The Times, 2005

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