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Children out of school, primary	428		[112nd of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[42nd of 171]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[63rd of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[155th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	2,285		[121st of 150]
Source: UNESCO
Education, primary completion rate	101		[29th of 148]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	73.6%		[52nd of 135]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Primary level	45.9%		[149th of 176]
Source: UNESCO
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	52.6%		[16th of 170]
Source: UNESCO
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	3.2%		[106th of 138]
Source: UNESCO
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy > Male	96.7%		[53rd of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Literacy > Total population	96.7%		[49th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	95.65 %		[22nd of 121]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	12.8 %		[50th of 103]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	19.8		[90th of 159]
Source: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Male	11.6 years		[53rd of 97]
Source: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Total	11.8 years		[49th of 110]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Tertiary enrollment	21.8%		[69th of 151]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.94		[29th of 138]
Source: UNESCO

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