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Average years of schooling of adults	11.7		[3rd of 100]
Class size > Age 13	20.8 students		[11th of 29]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	12 years		[11th of 171]
Source: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[76th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[35th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	6.7%		[21st of 132]
Source: UNESCO
Educational attainment > Tertiary	29%		[8th of 18]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	91.6%		[10th of 135]
Source: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level	17.6%		[11th of 17]
Source: UNESCO
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level	50.6%		[5th of 17]
Source: OECD
Literacy > Total population	99%		[29th of 160]
Source: OECD
Mathematical literacy	537		[3rd of 27]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$16,678.00		[18th of 22]
Source: OECD
Reading literacy	529		[3rd of 27]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
School life expectancy > Male	15.6 years		[7th of 97]
Source: OECD
School life expectancy > Total	16.2 years		[5th of 110]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Scientific literacy	528		[7th of 27]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Student attitude > Dislike of school	34%		[6th of 17]
Source: OECD
Student attitude > Find school boring	60%		[3rd of 17]
Source: OECD
Tertiary enrollment	69.2%		[5th of 151]
Source: OECD

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