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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	2.29 % of GNI		[147th of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults	0.8		[101st of 100]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Children out of school, primary	121,537		[36th of 126]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	6 years		[141st of 171]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[31st of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	5		[142nd of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	463		[123rd of 150]
Source: UNESCO
Education, primary completion rate	27		[130th of 148]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Primary level	40.2%		[173rd of 176]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	35.4%		[162nd of 170]
Source: UNESCO
Grade 1 intake rate	33.5		[94th of 114]
Source: UNESCO
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	57.7%		[10th of 138]
Source: World Bank
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy > Male	58.1%		[143rd of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Literacy > Total population	42.4%		[153rd of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Primary school girls out of school	68%		[11th of 99]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	11.86 %		[54th of 103]
Source: Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	44.07		[23rd of 159]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tertiary enrollment	0.4%		[150th of 151]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.34		[134th of 138]
Source: UNESCO

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