General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

From 2006 to 2014, the number of students living in boarding schools increased to more than 72% in public schools. In 2006, the latter had 34188 students. In the 2013-2014 school year, there were 59138 in boarding schools. Since then, the number of students has decreased up to 42273 students in 2018.

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who […]

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who […]

The gross enrollment ratio (GER) refers to the total enrollment in a specific level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the officially enrollable population at the same level for a given school year. The method of calculation consists of dividing the number of pupils or students by the population having the […]

Breakdown by sex and age (15-24 years, 25-64 years and over 65 years) of individuals able to read and write. Values are expressed as a percentage. According to data from the Statistical Institute of UNESCO (UIS) for the years 2000, 2008 and 2015 (data consulted on 06/09/2016, http://data.uis.unesco.org/).