| Literacy (age 15 and over can read & write) (2004 est.) |
total population: 90.4% male: 94% female: 86.8% |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) (2008) |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years |
| Years compulsory | 9 (starting at age 7) |
| Primary to secondary transition rate (2007) | 90% |
| Female Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) - Tertiary Education as a % for School year ending 2008 | 20% |
| Male Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) - Tertiary Education as a % for School year ending 2008 | 22% |
| Education expenditure (2007) |
3.5% of GDP (2007) 18.7 of total government expenditure |
| Distribution(%) of public expenditure per level (2007) |
pre-primary 1% primary 57% secondary 32% tertiary unknown |
| Researchers per 1,000,000 inhabitants (FTE) (bv,2001) | 205 |
| Expenditure on R&D as a % of GDP (bn,bz,2005) | 0.05 |
| Percentage distribution of gross domestic expenditure on research and development by source |
Government 84.5% Business 14.7% From abroad 0.7% Higher Education 0.2% |