Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Mongolia
Mongolia: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female was 3.17 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Mongolia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Mongolia stood at 3.17.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Mongolia peaked at 3.56 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.76, in 1960.
That places Mongolia 109th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.76 | — |
| 1965 | 1.11 | +46.1% |
| 1970 | 1.44 | +29.7% |
| 1975 | 2.41 | +67.4% |
| 1980 | 2.81 | +16.6% |
| 1985 | 3.18 | +13.2% |
| 1990 | 3.56 | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 3.35 | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 3.24 | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 3.21 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 3.17 | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.935 | 0.76 | 1.11 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.93 | 1.44 | 2.41 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3 | 2.81 | 3.18 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.46 | 3.35 | 3.56 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.23 | 3.21 | 3.24 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.17 | 3.17 | 3.17 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More education data for Mongolia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11,972 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Mongolia?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Mongolia was 3.17 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.56 in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.76 in 1960.
- How does Mongolia rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female?
- Mongolia ranks 109th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 25+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 25.