Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mongolia
Mongolia: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total was 5.21 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mongolia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mongolia is 5.21, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mongolia peaked at 5.21 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.68, in 1960.
Mongolia ranks 12th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.68 | — |
| 1965 | 1.03 | +51.5% |
| 1970 | 1.47 | +42.7% |
| 1975 | 2.39 | +62.6% |
| 1980 | 2.78 | +16.3% |
| 1985 | 3.33 | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 4.03 | +21.0% |
| 1995 | 4.24 | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 4.43 | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 4.85 | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 5.21 | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.855 | 0.68 | 1.03 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.93 | 1.47 | 2.39 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.05 | 2.78 | 3.33 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.13 | 4.03 | 4.24 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.64 | 4.43 | 4.85 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.21 | 5.21 | 5.21 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More education data for Mongolia
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 92.34 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 92.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mongolia?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mongolia was 5.21 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.21 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.68 in 1960.
- How does Mongolia rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Mongolia ranks 12th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. 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 secondary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people over age 15.