Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 1.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Mongolia, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 1.6% for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 83.3% on the previous year and down 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Mongolia peaked at 20.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2024.
Mongolia ranks 156th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3.8% | — |
| 2008 | 4.9% | +31.2% |
| 2009 | 12.0% | +142.3% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | -39.4% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | -58.6% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | +354.2% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | -35.6% |
| 2014 | 7.3% | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | +125.3% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | +23.3% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | -60.3% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | +48.2% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | +18.6% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 13.2% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 9.4% | -29.7% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | -83.3% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 1.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.6%, 11% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 1.6% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13.0%, 12% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Mongolia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +354.2% | 3.0% | 13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 3.8% | 12.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 3.0% | 20.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.3% | 1.6% | 14.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More education data for Mongolia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,798 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 9 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 135,342 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 129,476 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 412,877 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 379,647 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.5431 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1077 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Mongolia?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Mongolia was 1.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2024.
- How does Mongolia rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Mongolia ranks 156th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.