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.
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
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 2 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 92.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11,972 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.63 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.9% (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.