Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary was 84.0% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Mongolia, 2000β2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in cumulative.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 84.0% for educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Mongolia peaked at 84.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 53.4%, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 22nd of 142 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.9% | 53.4% | 65.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 75.0% | 67.2% | 80.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 80.1% | 77.1% | 84.0% | 5 |
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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)
- School enrollment, primary 92.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0034 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Mongolia?
- Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary in Mongolia was 84.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 84.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.4% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary?
- Mongolia ranks 22nd out of 142 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed upper secondary education.