Educational attainment rate, completed … female Bachelor rural s in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed … female Bachelor rural s was 23.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Mongolia, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Mongolia stood at 23.4%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.3% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Mongolia peaked at 23.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2010.
Mongolia ranks 18th of 81 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female Bachelor rural s in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.8% | — |
| 2013 | 13.7% | +38.9% |
| 2014 | 15.2% | +11.4% |
| 2015 | 16.9% | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 18.4% | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 15.6% | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 16.1% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 19.4% | +20.6% |
| 2021 | 19.0% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 20.2% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 20.1% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 23.4% | +16.3% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 23.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.3%, 3.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 23.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13.1%, 1.8× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.4% | 9.8% | 18.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 20.4% | 19.0% | 23.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More education data for Mongolia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 92.18 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 91.44 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Mongolia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Mongolia was 23.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2010.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Mongolia ranks 18th out of 81 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release