Educational attainment rate, completed … Bachelor urban both in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed … Bachelor urban both was 42.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 42.5% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Mongolia peaked at 42.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18.5%, in 2000.
That places Mongolia 7th out of 89 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … Bachelor urban both in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.5% | — |
| 2010 | 31.0% | +67.3% |
| 2013 | 35.3% | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 34.7% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 37.6% | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 37.0% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 37.6% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 37.4% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 41.1% | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 40.4% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 40.8% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 37.7% | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 39.4% | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 42.5% | +7.8% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 42.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.1%, 2.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 42.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 20.4%, 2.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … Bachelor urban both 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +67.3% | 18.5% | 31.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.5% | 18.5% | 18.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 36.5% | 31.0% | 41.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 40.2% | 37.7% | 42.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 4 Luxembourg 44.9% compare
- 5 Switzerland 42.9% compare
- 6 Australia 42.5% compare
- 8 United States 41.7% compare
- 9 United Kingdom 40.2% compare
- 10 Latvia 39.7% compare
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 42.5% 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 42.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.5% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Mongolia ranks 7th out of 89 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 22.2%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release