Educational attainment rate, completed … Bachelor rural both in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed … Bachelor rural both was 18.2% 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 18.2% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 17.0% on the previous year and up 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Mongolia peaked at 18.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 24th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … Bachelor rural both in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.0% | — |
| 2010 | 8.3% | +173.1% |
| 2013 | 11.2% | +34.3% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 13.8% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 14.6% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | -16.5% |
| 2019 | 12.7% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 15.4% | +21.2% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 15.1% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 18.2% | +17.0% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 18.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.6%, 2.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 18.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11.2%, 1.6× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … Bachelor rural 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 | +173.1% | 3.0% | 8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 12.3% | 8.3% | 14.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 15.8% | 14.8% | 18.2% | 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 18.2% 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 18.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Mongolia ranks 24th out of 84 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 50.5%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release