Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 1.03 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mongolia is 1.03 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mongolia peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9391 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Mongolia 20th out of 132 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9391 GPIA | — |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPIA | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.6% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 1.03 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9818 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 1.03 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9451 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9391 GPIA | 0.9391 GPIA | 0.9391 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 17 Trinidad and Tobago 1.03 GPIA compare
- 18 Panama 1.03 GPIA compare
- 19 Cook Islands 1.03 GPIA compare
- 21 Puerto Rico 1.02 GPIA compare
- 22 Lesotho 1.02 GPIA compare
- 23 Cayman Islands 1.02 GPIA 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 lower secondary education or in Mongolia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mongolia was 1.03 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9391 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Mongolia ranks 20th out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release