Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 97.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 97.3% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mongolia peaked at 97.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 89.7%, in 2000.
That places Mongolia 19th out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.7% | 89.7% | 89.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 95.4% | 92.1% | 96.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 96.6% | 95.5% | 97.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 16 Bulgaria 98.1% compare
- 17 Switzerland 98.1% compare
- 18 United States of America 97.7% compare
- 20 Croatia 97.0% compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 96.8% compare
- 22 Serbia 96.7% compare
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 92.34 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 92.3% (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 97.3% 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 97.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.7% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Mongolia ranks 19th out of 97 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 2.0%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release