Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9159 LPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 0.9159 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia peaked at 0.9785 LPIA in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.802 LPIA, in 2018.
That places Mongolia 56th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9555 LPIA | 0.9378 LPIA | 0.9766 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9276 LPIA | 0.802 LPIA | 0.9785 LPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.8987 LPIA | 0.8196 LPIA | 0.933 LPIA | 4 |
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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)
- School enrollment, primary 92.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0034 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia was 0.9159 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9785 LPIA in 2010.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.802 LPIA in 2018.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Mongolia ranks 56th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release