Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 89.9% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia is 89.9%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mongolia peaked at 97.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 75.0%, in 2018.
That places Mongolia 51st out of 101 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 | 94.2% | 90.9% | 97.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 90.8% | 75.0% | 97.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 79.0% | 91.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
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 89.9% 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 97.4% in 2009.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.0% in 2018.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Mongolia ranks 51st out of 101 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 4.4%. 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release