Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA was 0.6596 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 0.6596 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia peaked at 0.6596 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4519 LPIA, in 2003.
Mongolia ranks 55th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4867 LPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.4519 LPIA | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4636 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.5082 LPIA | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4905 LPIA | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.514 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5531 LPIA | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 0.5111 LPIA | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6122 LPIA | +19.8% |
| 2016 | 0.6166 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6232 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6432 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.556 LPIA | -13.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5567 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.5851 LPIA | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 0.6078 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.6191 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.6596 LPIA | +6.5% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 0.6596 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5998 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 0.6596 LPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6551 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4802 LPIA | 0.4519 LPIA | 0.5082 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5787 LPIA | 0.5111 LPIA | 0.6432 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.6057 LPIA | 0.5567 LPIA | 0.6596 LPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Mongolia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia was 0.6596 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6596 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4519 LPIA in 2003.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mongolia ranks 55th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. 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 upper secondary 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