Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.6028 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia, 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia stood at 0.6028 LPIA.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia peaked at 0.6048 LPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4127 LPIA, in 2003.
Mongolia ranks 62nd of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.4127 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.4275 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4736 LPIA | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4587 LPIA | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4756 LPIA | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5001 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4594 LPIA | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 0.593 LPIA | +29.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6048 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5924 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5047 LPIA | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 0.5126 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5456 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5497 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5784 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6028 LPIA | +4.2% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 0.6028 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5883 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 0.6028 LPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6212 LPIA, 97% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Mongolia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +29.1% | 0.4594 LPIA | 0.593 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4431 LPIA | 0.4127 LPIA | 0.4736 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.5329 LPIA | 0.4594 LPIA | 0.6048 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5578 LPIA | 0.5126 LPIA | 0.6028 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 59 Portugal 0.6139 LPIA compare
- 60 Chile 0.6076 LPIA compare
- 61 South Africa 0.603 LPIA compare
- 63 Bangladesh 0.5821 LPIA compare
- 64 Philippines 0.5739 LPIA compare
- 65 Turkey 0.5617 LPIA 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 upper secondary education or in Mongolia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia was 0.6028 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 0.6048 LPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4127 LPIA in 2003.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mongolia ranks 62nd 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 1.7%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release