Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA was 0.7177 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 0.7177 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.0% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia peaked at 0.7177 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4907 LPIA, in 2003.
That places Mongolia 46th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.4907 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.4988 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5414 LPIA | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 0.5212 LPIA | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5541 LPIA | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6037 LPIA | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 0.5594 LPIA | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 0.6399 LPIA | +14.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6303 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6283 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6529 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 0.6803 LPIA | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6063 LPIA | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6008 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.6257 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 0.6636 LPIA | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 0.6584 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.7177 LPIA | +9.0% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 0.7177 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6445 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 0.7177 LPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6779 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.513 LPIA | 0.4907 LPIA | 0.5414 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.6173 LPIA | 0.5541 LPIA | 0.6803 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6533 LPIA | 0.6008 LPIA | 0.7177 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 0.7177 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 0.7177 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4907 LPIA in 2003.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mongolia ranks 46th out of 103 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 12.2%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release