Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 81.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia stood at 81.7%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia peaked at 81.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.8%, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 32nd of 140 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.2% | 50.8% | 63.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 72.5% | 63.8% | 78.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 77.5% | 73.9% | 81.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 29 Estonia, Republic of 83.6% compare
- 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 81.9% compare
- 31 Australia 81.8% compare
- 33 Bulgaria 81.6% compare
- 34 Serbia, Republic of 81.3% compare
- 35 Singapore 81.3% compare
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 upper secondary education or in Mongolia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia was 81.7% 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 81.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.8% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mongolia ranks 32nd out of 140 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 5.6%. 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release