Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia
Mongolia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 56.1% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia, 2003β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia is 56.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mongolia peaked at 56.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31.3%, in 2003.
That places Mongolia 46th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.0% | 31.3% | 38.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 46.2% | 36.9% | 54.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 50.4% | 45.2% | 56.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 43 Brunei Darussalam 62.9% compare
- 44 Sri Lanka 62.1% compare
- 45 Ukraine 61.6% compare
- 47 Egypt, Arab Republic of 55.9% compare
- 48 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 55.3% compare
- 49 Greece 52.7% 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 56.1% 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 56.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.3% in 2003.
- How does Mongolia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mongolia ranks 46th out of 111 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 4.4%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release