Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 96.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mongolia, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 96.8% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2024. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Mongolia peaked at 96.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.4%, in 1975.
Mongolia ranks 10th of 212 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 54.4% | 54.4% | 54.4% | 1 |
| 1980s | 85.6% | 81.5% | 88.1% | 3 |
| 1990s | 90.7% | 89.7% | 93.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 94.2% | 92.5% | 95.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.7% | 95.0% | 96.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.5% | 96.3% | 96.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More education data for Mongolia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 2 years (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 11,972 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.63 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Mongolia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mongolia was 96.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.4% in 1975.
- How does Mongolia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Mongolia ranks 10th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.