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.
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 54.4% | — |
| 1980 | 81.5% | +49.8% |
| 1981 | 87.2% | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 88.1% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 89.7% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 90.5% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 90.7% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 90.3% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 90.3% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 90.8% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 89.8% | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 91.2% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 93.0% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 93.8% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 92.5% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 93.5% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 93.0% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 94.4% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 94.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 94.9% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 94.9% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 95.3% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 95.4% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 95.6% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 95.6% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 95.9% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 95.6% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 95.3% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 96.1% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 96.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 96.1% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 95.0% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 96.3% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 96.4% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 96.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 96.6% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 96.8% | +0.2% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 96.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 79.4%, 1.2× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 96.8% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76.1%, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of primary school teachers who are women 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +49.8% | 54.4% | 81.5% |
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
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1077 units per person (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.