Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Mongolia
Mongolia: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 89.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Mongolia, 1974–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, total in Mongolia stood at 89.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Mongolia peaked at 107.8% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 44.9%, in 1974.
Mongolia ranks 94th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 44.9% | — |
| 1975 | 53.0% | +18.2% |
| 1976 | 61.2% | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 75.5% | +23.4% |
| 1979 | 80.4% | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 83.5% | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 62.3% | -25.4% |
| 1996 | 107.8% | +73.1% |
| 1997 | 57.8% | -46.4% |
| 1999 | 55.3% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 59.5% | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 63.4% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 75.5% | +19.1% |
| 2003 | 79.3% | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 84.5% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 92.1% | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 97.0% | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 97.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 94.8% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 93.5% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 107.7% | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 103.4% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 94.0% | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 89.8% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 88.4% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 95.3% | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 96.9% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 89.1% | -8.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +73.1% | 62.3% | 107.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 63.0% | 44.9% | 80.4% | 5 |
| 1980s | 83.5% | 83.5% | 83.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 70.8% | 55.3% | 107.8% | 4 |
| 2000s | 83.7% | 59.5% | 97.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 101.7% | 94.0% | 107.7% | 3 |
| 2020s | 91.9% | 88.4% | 96.9% | 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 lower secondary completion rate, total in Mongolia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Mongolia was 89.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 107.8% in 1996.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.9% in 1974.
- How does Mongolia rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Mongolia ranks 94th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.