Percentage of graduates … adjusted Natural Mathematics Statistics in Mongolia
Mongolia: Percentage of graduates … adjusted Natural Mathematics Statistics was 0.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mongolia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 0.8% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and down 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mongolia peaked at 1.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2016.
Mongolia ranks 85th of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates … adjusted Natural Mathematics Statistics in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.9% | — |
| 2000 | 1.0% | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | -33.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +33.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -18.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | +83.2% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -55.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +27.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +12.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -6.9% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 0.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.0%, 74% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 0.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.0%, 79% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates … adjusted Natural Mathematics Statistics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +83.2% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mongolia?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mongolia was 0.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2016.
- How does Mongolia rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Mongolia ranks 85th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release