Percentage of graduates from tertiary … unspecified fields adjusted in Mongolia
Mongolia: Percentage of graduates from tertiary … unspecified fields adjusted was 0.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mongolia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mongolia is 0.7%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mongolia peaked at 2.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2016.
That places Mongolia 51st out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary … unspecified fields adjusted in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -67.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +30.6% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +25.6% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +52.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | -56.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -34.4% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | +282.0% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -50.0% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -87.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +525.8% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +29.4% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | -41.8% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 84% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 0.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.0%, 65% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates from tertiary … unspecified fields adjusted 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +525.8% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.1% | 2.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
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 0.7% 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 2.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2016.
- How does Mongolia rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Mongolia ranks 51st out of 72 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 34.9%. 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 programmes in unspecified fields, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release