Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Mongolia
Mongolia: Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index was 0.99 index in 2024. ▬ Flat
Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Mongolia stood at 0.99 index. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Mongolia peaked at 1.01 index in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.99 index, in 2024.
Mongolia ranks 64th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.01 index | — |
| 2010 | 1.01 index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 index | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.01 index | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1 index | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 1 index | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1 index | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1 index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.99 index | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 1 index | 1.01 index | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.9984 index | 0.99 index | 1 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More education data for Mongolia
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Mongolia?
- Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index in Mongolia was 0.99 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2000.
- What is the lowest literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.99 index in 2024.
- How does Mongolia rank for literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mongolia ranks 64th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal basic literacy rates among young men and women aged 15–24. Values below 1 favor young men, and above 1 favor young women.