Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 90.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Mongolia, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Mongolia is 90.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Mongolia peaked at 90.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 57.1%, in 2007.
Mongolia ranks 39th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.2% | 57.1% | 64.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 73.4% | 69.5% | 78.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.0% | 76.0% | 90.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More education data for Mongolia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11,972 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.63 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Mongolia?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Mongolia was 90.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.1% in 2007.
- How does Mongolia rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Mongolia ranks 39th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. 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 children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.