School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mongolia
Mongolia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 14.58 years in 2010. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mongolia, 1971β2010
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mongolia is 14.58 years, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mongolia peaked at 14.58 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.68 years, in 1995.
That places Mongolia 66th out of 183 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.44 years | 9.16 years | 10.12 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 10.29 years | 10.22 years | 10.37 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 8.56 years | 7.68 years | 10.16 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.61 years | 9.4 years | 14.26 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 14.58 years | 14.58 years | 14.58 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 63 Kuwait 14.69 years compare
- 64 Serbia, Republic of 14.66 years compare
- 65 Liechtenstein 14.62 years compare
- 67 Tonga 14.53 years compare
- 68 Slovak Republic 14.48 years compare
- 69 Colombia 14.4 years compare
More education data for Mongolia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11,972 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 2 (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, per capita 0.0034 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mongolia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mongolia was 14.58 years in 2010, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.58 years in 2010.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.68 years in 1995.
- How does Mongolia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Mongolia ranks 66th out of 183 countries with data for 2010.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.2%. 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 School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.