Average years of schooling among adults in Mongolia
Mongolia: Average years of schooling among adults was 9.42 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average years of schooling among adults in Mongolia, 1990–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average years of schooling among adults in Mongolia is 9.42 years, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average years of schooling among adults in Mongolia peaked at 10.9 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8.49 years, in 1990.
Mongolia ranks 105th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.66 years | 8.49 years | 8.96 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.49 years | 9.04 years | 9.94 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.44 years | 10.04 years | 10.9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.42 years | 9.42 years | 9.42 years | 4 |
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 average years of schooling among adults in Mongolia?
- Average years of schooling among adults in Mongolia was 9.42 years in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.49 years in 1990.
- How does Mongolia rank for average years of schooling among adults?
- Mongolia ranks 105th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average years of schooling among adults rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average years of schooling among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.