Mongolia

Adult literacy in Mongolia

Adult literacy in Mongolia: 97.8% in 2000 and 98.6% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
98.6%
Since 2000
+0.9 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in MongoliaAdult literacy in Mongolia: 97.8% in 2000 and 98.6% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 99.2% in 2021, the lowest 96.9% in 2018.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 99.2% in 2021, the lowest 96.9% in 2018.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearMongoliaWorld
202498.687.7
202398.687.6
202298.787.4
202199.287.2
202099.287
201998.586.8
201896.986.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
201098.384.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200097.881.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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