Literacy Rate: Mongolia

Analysis# Mongolia Literacy Rate Mongolia maintains a literacy rate of 98.64% in 2024, placing it among the world's most literate nations. The current figure sits just 0.55 percentage points below the all-time peak of 99.214% reached in 2021, and well above the low of 96.9% in 2018. Over the 24-year period since 2000, Mongolia's literacy rate has increased by only 0.9 percentage points, indicating a consistently high baseline that has remained stable across decades. The most significant trend emerged between 2018 and 2021, when Mongolia rebounded sharply from its lowest point, gaining 2.314 percentage points in three years. Since reaching the 2021 peak, the rate has plateaued around 98.6–98.7%, suggesting stabilization at a near-maximum level. Mongolia's literacy trajectory demonstrates sustained educational achievement with minimal fluctuation, reflecting strong institutional commitment to universal education across the population.