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• Mongolia
  • General Information
    • Introduction
    • Geography
    • Socio-economic Profile
    • Government
    • National Social Welfare System
    • Education Profile
    • Health Profile
    • ICT
  • Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities
  • The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012
  • Profile of Disability-related Organizations

1. General/Basic Information

Government ii
Type		Mixed parliamentary/Presidential
Chief of State		President Nambaryn Enkhbayar (since 24 June 2005)
Head of Government		Prime Minister Miegombyn Enkhbold (since 25 January 2006)
Capital		Ulaanbaatar
Administrative Divisions		21 provinces and 1 municipality
Demographics
Mid-2006 Population i (thousands)	2,679	Age Structure (2006) i
Annual Growth Rate (2006 est.) i	1.2%	0 – 14   years	30.0%
Urban Population (2006) i	57.0%	Over 60 years	6.0%
Nationality	Mongolian
Ethnic Group (2000) ii		Sex Ratio (2006 est.) ii	1 male(s)/female
Mongol (mostly Khalkha)	94.9%	Unemployment Rate (2003 est.) ii	6.7%
Turkic (mostly Kazakh)	5.0%	Population below poverty line (2004 est.) ii	36.1%
Other (including Chinese and Russian)	0.1%
Education iii
Adult Literacy (M) (2002-2004)	98.0%	Enrolment Ratios (GER) (2002/03)
Adult Literacy (F) (2002-2004)	97.5%	Primary	101.0%
Public expenditure on Education: total government expenditure	N/A	Secondary	84.0%
Compulsory	Yes	Tertiary	37.0%
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2006) i	63 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2003 est.)	Less than 0.1%
Life Expectancy (F) (2006) i	67 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2003 est.)	Less than 500
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) (2006)	53
Economic ii
GDP – per capita (2005 est.)	$ 1,900	Contributions to GDP (2003 est.)
GDP Growth (2005 est.)	6.2%	Agriculture	20.6%
Budget (2005 est.)		Industry	21.4%
Revenues	$702 million	Services	58.0%
Expenditures	$651 million
Disability iv
Major Legislation		Mongolian Social Security Law for People with Disabilities, 1995, Amended 1998
No. of Persons with Disabilities (2001) ii	115,000 (4.8% of total population)	Disability by Type
Disability by sex (M)	N/A	Visual	10,100
Disability by sex (F)	N/A	Hearing and speech difficulties	6,500
National Coordination committee on Disability	National Committee for organizing the activities in the Year of support for people with disabilities	Disability Prevalence – 2001 iv	4.8%
		Mobility	28,000
		Intellectual	20,900
		Multiple types of disabilities/other	42,000

Sources

1. 2006 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Mongolia (www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mg.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare