Which has higher average years of schooling, Greece or Serbia?

Greece, at 11.41 years against 11.37 years in Serbia as of 2020.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Serbia?

24 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Greece vs Serbia: Average years of schooling

Greece

11.41 years

in 2020

Serbia

11.37 years

in 2020

Greece rank

47th

Serbia rank

50th

Average years of schooling over time

Greece
Serbia

How they compare

Greece currently reports 11.41 years against 11.37 years in Serbia, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 47th and Serbia ranks 50th of 162 countries.

Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1870s	1.41 years	0.1862 years	1.22 years	Greece
1880s	1.76 years	0.2897 years	1.47 years	Greece
1890s	2.07 years	0.6 years	1.47 years	Greece
1900s	2.37 years	0.9 years	1.47 years	Greece
1910s	2.71 years	1.5 years	1.21 years	Greece
1920s	3.71 years	2 years	1.71 years	Greece
1930s	4.34 years	2.55 years	1.79 years	Greece
1950s	5.32 years	3.55 years	1.77 years	Greece
1960s	6.06 years	4.6 years	1.46 years	Greece
1970s	6.93 years	6 years	0.9284 years	Greece
1980s	7.74 years	6.8 years	0.9375 years	Greece
1990s	8.94 years	7.95 years	0.9939 years	Greece
2000s	10.08 years	9.1 years	0.9775 years	Greece
2010s	10.62 years	10.61 years	0.011 years	Greece
2020s	11.41 years	11.37 years	0.0386 years	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average years of schooling, Greece or Serbia?: Greece, at 11.41 years against 11.37 years in Serbia as of 2020.
What is the difference in average years of schooling between Greece and Serbia?: 0.04 years, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Serbia?: 24 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
How do Greece and Serbia rank globally for average years of schooling?: Greece ranks 47th and Serbia ranks 50th of 162 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Greece vs Serbia: Average years of schooling. Statizoid, drawing on Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/years-of-schooling-prados-de-la-escosura/greece/serbia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/years-of-schooling-prados-de-la-escosura/greece/serbia/">Greece vs Serbia: Average years of schooling</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Average years of schooling
Unit: years
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Average number of years of total schooling (primary, secondary, and tertiary) for the population aged 15 and over.