Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male was 0.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Serbia, 2008–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Serbia stood at 0.6%.
The figure is up 16.6% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Serbia peaked at 0.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2019.
That places Serbia 39th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.4% | — |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +24.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -19.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | +78.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -23.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +43.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -24.7% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -67.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +202.8% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +19.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -15.9% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +16.6% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 0.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4%, 1.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 0.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 68% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Serbia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +202.8% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More education data for Serbia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 94.1 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.67 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 67,944 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 530 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 89,461 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 84,207 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 478,731 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 251,941 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.2155 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Serbia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Serbia was 0.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2019.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Serbia ranks 39th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release