Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 98.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia stood at 98.8%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia peaked at 98.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.1%, in 2002.
Serbia ranks 33rd of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 50.1% | — |
| 2011 | 88.9% | +77.4% |
| 2013 | 89.2% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 84.9% | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 92.4% | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 93.3% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 94.0% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 94.4% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 95.1% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 95.9% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 98.1% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 96.6% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 98.4% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 98.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.1% | 50.1% | 50.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 91.5% | 84.9% | 95.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 97.6% | 95.9% | 98.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More education data for Serbia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 16,557 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia was 98.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.1% in 2002.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Serbia ranks 33rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release