Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 1 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia peaked at 1 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6734 LPIA, in 2002.
That places Serbia 5th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.6734 LPIA | — |
| 2011 | 0.9508 LPIA | +41.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9494 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9261 LPIA | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9676 LPIA | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9722 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9749 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9765 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9793 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9825 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9854 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 1 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 1 LPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6734 LPIA | 0.6734 LPIA | 0.6734 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9621 LPIA | 0.9261 LPIA | 0.9793 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9955 LPIA | 0.9825 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 2 Jordan 1.01 LPIA compare
- 3 Luxembourg 1.01 LPIA compare
- 4 Netherlands 1.01 LPIA compare
- 6 Switzerland 1 LPIA compare
- 7 Australia 1 LPIA compare
- 8 Malta 1 LPIA compare
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 1 LPIA 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 1 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6734 LPIA in 2002.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Serbia ranks 5th out of 100 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 8.5%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release