Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA 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 … Educational primary location LPIA 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% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 1 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9106 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 1 LPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9989 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +41.2% | 0.6734 LPIA | 0.9508 LPIA |
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
- 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 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release