Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9924 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia is 0.9924 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia peaked at 0.9924 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7359 GPIA, in 2002.
That places Serbia 49th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.7359 GPIA | — |
| 2011 | 0.9147 GPIA | +24.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9349 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9036 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9458 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 0.949 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9545 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9558 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9552 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9725 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9866 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.978 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9905 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9924 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7359 GPIA | 0.7359 GPIA | 0.7359 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9392 GPIA | 0.9036 GPIA | 0.9558 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.984 GPIA | 0.9725 GPIA | 0.9924 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More education data for Serbia
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 95.99 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.0% (2024)
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 0.9924 GPIA 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 0.9924 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7359 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Serbia ranks 49th 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 9.8%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release