Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA was 1.01 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
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia stood at 1.01 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia peaked at 1.01 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6061 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 … female primary location LPIA in Serbia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.6061 LPIA | — |
| 2011 | 0.9198 LPIA | +51.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9276 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8942 LPIA | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9491 LPIA | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9545 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9588 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9601 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9615 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.974 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9989 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9777 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 1.01 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 1.01 LPIA | +0.1% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 1.01 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9084 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 1.01 LPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female 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 | +51.8% | 0.6061 LPIA | 0.9198 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6061 LPIA | 0.6061 LPIA | 0.6061 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9407 LPIA | 0.8942 LPIA | 0.9615 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9926 LPIA | 0.974 LPIA | 1.01 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 2 Netherlands 1.02 LPIA compare
- 3 Luxembourg 1.01 LPIA compare
- 4 Jordan 1.01 LPIA compare
- 6 Australia 1 LPIA compare
- 7 Ireland 1 LPIA compare
- 8 Switzerland 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 1.01 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 1.01 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6061 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 12.6%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release