Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 99.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
99.0%
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
17th
of 37 countries
All-time high
99.0%
in 2024
All-time low
98.1%
in 2021
Years of data
5
2020–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, 2020–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 99.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.6% over five years.
That places Serbia 17th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 98.4% | — |
| 2021 | 98.1% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 98.7% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.4% |
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 99.0% 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 99.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.1% in 2021.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Serbia ranks 17th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- 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, immigrant background, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release