Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 98.4% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
98.4%
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
16th
of 31 countries
All-time high
98.4%
in 2024
All-time low
96.9%
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
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia stood at 98.4%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over five years.
That places Serbia 16th out of 31 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 | 97.6% | — |
| 2021 | 96.9% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 97.9% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 98.4% | +0.5% |
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 98.4% 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 98.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.9% in 2021.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Serbia ranks 16th out of 31 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release