Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, 2002–2024
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 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia peaked at 99.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74.8%, in 2002.
That places Serbia 41st out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 74.8% | — |
| 2007 | 84.6% | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 84.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 85.1% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 95.9% | +12.7% |
| 2013 | 95.2% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 93.7% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 97.0% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 97.4% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 97.7% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 97.9% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 98.5% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 98.3% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 98.6% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 98.5% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 98.7% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.3% | 74.8% | 85.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 96.7% | 93.7% | 98.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 98.6% | 98.3% | 99.0% | 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 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 74.8% in 2002.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Serbia ranks 41st out of 136 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 5.7%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release