Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural both in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural both was 99.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia is 99.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Serbia peaked at 99.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 58.9%, in 2002.
Serbia ranks 30th of 101 countries on this measure, 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 … primary rural both in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 58.9% | — |
| 2011 | 93.0% | +57.9% |
| 2013 | 92.3% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 89.4% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 95.1% | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 95.8% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 96.2% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 96.5% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 97.3% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 97.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 98.8% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 97.6% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 98.9% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 99.2% | +0.3% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 99.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 84.3%, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 99.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 99.5%, 100% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural both 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 | +57.9% | 58.9% | 93.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.9% | 58.9% | 58.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 94.5% | 89.4% | 97.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 98.3% | 97.3% | 99.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
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 99.2% 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 99.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.9% in 2002.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Serbia ranks 30th out of 101 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 10.9%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release