Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 79.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
79.3%
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
16th
of 38 countries
All-time high
79.3%
in 2024
All-time low
73.4%
in 2020
Years of data
5
2020–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia, 2020–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia stood at 79.3%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 8.0% over five years.
Serbia ranks 16th of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 73.4% | — |
| 2021 | 74.9% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 76.0% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 77.0% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 79.3% | +3.0% |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 13 Cyprus 81.9%
- 14 Iceland 79.4%
- 15 United States of America 79.4% compare
- 17 Finland 78.0%
- 18 Luxembourg 76.6%
- 19 Denmark 74.6%
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 upper secondary education or in Serbia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia was 79.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 79.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.4% in 2020.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Serbia ranks 16th out of 38 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 upper secondary 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