Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 0.9004 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia, 2008–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 0.9004 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia peaked at 0.9004 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7776 GPIA, in 2008.
Serbia ranks 94th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Serbia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.7776 GPIA | — |
| 2009 | 0.7909 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.7823 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8309 GPIA | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8224 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8279 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8454 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8495 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8541 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.865 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8669 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8764 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8832 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8996 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.8966 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9004 GPIA | +0.4% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 0.9004 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9847 GPIA, 91% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 0.9004 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.972 GPIA, 93% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7843 GPIA | 0.7776 GPIA | 0.7909 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8383 GPIA | 0.7823 GPIA | 0.8669 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8912 GPIA | 0.8764 GPIA | 0.9004 GPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Serbia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia was 0.9004 GPIA 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 0.9004 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7776 GPIA in 2008.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Serbia ranks 94th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release