Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia
Serbia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 69.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia, 2008–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 69.6% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2022. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia peaked at 69.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 52.9%, in 2008.
That places Serbia 37th out of 111 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 52.9% | — |
| 2009 | 52.9% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 53.6% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 55.5% | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 56.9% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 59.3% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 62.0% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 62.4% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 63.2% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 62.9% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 65.3% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 65.4% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 69.6% | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.9% | 52.9% | 52.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 60.1% | 53.6% | 65.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 67.5% | 65.4% | 69.6% | 2 |
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 upper secondary education or in Serbia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Serbia was 69.6% in 2022, 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 69.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.9% in 2008.
- How does Serbia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Serbia ranks 37th out of 111 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release