Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Serbia
Serbia: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 65.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Serbia, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Serbia stood at 65.8%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Serbia peaked at 65.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.0%, in 2007.
That places Serbia 93rd out of 178 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.7% | 49.0% | 50.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 58.5% | 52.3% | 63.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.9% | 63.5% | 65.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More education data for Serbia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 96.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 16,557 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.5 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Serbia?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Serbia was 65.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 65.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.0% in 2007.
- How does Serbia rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Serbia ranks 93rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.