Education in Serbia 147 indicators covering education for Serbia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 62.7% 2025 down 6.1% 138th Population ages 0-14 14.3% 2025 down 0.6% 192nd Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 96.0% 2024 down 5.1% 148th Primary education, teachers 16,557 2024 down 8.7% 127th School enrollment, primary, female 93.4% 2024 down 8.4% 158th School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% 2024 down 1.8% 121st Labor force, total 3.32 million 2025 up 6.7% 102nd Labor force, female 47.3% 2025 up 5.9% 56th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2021 up 0.3% 58th School enrollment, secondary 89.8% 2024 down 4.8% 112th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.5 per 1,000 2024 up 4.2% 146th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.7 per 1,000 2024 up 6.2% 148th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 up 14.3% 142nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 151st Secondary education, teachers 67,944 2024 up 7.2% 79th School enrollment, secondary, female 88.5% 2024 down 7.6% 121st School enrollment, secondary, male 91.1% 2024 down 2.0% 92nd School enrollment, tertiary 70.6% 2024 up 21.6% 50th School enrollment, primary, private 0.2% 2024 up 117.0% 196th School enrollment, preprimary 63.8% 2021 up 14.7% 107th School enrollment, tertiary, male 58.0% 2024 up 15.2% 55th School enrollment, tertiary, female 83.1% 2024 up 25.4% 46th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 down 0.7% 90th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.3 GPI 2024 up 5.0% 65th Secondary education, teachers, female 46,852 2024 up 15.0% 66th Primary completion rate, female 96.4% 2022 down 1.9% 80th Primary completion rate, male 95.7% 2022 down 2.1% 81st Government expenditure on education, total 3.4% 2023 down 16.4% 128th Secondary education, general pupils 348,468 2018 down 10.5% 109th Lower secondary completion rate, total 95.3% 2022 down 7.1% 59th School enrollment, preprimary, female 63.9% 2021 up 15.1% 104th School enrollment, preprimary, male 63.7% 2021 up 14.3% 108th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.4% 2021 up 1.0% 17th Government expenditure on education, total 8.4% 2023 down 17.6% 173rd Secondary education, general pupils 50.3% 2018 down 0.6% 79th Lower secondary completion rate, female 97.7% 2022 down 7.4% 45th Lower secondary completion rate, male 93.2% 2022 down 6.9% 65th Children out of school 3.3% 2024 up 174.2% 108th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th Primary education, pupils 251,941 2024 down 11.5% 133rd Secondary education, pupils 478,731 2024 down 12.7% 109th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.1% 2021 up 0.7% 30th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.7% 2021 up 1.3% 12th Secondary education, vocational pupils 185,638 2018 down 15.3% 51st Number of under-five deaths, male 184 2024 down 28.7% 133rd Number of under-five deaths, female 139 2024 down 28.7% 135th Number of infant deaths, female 116 2024 down 30.1% 135th Number of infant deaths, male 156 2024 down 30.4% 133rd Children out of school, female 5.9% 2024 up 1,730.6% 80th Children out of school, male 0.8% 2024 down 62.0% 161st Secondary education, vocational pupils 46.0% 2018 down 2.5% 59th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 99.5% 2018 down 1.4% 117th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.8% 2025 down 59.6% 59th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.5% 2025 down 60.0% 67th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.1% 2025 down 59.7% 61st Primary education, teachers 88.3% 2024 up 3.5% 41st Repeaters, primary, total 0.6% 2018 down 9.9% 135th Page 1 of 3 Next →