Secondary education, duration in Serbia
Serbia: Secondary education, duration was 8 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Secondary education, duration in Serbia, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for secondary education, duration in Serbia is 8 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, duration in Serbia peaked at 8 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 8 years, in 1970.
Serbia ranks 3rd of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 1 Germany 9 years compare
- 1 Slovakia 9 years compare
- 3 Armenia 8 years compare
- 3 Austria 8 years compare
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 years compare
- 3 Bulgaria 8 years compare
- 3 Croatia 8 years compare
- 3 Czechia 8 years compare
- 3 Hungary 8 years compare
- 3 Italy 8 years compare
- 3 Lithuania 8 years compare
- 3 Moldova 8 years compare
- 3 Montenegro 8 years compare
- 3 North Macedonia 8 years compare
- 3 Oman 8 years compare
- 3 Poland 8 years compare
- 3 Romania 8 years compare
- 3 San Marino 8 years compare
- 3 Somalia 8 years compare
- 3 Sri Lanka 8 years compare
- 3 Turkey 8 years compare
- 3 Turkmenistan 8 years compare
- 3 United Arab Emirates 8 years compare
- 3 Palestine 8 years compare
More education data for Serbia
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 16,557 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 3.32 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 47.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, duration in Serbia?
- Secondary education, duration in Serbia was 8 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 8 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 years in 1970.
- How does Serbia rank for secondary education, duration?
- Serbia ranks 3rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.