Serbia's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) was 99.67% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.27 percentage points from 98.39% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.67% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 98.68% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 98.39% | 2011 |
| Highest | 100% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 97.24% | 2019 |
| Average since 2012 | 98.62% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 97.62% | 2006 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Serbia's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) rose 1.72 percentage points on 2020 (from 97.94% to 99.67%).
Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2020), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.26 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.28 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.39 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Serbia had the 4th highest value of the 17 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 99.67% | 2021 |
| World | 77.64% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 98.04% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 93.66% | 2022 |
Closest to Serbia in the 2021 ranking
- Spain — 1st of 17: 99.94%
- Norway — 2nd of 17: 99.89%
- Czechia — 4th of 17: 99.44%
- Switzerland — 5th of 17: 99.4%
- Finland — 6th of 17: 98.74%
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 16 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 99.67 |
| 2020 | 97.94 |
| 2019 | 97.24 |
| 2018 | 99.24 |
| 2017 | 99.55 |
| 2016 | 98.68 |
| 2015 | 97.61 |
| 2014 | 100 |
| 2013 | 97.72 |
| 2012 | 98.53 |
| 2011 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Albania — 85.71% (2023)
- Armenia — 98.23% (2022)
- Austria — 99.48% (2023)
- Azerbaijan — 99.43% (2023)
- Belarus — 97.61% (2023)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 93.58% (2022)
- Bulgaria — 99.85% (2023)
- Croatia — 99.87% (2022)
- Cyprus — 95.9% (2021)
More education data for Serbia
- Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
- Compulsory education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
- Preprimary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 251,941 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 478,731 (2024)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.3 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 95.99% (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Serbia's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)?
- 99.67% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is up 2.05 percentage points from 97.62% in 2006. The highest value was 100% in 2014 and the lowest 97.24% in 2019.
- How does Serbia rank?
- 4th highest of 17 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) unusual for Serbia?
- In 2021, Serbia's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) rose 1.72 percentage points on 2020 (from 97.94% to 99.67%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2020), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.26 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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