Serbia

Adult literacy in Serbia

Adult literacy in Serbia: 96.4% in 2003 and 99.3% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
99.3%
Since 2003
+2.9 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in SerbiaAdult literacy in Serbia: 96.4% in 2003 and 99.3% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 99.5% in 2019, the lowest 96.4% in 2003.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 99.5% in 2019, the lowest 96.4% in 2003.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearSerbiaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202299.387.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201999.586.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
201698.886.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
20119884.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
200396.482.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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