Early leavers from formal education by labour status in Serbia
Serbia: Early leavers from formal education by labour status was 5.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Early leavers from formal education by labour status in Serbia, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 5.1% for early leavers from formal education by labour status in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.0% on the previous year and down 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, early leavers from formal education by labour status in Serbia peaked at 8.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2025.
Serbia ranks 39th of 47 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Early leavers from formal education by labour status in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.3% | — |
| 2011 | 8.5% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 8.9% | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 6.9% | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | +37.5% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | -24.7% |
| 2023 | 5.9% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 6.3% | +6.8% |
| 2025 | 5.1% | -19.0% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 5.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8.3%, 61% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.7% | 6.3% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.1% | 5.1% | 7.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More work & labour data for Serbia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7737 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7205 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.8268 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1128 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,121 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,326 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1,850 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1,852 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,702 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is early leavers from formal education by labour status in Serbia?
- Early leavers from formal education by labour status in Serbia was 5.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest early leavers from formal education by labour status recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest early leavers from formal education by labour status recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 2025.
- How does Serbia rank for early leavers from formal education by labour status?
- Serbia ranks 39th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is early leavers from formal education by labour status rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Early leavers from formal education by labour status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).