Briefing31 January 2013

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, LITERACY AND COMPUTER LITERACY AND COMPUTER

LITERACYLITERACY

2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the 

Republic of Serbia

Book 3

The final census results on 

educational characteristics of 

population

Data on computer literacy 

collected for the first time

Data are presented in compliance with 

the Nomenclature of territorial units for 

statistics (NSTJ): • Serbia‐north and Serbia‐south• Regions• Areas

Educational

attainment

The school that a person completed gaining the  highest level of education

Education provided within the official educational  system

(the highest completed school)

Census 2002 Census 2011

total % total %

Republic of Serbia 6 321 231 100 6 161 584 100

Without education 357 552 5,66 164 884 2,68

Incomplete primary education 1 022 974 16,18 677 499 11,00

Primary education 1 509 462 23,88 1 279 116 20,76

Population aged 15 and over by educational attainment, 

by censuses 2002 and 2011

Secondary education 2 596 348 41,07 3 015 092 48,93

High education 285 056 4,51 348 335 5,65

Higher education 411 944 6,52 652 234 10,59

Unknown 137 895 0,92 24 424 2,18

Higher education

Попис

2002

411 944

(6,52%)

Increase240 290(58,3%)

Census 2002

411 944

(6,52%)

Census 2011652 234

(10,59%)

Territory total %

Republic of Serbia 1 000 569 16,24

Belgrade region 396 779 27,81

Region

of Vojvodina 232 874 14,08

Šumadija and West Serbia region 203 004 11,71

South and East Serbia region 167 912 12,46

Kosovo and Metohia region ... ...

Population aged 15 and over with high and 

higher education, by regions

The lowest share (%)

Malo Crniće                 3,08Žabari   

3,68

Osečina 

3,90

Gadžin Han

4,18

Merošina  

4,33 

The highest share (%)

VračarStari grad

Savski venac

Novi Beograd

Medijana

(Niš)

52,34

50,20

46,62

40,61

34,73

Population aged 15 and over with high and higher education, by municipalities

Territory total %

Republic of Serbia 842 383 13,67

Belgrade region 75 010 5,26

Region

of Vojvodina 215 213 13,01

Šumadija and West Serbia region 299 645 17,29South and East Serbia region 252 515 18,74Kosovo and Metohia region ...             ...

Population aged 15 and over without educational attainment and 

with incomplete primary

education, by regions

The highest share (%)

Ražanj 

37,92

Osečina 

36,98

Gadžin Han               35,85Rekovac

35,14

Crna Trava                34,84 

The lowest share (%)

Vračar 

1,34

Stari grad  

1,40

Savski venac  

1,91

Novi Beograd 

2,75

Zvezdara 

3,17 

Population aged 15 and over without educational attainment and with incomplete 

primary

education, by municipalities

Population aged 15 and over by educational attainment and 

sex

Literacy

The literate are taken to be persons aged 10  years and over:

who attend school

who do not attend school, but have completed more 

than 3 grades of primary school

who are without school or have completed 1‐3 grades of 

primary school, and stated that they can read and write 

text on everyday life 

Illiterate persons

Census 2011

127 463

(1,96%)

Census 2002

232 925

(3,45%)

Decrease‐105 462  

(45,28%)

82,1%17,9%

Illiterate persons by sex and age (%)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 ивише

мушко женско

%

►

Statistical profile of illiterate person

- woman

- 71,5 years

- lives in the village

Illiterates by ethnicity and sex (%)

0

5

10

15

20

25

Срби Роми Власи Муслимани Румуни Бошњаци Бугари Мађари

Мушко Женско

Share of 

illiterates 

(R. Serbia)

Serbs Roma 

people

Vlachs Muslims Romani‐

ans

Bosniaks Bulgarians Hungari‐

ans

1,96 1,71 15,13 6,14 3,59 3,18 2,71 2,39 0,70

The highest share (%)

Bojnik

9,09

Crna Trava                       7,58

Gadžin Han

7,28 

Merošina   

6,77

Medveđa 6,29 

The lowest share (%)

Stari grad  

0,14

Vračar   

0,18

Savski venac                 0,24

Rakovica 

0,43

Medijana

(Niš)     

0,44

Illiterate persons aged 10 and over, by municipalities

Computer literacy

In 2011 Census data on In 2011 Census data on ““computer literacycomputer literacy”” have been have been collected for the first timecollected for the first time

Population aged 15 and over by computer literacy and sex, 

Census

2011.

Total 

population

Computer literate 

persons

Persons with 

partial computer 

skills

Computer 

illiterate persons

total % total % total %

Republic of Serbia 6 161 584 2 108 144 34,21 910 586 14,78 3 142 854 51,01

Male 2 971 868 1 062 125 35,74 463 780 15,61 1 445 963 48,65

Female 3 189 716 1 046 019 32,79 446 806 14,01 1 696 891 53,20

Computer literates: Persons who can perform all four mentioned activities on the computer.

Partial computer skills: Persons who can perform some of the activities but not all four mentioned.

Computer illiterates: Persons who cannot perform any computer‐related activities (do not use a computer).

Computer literate and illiterate persons,  by age

0

200000

400000

600000

800000

1000000

1200000

1400000

1600000

1800000

15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 и више

literate illiterate

The highest share 

(%)

Vračar 

61,7

Stari grad         60,8

Savski venac   60,5

The lowest share (%)

Gadžin Han

9,7

Crna Trava   

10,2

Ražanj  

12,2

Average age: 34,5

Type of settlement:

Urban: 76,4%Other:   23,6%

49,6% 50,4%

Computer literate persons aged 15 and over, by municipalities

The highest share (%)

Gadžin Han

80,3

Crna Trava    

78,2

Osečina  

76,9

The lowest share

(%)

Vračar 

26,2

Stari grad   

27,0

Savski venac      27,7

Average age: 59,2

Type of settlement:

Urban: 47,4%Other: 52,6%

46,0%54,0%

Computer illiterate persons aged 15 and over, by municipalities

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