According to data from the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year in the Republic of Serbia, a total of 507 315 students attended primary education: 498 581 in regular schools, 3,699 in schools for children with developmental disabilities and 5,035 in adult education schools.

The first cycle of regular primary education (grades 1 - 4) was attended by 249 932 students, while the second cycle (grades 5 - 8) was attended by 248 649 students. In this school year, 61 326 first-year students were enrolled in regular schools.

At the end of the 2024/2025 school year in the Republic of Serbia, a total of 499 386 regular students attended classes. A total of 63 240 students completed the first cycle of primary education (4th grade), while 61 863 students completed the complete primary school (8th grade).

As of 01.01.2026
 

On the territory of the Republic of Serbia, during 2025, one administrative - territorial change was recorded at the level of settlements, municipalities, city municipalities and cities.

In November 2025, the number of 2 724 building permits was issued, presenting the decrease of 3.1% when compared to November 2024. Out of the total number of permits issued in November 2025, 83.2% related to buildings, and 16.8% to civil engineering constructions. When only buildings are concerned, 84.4% of permits related to residential buildings, and 15.6% to non–residential ones, while regarding civil engineering constructions the largest number related to pipelines, communication and electric power lines (73.3%).

Prices of goods and services used for personal consumption in December 2025 in relation to November 2025 increased by 0.1% on average.

Producer prices of agricultural and fishing products in November 2025, compared to the same month of 2024 were increased by 8.1% average.

During 2025, total of 78 717 thous.m³ of water were abstracted for irrigation by legal entities, being by 17.9% more than in the previous year. Water was mostly pumped from water currents (93.7%), while the rest of quantities were abstracted from the groundwater and other sources.

The total economic activity of the Republic of Serbia in 2025, measured by the real movements of the Gross domestic product (GDP), was estimated to made growth of 2.0% when related to 2024.

In 2025 gross fixed capital formation recorded the real growth equalling 0.9% in comparison to 2024.

The overall external trade in the Republic of Serbia for the period January - November 2025 amounted to:

   - USD 76960.6 million - which was an increase of 11.4% compared to the same period last year;

   - EUR 68437.9 million - which was an increase of 7.6% compared to the same period last year.