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Serbia

Europe & Central Asia · Upper middle income · capital Belgrade

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

76.0years

Ranks 100 of 217 in 2024

about the same world median · 5% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

5.4per 1,000 live births

Ranks 43 of 196 in 2024

64% below world median · 38% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

11per 100,000 live births

Ranks 47 of 194 in 2023

77% below world median · 83% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2019 · 7 years old

5.4% of under-5s

Ranks 7 of 46 in 2019

64% below world median · 71% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 46 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

8.03% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

27% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.64births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

13% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2022 · 4 years old

99.3% of adults 15+

Ranks 7 of 45 in 2022

9% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

96.0% gross

Ranks 94 of 134 in 2024

3% below world median · 4% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

3.40% of GDP

Ranks 69 of 121 in 2023

7% below world median · 8% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

15,262current US$

Ranks 64 of 186 in 2025

94% above world median · 45% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

33,910international $

Ranks 65 of 185 in 2025

68% above world median · 33% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

1.1% of population

Ranks 32 of 57 in 2023

22% above world median · 1.8× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

32.8index, 0–100

Ranks 23 of 57 in 2023

3% below world median · 5% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

7.1% of labour force

Ranks 127 of 182 in 2025

40% above world median · 28% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

3.9% per year

Not ranked — no better end

28% above world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.60% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

64% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

75.0% of population

Ranks 82 of 148 in 2024

7% below world median · 23% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

87.7% of population

Ranks 70 of 182 in 2024

7% above world median · 5% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

6.5mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

about the same world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Serbia has no figure in this dataset for CO₂ per person. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.