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Serbia

At a glance

  • Serbia has a population of about 6.5M; its total GDP of $100B ranks #75 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 84,990 km² is about 43% of the world median of 198,330 km².
  • Population aged 65+ stands out most against the median: 23.1% — rank #9 of 169 countries with data.

Where Serbia stands

Population log axis

Population across 169 countries with data: Serbia at 6.5M, rank #108, world median 11.5M, logarithmic axis. Median 11.5M Serbia · 6.5M

GDP (total) log axis

GDP (total) across 168 countries with data: Serbia at $100B, rank #75, world median $80.7B, logarithmic axis. Median $80.7B Serbia · $100B

GDP per capita log axis

GDP per capita across 168 countries with data: Serbia at $15,262, rank #56, world median $6,834, logarithmic axis. Median $6,834 Serbia · $15,262

Life expectancy

Life expectancy across 169 countries with data: Serbia at 76.0 years, rank #69, world median 73.8 years. Median 73.8 years Serbia · 76.0 years

Every dot is one country with data — the highlighted dot is this country; the dashed line marks the world median. Wide-range metrics use a logarithmic axis (tagged) so the whole field stays readable.

Serbia: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Trend Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 6.5M (2025) −13% #108 / 169 median 11.5M · 57%
Population growth -0.6% (2025) #163 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 62.6% (2025) +11% #91 / 169 median 63.8% · 98%
Population aged 65+ 23.1% (2025) +38% #9 / 169 median 7.4% · 3.1×
Fertility rate 1.6 (2024) +4% #109 / 169 median 2.1 · 78%
Birth rate 9.2‰ (2024) −12% #137 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 58%
Death rate 14.9‰ (2024) +9% #2 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 2.1×
Net migration -13.1K (2025) −938% #113 / 169 N/A
Surface area 84,990 km² (2023) #119 / 176 median 198,330 km² · 43%
Population density derived 77.1/km² (2025) −13% #83 / 169 median 75.5/km² · 1.0×
Economy
GDP (total) $100B (2025) +457% #75 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.2×
GDP per capita $15,262 (2025) +538% #56 / 168 median $6,834 · 2.2×
GNI per capita $13,480 (2025) +737% #61 / 168 median $6,350 · 2.1×
GDP growth (annual) 2.0% (2025) −69% #112 / 168 median 3.1% · 66%
Inflation rate 3.9% (2025) −80% #62 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.2×
Unemployment rate 7.1% (2025) −48% #55 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.4×
Gini index 32.8 (2023) +0% #104 / 153 median 35.3 · 93%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 1.1% (2023) +175% #92 / 153 median 2.5% · 44%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 54.3% (2025) +183% #35 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.6×
Imports share of GDP 58.6% (2025) +67% #40 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.5×
Agriculture share of GDP 3.3% (2025) −61% #115 / 168 median 7.2% · 46%
Manufacturing share of GDP 12.7% (2024) −46% #67 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.1×
International tourist arrivals 446K (2020) +43% #119 / 162 median 1.1M · 39%
Tourism receipts $1.4B (2020) +1747% #63 / 165 median $705M · 2.0×
Health & education
Life expectancy 76.0 years (2024) +5% #69 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.0×
Infant mortality 4.6‰ (2024) −54% #128 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 35%
Under-five mortality 5.4‰ (2024) −53% #130 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 34%
DPT immunization 95.0% (2024) +0% #52 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 5.8 per 1,000 (2022) +6% #17 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 2.9×
Health spending share of GDP 8.0% (2023) +11% #54 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.2×
Secondary school enrollment 89.8% (2024) +1% #89 / 167 median 90.5% · 99%
Education spending share of GDP 3.4% (2023) −16% #107 / 165 median 4.1% · 82%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.833 (2023) +17% #53 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.1×
Internet users 87.7% (2024) +273% #60 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 123.8 per 100 (2024) +142% #66 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 33.4 per 100 (2024) +7350% #35 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.8×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) +0% #63 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita N/A N/A N/A
CO₂ emissions (total) derived N/A N/A N/A
Renewable electricity share 35.0% (2021) +13% #83 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.0×
Renewable energy consumption 27.2% (2021) +51% #84 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.0×
Forest area 32.4% (2023) +8% #84 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.0×
Agricultural land 40.4% (2023) −0% #86 / 169 median 41.7% · 97%
Arable land 31.0% (2023) +4% #26 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.8×
PM2.5 exposure 19.3 µg/m³ (2023) −33% #88 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 98%
Military spending 2.6% (2024) −31% #40 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.4×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Serbia's true-shape outline

Serbia's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 84,990 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Surface area (sq. km) — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).