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Serbia

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  • Serbia has a population of about 6.5M; its total GDP of $100B ranks #75 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 76,223 km² is about 40% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Population aged 65+ stands out most against the median: 23.1% — rank #9 of 169 countries with data.

Serbia: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 6.5M (2025) #108 / 169 median 11.5M · 57%
Population growth -0.6% (2025) #163 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 62.6% (2025) #91 / 169 median 63.8% · 98%
Population aged 65+ 23.1% (2025) #9 / 169 median 7.4% · 3.1×
Fertility rate 1.6 (2024) #109 / 169 median 2.1 · 78%
Birth rate 9.2‰ (2024) #137 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 58%
Death rate 14.9‰ (2024) #2 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 2.1×
Net migration -13.1K (2025) #113 / 169 N/A
Surface area 76,223 km² #120 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 40%
Population density derived 85.9/km² (2025) #75 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.2×
Economy
GDP (total) $100B (2025) #75 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.2×
GDP per capita $15,262 (2025) #56 / 168 median $6,834 · 2.2×
GNI per capita $13,480 (2025) #61 / 168 median $6,350 · 2.1×
GDP growth (annual) 2.0% (2025) #112 / 168 median 3.1% · 66%
Inflation rate 3.9% (2025) #62 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.2×
Unemployment rate 7.1% (2025) #55 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.4×
Gini index 32.8 (2023) #104 / 153 median 35.3 · 93%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 1.1% (2023) #92 / 153 median 2.5% · 44%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 54.3% (2025) #35 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.6×
Imports share of GDP 58.6% (2025) #40 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.5×
Agriculture share of GDP 3.3% (2025) #115 / 168 median 7.2% · 46%
Manufacturing share of GDP 12.7% (2024) #67 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.1×
International tourist arrivals 446K (2020) #119 / 162 median 1.1M · 39%
Tourism receipts $1.4B (2020) #63 / 165 median $705M · 2.0×
Health & education
Life expectancy 76.0 years (2024) #69 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.0×
Infant mortality 4.6‰ (2024) #128 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 35%
Under-five mortality 5.4‰ (2024) #130 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 34%
DPT immunization 95.0% (2024) #52 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 5.8 per 1,000 (2022) #17 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 2.9×
Health spending share of GDP 8.0% (2023) #54 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.2×
Secondary school enrollment 89.8% (2024) #89 / 167 median 90.5% · 99%
Education spending share of GDP 3.4% (2023) #107 / 165 median 4.1% · 82%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.833 (2023) #53 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.1×
Internet users 87.7% (2024) #60 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 123.8 per 100 (2024) #66 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 33.4 per 100 (2024) #35 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.8×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #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) #83 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.0×
Renewable energy consumption 27.2% (2021) #84 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.0×
Forest area 32.4% (2023) #84 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.0×
Agricultural land 40.4% (2023) #86 / 169 median 41.7% · 97%
Arable land 31.0% (2023) #26 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.8×
PM2.5 exposure 19.3 µg/m³ (2023) #88 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 98%
Military spending 2.6% (2024) #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 76,223 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/; 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).