Health in Serbia

1,301 indicators covering health for Serbia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total number of notified TB cases 1,832 2014 down 47.2% 112th
Specialist medical practitioners 15,181 2023 down 3.7% 40th
New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 14 2012 down 94.9% 88th
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 87.0% 2011 up 2.4% 54th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for other smoked 12 2022 unchanged 49th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 35 2022 unchanged 106th
Contraceptive prevalence, any method 49.6% 2019 down 12.9% 17th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 40 2022 unchanged 101st
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 30 2022 unchanged 106th
Medical doctors 67.2% 2023 up 3.7% 9th
Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 21.7% 2019 down 28.3% 49th
Retreatment cases: treatment after default 8 2012 down 50.0% 104th
Retreatment cases: other 33 2012 down 86.1% 83rd
Retreatment cases: treatment after failure 4 2012 down 33.3% 107th
Large household expenditures health 0.58 2019 down 10.8% 49th
Share of population with large household expenditures on health 10pc 8.53 2019 up 2.8% 31st
Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 7,200 2015 down 6.5% 61st
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient curative care 826,135 2023 down 12.8% 18th
Hospital beds by hospital ownership 39,922 2024 up 1.4% 11th
Health graduates - historical data 1,149 2020 down 17.5% 19th
Expenditure on sickness and health care function by type of benefit 4,651 2024 up 133.7% 26th
Preterm birth rate 4.1 2020 up 0.6% 102nd
Preterm birth 2,811 2020 down 3.2% 84th
Percentage of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads 70 2025 50th
Percentage of people living with HIV receiving treatment who have 98 2025 1st
Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household 11.0% 2022 up 2.0% 44th
Health personnel (excluding nursing and caring professionals) 20,703 2021 down 0.7% 18th
Number of cases of visceral leishmaniasis reported 0 2017 down 100.0% 50th
Exclusive breastfeeding 23.6% 2019 up 75.8% 65th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 16.3 2014 down 33.5% 18th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 0.3 2014 down 57.1% 132nd
Congenital syphilis number of cases, reported 4 2024 47th
Hospital beds by type of care - historical data 39,516 2019 up 0.8% 15th
Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 6.77 2024 39th
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 96.8% 2017 34th
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient and curative 852,619 2019 down 17.8% 19th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 97.7% 2017 up 0.2% 15th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.1% 2017 up 0.4% 17th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.3% 2017 up 0.7% 18th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.6% 2017 up 0.8% 21st
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.6% 2017 up 0.1% 27th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 87.8% 2017 down 8.6% 17th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 96.4% 2017 down 2.8% 10th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 98.3% 2017 down 0.9% 7th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 99.2% 2017 down 0.2% 3rd
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 99.5% 2017 down 0.2% 6th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 0.5% 2017 up 89.8% 78th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 0.0% 2017 76th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 0.0% 2017 68th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 0.0% 2017 57th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.0% 2017 47th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 98.1% 2017 up 1.7% 8th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 97.4% 2017 down 1.4% 20th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 99.1% 2017 up 0.7% 16th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 2.1% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 98.4% 2017 down 0.0% 27th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 98.8% 2017 up 0.2% 19th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.0% 2017 up 0.1% 29th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.7% 2017 up 0.6% 26th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.6% 2017 up 0.3% 30th