Poverty & Inequality in Serbia

152 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Serbia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 up 100.0% 16th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 up 116.7% 40th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 17.4% 58th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.5 live births per woman 2023 up 4.8% 170th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,106 kg per hectare 2023 up 18.4% 24th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 26.6% 66th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 31.65 % change on previous year 2023 down 19.5% 9th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 38.43 2022 up 11.6% 12th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 38.4% 2022 up 11.6% 12th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 24.7% 81st
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year 2022 down 180.8% 137th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 down 133.3% 77th
Gender Inequality Index 0.117 2023 down 29.1% 131st
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.9% 2023 down 11.4% 40th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0916 2023 down 2.4% 144th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0916 2023 down 2.4% 144th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1043 2023 down 3.3% 170th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2023 down 85.9% 64th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2023 down 87.2% 60th
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 2.1% 2023 down 83.6% 68th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 9.0% 2023 down 72.7% 79th
Prosperity gap 2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 63.6% 77th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1346 2023 down 42.9% 160th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 86.0% 65th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 17.8% 2023 down 33.6% 72nd
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.9% 2023 down 79.0% 74th
Population living in slums 1.4% 2022 up 183.0% 126th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.772 2023 up 12.4% 41st
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.772 2023 up 12.4% 41st
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.772 2023 up 12.4% 41st
Proportion of population below international poverty line 1.1% 2023 down 85.9% 67th
Three metrics of inequality 51.54 2022 down 6.6% 73rd
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5154 2022 down 6.6% 73rd
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 316.14 2023 up 33.0% 53rd
Income share held by second 20% 12.7% 2023 up 15.5% 40th
Income share held by third 20% 17.4% 2023 up 4.8% 23rd
Income share held by fourth 20% 23.1% 2023 down 1.7% 14th
Income share held by highest 20% 39.9% 2023 down 9.9% 84th
Income share held by highest 10% 24.7% 2023 down 12.4% 85th
Income share held by lowest 10% 2.5% 2023 up 92.3% 79th
Income share held by lowest 20% 6.9% 2023 up 46.8% 75th
Gini index 32.8 2023 down 16.8% 80th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.3% 2023 down 28.5% 40th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 34.83 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 88.6% 72nd
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.5% 2023 down 87.6% 61st
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 19.6% 2025 down 26.6% 9th
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0173 2024 down 72.5% 119th
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4615 2022 down 1.4% 72nd
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 24.9% 2025 down 25.4% 21st
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4615 2022 down 1.4% 72nd
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 down 66.7% 107th
Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 14.6% 2025 down 63.6% 10th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 13,489 2017 up 46.7% 69th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 23.2% 2025 down 43.4% 13th
Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 10.3% 2024 down 59.0% 8th
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 38.6% 2022 down 3.9% 73rd
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 15.5% 2022 up 8.1% 50th
Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 14.7% 2020 down 45.4% 6th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 31.1% 2020 down 26.0% 4th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 37.5% 2012 up 7.8% 22nd