Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Serbia
19.7% of people in Serbia lived below the national poverty line in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2010.
Serbia, 2023
19.7%
Change from 2022
−0.2percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Serbia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Serbia |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 19.9% |
| 2021 | 20.2% |
| 2020 | 21.4% |
| 2019 | 22.4% |
| 2018 | 23.0% |
| 2017 | 24.3% |
| 2016 | 25.7% |
| 2015 | 25.9% |
| 2014 | 26.7% |
| 2013 | 25.0% |
| 2012 | 24.5% |
| 2010 | 9.2% |
| 2009 | 6.9% |
| 2008 | 6.1% |
| 2007 | 6.6% |
| 2006 | 9.0% |
| 2004 | 14.6% |
| 2002 | 14.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 19.9% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 25.0%, the figure has changed by −5.3 percentage points.
More for Serbia
All statistics for Serbia
Extreme poverty rate
1.1%
2023 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
19.6%
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Poverty or social exclusion rate
23.2%
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Income inequality (Gini)
32.0 (0 to 100)
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
5.53 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
9.0%
2025 · Eurostat