Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Serbia
Serbia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 91.5% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Serbia, 2012–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Serbia stood at 91.5%. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Serbia peaked at 96.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 91.5%, in 2021.
Serbia ranks 66th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 94.7% | — |
| 2013 | 96.3% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 96.4% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 96.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 95.8% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 96.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 94.6% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 92.5% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 92.0% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 91.5% | -0.5% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 91.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 96% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 91.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.4% | 92.5% | 96.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 91.7% | 91.5% | 92.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More poverty & inequality data for Serbia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.5 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,106 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 31.65 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 38.43 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 38.4% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Serbia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Serbia was 91.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.5% in 2021.
- How does Serbia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Serbia ranks 66th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.