Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Serbia
Serbia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 75.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Serbia, 2012–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Serbia is 75.0%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Serbia peaked at 93.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 75.0%, in 2023.
That places Serbia 75th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 90.2% | — |
| 2013 | 92.8% | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 92.8% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 93.1% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 91.6% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 92.7% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 89.4% | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 86.0% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 84.5% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 82.9% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 80.4% | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 75.0% | -6.8% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 75.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 83% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 75.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 1.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91.1% | 86.0% | 93.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 80.7% | 75.0% | 84.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More poverty & inequality data for Serbia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 in Serbia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Serbia was 75.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.0% in 2023.
- How does Serbia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Serbia ranks 75th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. 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.