Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Serbia
Serbia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 9.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Serbia is 9.4%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and down 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Serbia peaked at 15.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.5%, in 2021.
That places Serbia 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14.1% | — |
| 2013 | 14.5% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 15.8% | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 15.0% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 11.5% | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | -15.4% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | -19.5% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | +18.5% |
| 2023 | 9.4% | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.6% | 9.7% | 15.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 7.5% | 9.4% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Serbia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Serbia was 9.4% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5% in 2021.
- How does Serbia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Serbia ranks 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.0%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.