Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Serbia
Serbia: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 9.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Serbia is 9.0%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.8% on the previous year and down 72.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Serbia peaked at 33.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 2023.
Serbia ranks 75th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 29.2% | — |
| 2013 | 33.0% | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 32.9% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 31.8% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 29.0% | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 26.2% | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 15.1% | -27.3% |
| 2020 | 12.6% | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 9.4% | -25.6% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | -11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.2% | 15.1% | 33.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 10.3% | 9.0% | 12.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More poverty & inequality data for Serbia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Serbia?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Serbia was 9.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 2023.
- How does Serbia rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Serbia ranks 75th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.6%. 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.