Country Sheet : Serbia

Population : 6,693,375 (2023 est.)

Crude natural change rate : -6.3‰ (2023 est.)

Population repartition: under 15 years old 14.3%, over 65 years old: 21% (2020)

Crude net migration rate: 0‰ (2022 est.)

Life expectancy: men 72.5 years, women 77.9 years (2023 est.)

Religions: Serbian Orthodox 84.6%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3.1%, Protestant 1%, atheist 1.1%, others 0.8%, non-specified or unknown 4.5% (2011 est.)

Ethnic groups: Serb 83.3%, Hungarian 3.5%, Roma, 2.1%, Bosniaks 2%, other or unknown 3.4% (est. 2011)

Source : Eurostat, The CIA World Factbook

Currency: Serbian Dinar (RSD) (exchange rate in December 2023: 1€ = 117.18 RSD)

GDP: € 69,513 millions (2023)

GDP per capita (PPS): € 6,430 (2023)

GDP growth : 2.5% (2023)

Inflation: 12.1% (2023)

Public debt: 55.5% of GDP (December 2022)

Unemployment: 9% (September 2023)

Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 244 million € (December 2021)

Budget balance: -3.3% of GDP (December 2022)

Source : Eurostat, IMF, XE, Trading Economics, DG Trésor

Composition of the National Assembly on 6th of May 2024

• 129 seats Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)
• 65 seats Party against Violence (SPN)
• 18 seats Socialist Party + United Serbia + The Greens
• 13 seats National Democratic Alternative (NADA)
• 13 seats We the Voice of the People (MI-GIN)
• 6 seats Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
• 2 seats Party of Reconciliation and Justice + Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina
• 2 seats Party of Democratic Action (SDAS)
• 1 seat Albanian Coalition
• 1 seat Russian Party + New Communist Party of Yugoslavia

Process of EU membership

• A Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) was signed on 29th April 2008: this is the first step towards accession to the European Union. However, this is conditioned by Serbia’s full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The liberalisation of visas for the EU was granted to Serbia on 19th December 2009. From 19th December 2009, Serbian citizens are free to travel in the Schengen area without a visa. On 22nd December 2009, Serbia submitted its application for EU membership. On 1st March 2012, the status of candidate country for accession to the European Union was granted to Serbia. On 21st January 2014, negotiations between the European Union and Serbia about EU accession were officially launched. The Association negotiations with the EU began in December 14th, 2015, opening up the first two chapters (financial control and the normalization of relations with Kosovo).
• Following the EU-Serbia Intergovernmental conference on the 14th December 2021, 22 chapters (out of 35 in total) have now been opened for negotiation, of which 2 chapters have already been provisionally closed.

• in the government: 10/30
• in the Parliament: 95/250

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