European ranking
5 / 30
No change from the previous year
Serbia: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Serbia
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
5.50 Ratio
Compared with Europe
+1.0 puntos
Serbia is 1.0 points above the European average.
EU: 4.53
Affected population
6.6M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Granularity: Regions
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1
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije
+14.506.30
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2
Region Vojvodine
—5.50
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3
Beogradski region
-12.704.80
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4
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije
-16.404.60
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At a glance
Serbia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Serbia
In Serbia, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 5.53 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 0.8 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Serbia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 6.29 in 2020 to 5.53 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 5.57 in 2024, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in Serbia
In Serbia, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 4 comparable regions, Southern and Eastern Serbia records the highest value (6.3) and Šumadija and Western Serbia the lowest (4.6), a gap of 1.7 in the ratio.
Reading within the topic
In Serbia, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.