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Serbia: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Serbia Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion Year: 2025

Country overview

Serbia

Current reading for Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Latest value

23.20 Percent of people

European ranking

8 / 30

Compared with Europe

+3.2 puntos

Serbia is 3.2 points above the European average.

EU: 20.04

Affected population

≈ 1.52 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 23.20 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 20.40 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Region Južne i Istočne Srbije

    +27.60

    29.60

  2. 2

    Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije

    +12.90

    26.20

  3. 3

    Region Vojvodine

    +9.10

    25.30

  4. 4

    Beogradski region

    -45.70

    12.60

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At a glance

Serbia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a moderate 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, Poverty or exclusion is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 23.2% versus 20.4% in 2025, with a gap of 2.8 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Serbia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 31.00% in 2020 to 23.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 24.30% in 2024 to 23.20% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.

Regional differences in Serbia

In Serbia, Poverty or exclusion shows noticeable regional variation. Across 4 comparable regions, Southern and Eastern Serbia records the highest value (29.6%) and Belgrade Region the lowest (12.6%), a gap of 17 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Serbia, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.