EU 4.73
· European ranking
5 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Serbia: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
5.53 Ratio
EU 4.73 · +0.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11
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Regional map
· 2025 · 4 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+13.92
6.30
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2-0.54
5.50
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3-13.20
4.80
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4-16.82
4.60
More context on this indicator
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.