Serbia
GDP growth in Serbia
GDP growth in Serbia: 5.3% a year in 1998 and 2% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2% a year
- Since 1998
- −3.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 102 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3.5% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3.5% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 7.9% a year in 2021, the lowest -10.3% a year in 1999.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Serbia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 2.7 |
| 2021 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | -1 |
| 2019 | 4.8 |
| 2018 | 4.6 |
| 2017 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | -1.8 |
| 2013 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | -0.4 |
| 2011 | 0.1 |
| 2010 | 1.6 |
| 2009 | -3.1 |
| 2008 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | 7.8 |
| 2006 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | 6.7 |
| 2003 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 6.5 |
| 2001 | 6.8 |
| 2000 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | -10.3 |
| 1998 | 5.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Serbia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.3 |
| 2027 | 4 |
| 2028 | 3.5 |
| 2029 | 3.5 |
| 2030 | 3.5 |
| 2031 | 3.5 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per person$414 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel32,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports39 million TIV in 2025
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