International Rankings of Serbia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Serbia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Serbia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	23.06	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	63	1.624 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	80	73.36 %	2018
Internet users - total	82	5.193 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	36.43	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	50	2.565 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	84	120.06	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	98	8.454 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	77	17.590 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	72	17.690 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	29	0.2 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	48	63.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	33	75.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	44	89.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	8	96.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	91	51.449 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	51	52.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	115	10.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	43	78.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	134	61.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	96	18.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	35	2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	80	9.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	23	41.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	141	49.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	91	23.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	29	2.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	51	3.9 %	2017
Labor force	105	3.000 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	72	19.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	40	24.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	88	56.1 %	2017
Population below poverty line	73	23.2	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	82	126.625 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	74	18233 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	30	42.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	61	50.210 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	81	123	2015
Crude oil - imports	56	40980	2015
Crude oil - production	66	17000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	67	77.500 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	63	29.810 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	30	6.428 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	33	65	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	37	35	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	39	5.068 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	74	7.342 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	59	36.540 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	73	2.718 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	52	2.010 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	68	509.700 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	61	48.140 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	89	74000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	73	15750 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	126	18720 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	71	74350 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	56	45.22 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	82	11.96 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	71	24.27 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	43	57.9	2018
Land use - arable land	18	37.7	2018
Land use - forest	93	31.6	2018
Land use - other	156	10.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	55	3.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	89	16.8	2018
Revenue from coal	18	0.25 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	65	0.38 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	50	162.200 billion	0
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	100	660.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	23	4.057 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	65	659.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	162	0.04	2025
Urbanization - urban population	109	56.7	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	74	1.840 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	104	13984 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	84	0.8 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	115	77474 sq km	0
Area - total	116	77474 sq km	0
Area - water	200	0117 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	89	2169 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	28	35 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	78	442 meters	0
Irrigated land	95	950 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	80	2322 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	43	57.9	2018
Land use - arable land	18	37.7	2018
Land use - forest	93	31.6	2018
Land use - other	156	10.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	55	3.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	89	16.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	50	162.200 billion	0
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	166	11.04 %	4718
Age structure - 25-54 years	85	41.19 %	9176
Age structure - 55-64 years	32	13.7 %	5663
Birth rate	189	8.74 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	49	62.3 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	27	8.5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	5	13.49 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	21	29.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	111	3.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	97	52.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	147	23.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	5	99.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	104	1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	94	0.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	0.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	42	3.6 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	99	3300	2020
Hospital bed density	19	5.6 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	166	4.6 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	161	6.69 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	163	5.67 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	75	79.64 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	89	73.67 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	86	76.56 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	103	12	2017
Median age - female	21	45 years	2020
Median age - male	17	41.7 years	0
Median age - total	18	43.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	22	28.1	2019
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	68	21.5 %	2016
Physicians density	38	3.11 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	104	6.974 million	2021
Population growth rate	162	0.48 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	101	4.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	94	2.4 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	39	0.72 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	132	1.47 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	43	29.9	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	27	26.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	34	27.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	163	0.04	2025
Urbanization - urban population	109	56.7	2021
Transportation
Airports	98	26	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	68	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	81	16	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2013
Heliports	24	2	2012
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	79	17.710 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	79	2.263 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	69	43	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	52	3809 km	2015
Roadways - paved	51	28000 km	2741
Roadways - total	71	44248 km	2016
Waterways	69	587 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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