Serbia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Serbia, in time order: 11 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1995

Human development rose from 0.686 in 1995 to 0.833 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 29 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 76 years2024at birthUp 3.1 years from 72.8 years in 2005
Internet users: 88%2024of people onlineUp 60 points from 27% in 2006
Urban population: 63%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 4 points from 58% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.642024births per womanUp 0.19 from 1.45 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 27%2021of energy usedUp 13 points from 15% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityLevel with 2005
Infant mortality: 52024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 3 from 8 in 2005
Forest area: 32%2023of land under forestUp 3 points from 30% in 2006

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 11 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	72.2	—	—	1.65	14.5	100	24	—	—	—
1991	—	71.9	—	50.8	1.61	17.2	100	22	—	—	—
1992	—	71.6	—	51.3	1.57	17.8	100	21	—	—	—
1993	—	71.8	—	51.8	1.54	19.2	100	20	—	—	—
1994	—	72.2	—	52.4	1.51	20.9	100	19	—	—	—
1995	0.686	72.6	—	52.9	1.47	23.3	100	17	—	—	—
1996	0.692	72.8	—	53.5	1.44	18.0	100	15	—	—	—
1997	0.698	72.8	—	54.0	1.40	15.2	100	13	—	—	—
1998	0.699	72.2	—	54.6	1.37	15.5	100	12	—	—	—
1999	0.685	69.9	—	55.1	1.35	22.1	100	12	—	—	—
2000	0.701	71.6	—	55.6	1.48	22.1	100	11	—	—	—
2001	0.707	72.2	—	56.0	1.58	19.6	100	11	—	—	—
2002	0.711	72.3	—	56.5	1.57	18.0	100	10	—	—	—
2003	0.720	72.4	—	56.9	1.59	15.7	100	9	—	—	—
2004	0.732	72.7	23.5	57.3	1.57	14.6	100	8	—	—	—
2005	0.743	72.8	26.3	57.8	1.45	16.1	100	8	—	—	—
2006	0.753	73.4	27.2	58.2	1.43	15.3	100	7	29.9	4493	10463
2007	0.763	73.6	33.1	58.6	1.38	14.0	100	7	30.1	6081	11685
2008	0.773	73.9	35.6	58.9	1.40	15.5	100	7	30.4	7377	13123
2009	0.774	74.0	38.1	59.2	1.44	20.7	100	7	30.7	6414	13038
2010	0.775	74.3	40.9	59.4	1.40	20.5	100	7	31.0	5971	13320
2011	0.785	74.5	42.2	59.4	1.40	17.4	100	6	31.0	7082	14298
2012	0.788	74.8	48.1	59.4	1.45	19.5	100	6	31.1	6263	14506
2013	0.792	75.2	53.5	59.6	1.43	20.0	100	6	31.1	7040	15247
2014	0.795	75.3	62.1	59.9	1.46	23.2	100	6	31.1	6887	15296
2015	0.802	75.3	65.3	60.1	1.46	21.2	100	5	31.1	5820	15546
2016	0.806	75.7	67.1	60.4	1.46	20.9	100	5	31.1	5982	16455
2017	0.808	75.5	70.3	60.6	1.49	20.0	100	5	31.1	6548	17285
2018	0.814	75.9	73.4	60.8	1.49	21.0	100	5	31.1	7560	18469
2019	0.817	75.9	77.4	61.0	1.52	21.4	100	5	31.1	7756	20587
2020	0.809	74.5	78.4	61.2	1.48	26.0	100	5	32.4	8099	21013
2021	0.807	72.8	81.2	61.4	1.52	27.2	100	5	32.4	9681	23406
2022	0.826	75.2	83.5	61.9	1.59	—	100	5	32.4	10025	26143
2023	0.833	76.1	85.4	62.1	1.62	—	100	5	32.4	12282	29777
2024	—	76.0	87.7	62.4	1.64	—	100	5	—	13678	32832
2025	—	—	—	62.6	—	—	—	—	—	15262	33910
On the profile	0.833	76.0	87.7	62.6	1.64	27.2	—	—	32.4	15262	33910

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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