Serbia
Republic of Serbia
- Region
- Europe · Southeast Europe
- Capital
- Belgrade
- Population
- 6,549,143 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Serbian dinar (RSD)
- Official languages
- Serbian
- Spoken languages
- Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8% (2011 est.)
- Written scripts
- Cyrillic and Latin
- Area
- 88,361 km²
- Coastline
- Landlocked
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- EU (candidate country), IMF, WCO, WTO (observer)
- Borders
- Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Hungary , Kosovo , North Macedonia , Montenegro , Romania
Political stability
63 / 100
Economic stability
51 / 100
Population stability
34 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- insulated wire, electricity, copper ore, plastic products, electric motors (2023)
- Key imports
- crude petroleum, natural gas, packaged medicine, plastic products, cars (2023)
- Natural resources
- oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, chromite, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite
- Primary route
- Adriatic and Aegean ports into Mediterranean services
- Secondary route
- Danube and overland EU corridors
The xin.bz view
- Serbia showed how the Danube is a fuel artery: July fuel imports hit only ~25% of planned levels during the deepest river constraints with barges at 30–40% of normal loads, while the NIS refinery’s Russian ownership adds a sanctions layer to supply flexibility.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Arriving With Eastern Europe's Waterways Already Depleted — Just as the World Needs Its Grain Corridors
The Danube at exceptional lows, Ukrainian grain exports at a third of last year's pace, Polish maize stepping up, and $588B of reconstruction demand waiting to reverse the corridors — Eastern Europe's recharge season decides 2027.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.