Serbia's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) was US$7.9 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 204.61% from US$2.59 billion in 2015 (11.78% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$7.9 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$2.28 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.59 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$7.9 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$1.35 billion | 2009 |
| Average since 2016 | US$4.28 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$2.05 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Serbia's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) rose 11.4% on 2024 (from US$7.09 billion to US$7.9 billion).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2024), the average change was +11.2% and a typical year strayed about 28.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 82.7% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 41.1% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$500.16 million a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Serbia had the 63rd highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Serbia | US$7.9 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$7.99 trillion | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$3.97 trillion | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | US$1.03 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Serbia in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 19 values
| Year | Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,902,094,104 |
| 2024 | 7,090,400,483 |
| 2023 | 5,377,420,779 |
| 2022 | 3,919,781,532 |
| 2021 | 3,056,522,066 |
| 2020 | 2,277,576,991 |
| 2019 | 3,453,199,154 |
| 2018 | 3,245,031,287 |
| 2017 | 3,515,696,229 |
| 2016 | 2,939,614,640 |
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$1.25 billion (2025)
- Armenia — US$1.82 billion (2025)
- Austria — US$49.77 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — US$4.89 billion (2025)
- Belarus — US$3.87 billion (2025)
- Belgium — US$105.04 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$1.67 billion (2025)
- Bulgaria — US$11.11 billion (2025)
- Croatia — US$8.17 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — US$28.55 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Serbia
- External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) — US$51.98 billion (2024)
- Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) — US$2.64 billion (2024)
- External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) — US$48.35 billion (2024)
- External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$) — US$20.37 billion (2024)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$) — US$27.97 billion (2024)
- External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) — US$1 billion (2024)
- Short-term debt (% of total external debt) — 1.92% (2024)
- PPG, IBRD (DOD, current US$) — US$2.31 billion (2024)
- IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Serbia's primary income payments (BoP, current US$)?
- US$7.9 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2007?
- It is up 284.69% from US$2.05 billion in 2007 (7.77% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$7.9 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$1.35 billion in 2009.
- How does Serbia rank?
- 63rd highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in primary income payments (BoP, current US$) unusual for Serbia?
- In 2025, Serbia's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) rose 11.4% on 2024 (from US$7.09 billion to US$7.9 billion). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2024), the average change was +11.2% and a typical year strayed about 28.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.GSR.FCTY.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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