Serbia: Transport services (% of service imports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Serbia's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 1.02 percentage points on 2024 (from 23.5% to 22.49%).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2024), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.92 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below 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 4.68 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.18 percentage points in 2023. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 9% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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 81st highest value of the 134 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.

Closest to Serbia in the 2025 ranking

• Trinidad and Tobago — 77th of 134: 23.13%
• Tonga — 78th of 134: 23.11%
• Austria — 79th of 134: 23.04%
• Portugal — 81st of 134: 22.38%
• Costa Rica — 82nd of 134: 21.77%
• Armenia — 83rd of 134: 21.72%

What this measures

Transport services covers the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 19 values

Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies

• Albania — 10.4% (2025)
• Armenia — 21.72% (2025)
• Austria — 23.04% (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 16.86% (2025)
• Belarus — 43.61% (2021)
• Belgium — 17.51% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 34.06% (2025)
• Bulgaria — 30.55% (2025)
• Croatia — 13.7% (2025)
• Cyprus — 19.2% (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$2.31 billion (2024)
• IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Serbia's transport services (% of service imports, BoP)?

22.49% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2007?

It is down 6.4 percentage points from 28.89% in 2007. The highest value was 29.96% in 2022 and the lowest 22.49% in 2025.

How does Serbia rank?

81st highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in transport services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Serbia?

In 2025, Serbia's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 1.02 percentage points on 2024 (from 23.5% to 22.49%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2024), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.92 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below 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.TRAN.ZS, 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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