Starting a business - Score in Serbia
Serbia: Starting a business - Score was 89.25 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Serbia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Serbia is 89.25, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Serbia peaked at 92.59 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 60.8, in 2003.
Serbia ranks 74th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 60.8 | — |
| 2004 | 61.65 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 77.67 | +26.0% |
| 2006 | 77.89 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 78.03 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 78.26 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 86.78 | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 86.69 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 86.71 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 88.8 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 88.86 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 89.03 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 89.06 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 91.8 | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 92.57 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 92.59 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 89.25 | -3.6% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 89.25 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 89.25 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 97% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Serbia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +26.0% | 61.65 | 77.67 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.44 | 60.8 | 86.78 | 7 |
| 2010s | 89.54 | 86.69 | 92.59 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More private sector data for Serbia
- Merchandise trade 84.6% (2025)
- Food imports 5.8% (2007)
- Manufactures imports 69.5% (2007)
- Merchandise imports 47.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.6% (2007)
- Manufactures exports 65.9% (2007)
- Merchandise exports 37.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,698 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3733 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 18.13 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Serbia?
- Starting a business - score in Serbia was 89.25 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 92.59 in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.8 in 2003.
- How does Serbia rank for starting a business - score?
- Serbia ranks 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.