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Serbia

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

3.3

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

2.8

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

4.8

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour3
Worker rights & FOA3
OHS & audit transparency3
Food & product safety2
Environmental & regulatory3
Governance & anti-corruption7
Tariff & preferential access3
Non-tariff barriers3
Supply chain traceability3

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict3
Supplier concentration2
Climate & physical risk3
Sanctions exposure2
Policy continuity & property rights4

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness5
Supply base depth4
Logistics & infrastructure5
Workforce skills6
Scalability5
Ease of doing business5
Trade access & tariffs5
Sustainability baseline4
Innovation & IP4
Quality standards5

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

Serbia on the world stage

Serbia$84.5bn total importsEU-2712.6% · $10.7bnChina4.5% · $3.8bnGermany4.4% · $3.7bnHungary2.1% · $1.8bnRomania0.9% · $793mBelgium0.9% · $747mASEAN-60.4% · $367mJapan0.0% · $20mUS0.0% · $12m

Total imports

$84.5bn

2024 annual

Total exports

$66.1bn

217 partners

#1 import source

China

4.5%

#1 export dest.

Bosnia Herzegovina

3.2%

2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember

Electricity costs →

Industrial

85

EUR/MWh

Consumer

72

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

673

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

34%

of generation

Wholesale 68 EUR/MWh · regulated market

Power market

Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-in

Market model

Single buyer (EPS dominant)

Direct PPA

Limited

grid access: limited

Reserve margin

Regulator

Independent

AERS (Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia)

EU's second most coal-dependent power system after Poland. Ageing lignite fleet (Nikola Tesla A/B, Kostolac) faces rising CBAM exposure as Serbia aligns with the Energy Community Treaty. EPS (state utility) dominates…

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

6 wind farms

404 MW · 5 building

1 steel plants

2,200 ktpa

7 coal mines

capacity n/a

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Metal mining

Tagged mines

6

none in the merged layer

Acid-drainage prone

2

high water-risk ore class

Main commodities

Iron, Copper, Other mine

Mine-water verifiability

Partial

SEPA environmental monitoring + EEA cooperation

Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

44.1

→ 48.4 by 2050

Fertility

1.5

below replacement

Working-age

63%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

36

→ 50.3 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 6.74M · peaks 2024

By 2050: -18% (5.53M)