Taxes on goods and services in Serbia

Serbia: Taxes on goods and services was 20.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
20.1%
Change on year
up 13.7%
World rank
6th
of 154 countries
All-time high
20.8%
in 2016
All-time low
17.7%
in 2021
Years of data
16
2007–2022

Taxes on goods and services in Serbia, 2007–2022

051015202007201420222007: 19.1 % value added of industry and services2008: 18.8 % value added of industry and services2009: 18.6 % value added of industry and services2010: 19.3 % value added of industry and services2011: 18.4 % value added of industry and services2012: 18.4 % value added of industry and services2013: 18 % value added of industry and services2014: 19.2 % value added of industry and services2015: 19.9 % value added of industry and services2016: 20.8 % value added of industry and services2017: 20.7 % value added of industry and services2018: 20.3 % value added of industry and services2019: 20.4 % value added of industry and services2020: 20.1 % value added of industry and services2021: 17.7 % value added of industry and services2022: 20.1 % value added of industry and services

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.

Analysis

In 2022, taxes on goods and services in Serbia stood at 20.1%.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.7% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Serbia peaked at 20.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 2021.

That places Serbia 6th out of 154 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Taxes on goods and services in Serbia, year by year

Annual values for Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Serbia, 2007 to 2022.
Year % value added of industry and services Change
2007 19.1%
2008 18.8% -1.4%
2009 18.6% -1.2%
2010 19.3% +3.7%
2011 18.4% -4.3%
2012 18.4% -0.3%
2013 18.0% -2.2%
2014 19.2% +6.5%
2015 19.9% +3.6%
2016 20.8% +4.9%
2017 20.7% -0.7%
2018 20.3% -2.0%
2019 20.4% +0.8%
2020 20.1% -1.6%
2021 17.7% -12.2%
2022 20.1% +13.7%

Serbia compared with similar countries

  • Serbia's 20.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.8%, 2.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
  • Serbia's 20.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13.0%, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 18.8% 18.6% 19.1% 3
2010s 19.5% 18.0% 20.8% 10
2020s 19.3% 17.7% 20.1% 3

Countries ranked near Serbia

  1. 3 Lesotho 22.1% compare
  2. 4 Tonga 21.6% compare
  3. 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.6% compare
  4. 7 Samoa 19.9% compare
  5. 8 Greece 19.0% compare
  6. 9 Vanuatu 18.8% compare

See the full ranking of 154 places →

More public sector data for Serbia

All data for Serbia →

Frequently asked questions

What is taxes on goods and services in Serbia?
Taxes on goods and services in Serbia was 20.1% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Serbia?
The highest recorded value was 20.8% in 2016.
What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Serbia?
The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 2021.
How does Serbia rank for taxes on goods and services?
Serbia ranks 6th out of 154 countries with data for 2022.
Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Serbia?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Serbia data come from?
The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Taxes on goods and services in Serbia. Statizoid, drawing on Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/taxes-on-goods-and-services-percent-value-added-of-industry-and-services/serbia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/taxes-on-goods-and-services-percent-value-added-of-industry-and-services/serbia/">Taxes on goods and services in Serbia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services)
Unit
% value added of industry and services
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
154 places, 4,032 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.