Serbia is a lower middle-income country with a GDP per person of $3,243 in 2005. Serbia has great potential for fast economic development, as the country is rich in natural and mineral resources and agricultural land is fertile and arable. Serbia is also well positioned for development as a transportation hub given its location at the crossroads of land and air routes linking Europe from north to south and west to east. In 2004, services accounted for about 57 percent of GDP, industry for 31 percent, and agriculture for 12 percent.

Since 2001, after a delayed transition, the country has progressed steadily towards a modern market economy..

World Bank Country Brief
Background information and statistics.

Serbia and Montenegro at a Glance (pdf)
August 2006.
Two pages of key indicators tracing the trends in social and economic development of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia over the last three decades.

Country Data Profile
Quick reference data from the World Development Indicators Database April 2007

Little Green Data Book 2006 (pdf)
Quick reference environmental data from World Development Indicators 2006.

Demographic, Political and Economic Data
(US Government World FactBook)