Human Development & Quality of Life in Serbia
HDI 0.833 · UNDP rank 62 · latest published data
For 2023, Serbia records HDI 0.833 and UNDP rank 62; that headline belongs to the very high human development category. The page therefore does not stop at the composite. Education combines 15.0 expected years of schooling with 11.6 mean years already attained. It also keeps in view that gender development sits close to parity on the GDI measure at 0.987 (UNDP group 1).
What sits inside Serbia's HDI
For this comparison, Serbia's 2023 HDI inputs include life expectancy of 76.8, expected schooling of 15.0, mean schooling of 11.6, and GNI per capita of $23,115 in 2021 PPP dollars. Together they explain the headline index without turning any single input into a separate ranking. When looking across the UNDP tables, keep unlike indices separate so the comparison remains traceable.
Inequality changes the headline
The inequality-adjusted measure for Serbia applies a distribution penalty to the same three HDI dimensions. It should therefore be read alongside HDI, not as a separate life-satisfaction score.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
For Serbia, the available complementary indices are GDI 0.987, GII 0.117, PHDI 0.724. These measures remain distinct because they measure different aspects of development.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No comparable OECD life-satisfaction observation is published on this page for Serbia. The profile does not turn an absent source observation into a calculated replacement.
What Serbia's numbers say together
Within the UNDP framework, the complementary evidence for Serbia includes IHDI 0.772 with a 7.3% loss; PHDI 0.724 after a 13.1% adjustment; GDI 0.987. Reading them together is useful, but combining them would obscure their different definitions.
For 2023, Serbia records HDI 0.833 and rank 62 in the UNDP table. The result should be read as a composite of health, schooling and income outcomes.
The IHDI is 0.772, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 7.3% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.987 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.724, with a 13.1% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Serbia's HDI?
For the 2023 observation year, UNDP reports HDI 0.833 and rank 62 for Serbia.
How does inequality affect Serbia's HDI?
IHDI for Serbia is 0.772 in the 2023 table. That represents a 7.3% reduction from the headline development index.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
A quality-of-life indicator is included for Serbia only when a dated comparable value is supported by the cited dataset. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. UNDP's HDI focuses on longevity, education and income. A subjective well-being observation is contextual information here, not an HDI component.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.