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Serbia

Location

  • Geographical region: Southern Europe, Europe
  • SDG region: SDG Europe and Northern America

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 87,460 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 40% agriculture, 31% forest and 29% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 6,760,087 people (2022)
  • Population density: 79 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 58% lives in urban areas and 45% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 125,943,919,030 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 18,631 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 6% from agriculture, 52% from services and 23% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Serbia

  • Drinking water

    75 % of the population in Serbia uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    25 % of the population in Serbia uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    98 % of the population in Serbia has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2014)
  • Wastewater

    36 % of domestic wastewater in Serbia is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    83 % of monitored water bodies in Serbia has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    7 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Serbia (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    6 % of the renewable water resources in Serbia is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    36 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Serbia (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    90 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

    21 % of the water basins in Serbia is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    45 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Serbia in 2021 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Serbia (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Serbia, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Serbia, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Serbia, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Serbia, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Serbia, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Serbia (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Serbia, by source (2015 - 2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Serbia (2017-2020), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Serbia, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: (mm/year) ()

Renewable water resources: 18,451 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 535 m3 per capita (2016)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Serbia, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Serbia, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Serbia, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Serbia, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Serbia, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Serbia, over time

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Serbia in 2021, by sub-sector

Water and sanitation-related official development assistance includes water sector policy and governance, water supply, sanitation, water sector policy, water resources conservation, river basins development, waste management/disposal, education and training, agricultural water resources and hydroelectric power.

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Serbia, by funding source (2021)

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Serbia (2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Serbia, progress over time, by sub-sector