In Serbia, the average monthly income per household member reached 34,230 dinars last year, marking a 16.6% increase compared to 2022, when it was 29,361 dinars, as reported by the Statistical Office in its 2023 Yearbook. Urban households reported higher average monthly incomes of 36,557 dinars per member, while rural households had 30,593 dinars.
Of the total income, 97.2% came in cash, while 2.8% was in kind. For urban households, cash income made up 99.6%, with only 0.4% in kind, whereas for rural households, the figures were 92.5% cash and 7.5% in kind. The income structure remained largely unchanged from 2022, with salaries accounting for 52.5% and pensions for 30.9% of total income. In urban areas, salaries comprised 57.8% and pensions 31.8%, while in rural households, these figures were 41.9% and 29.1%, respectively.
Household expenditures for personal consumption averaged 34,336 dinars per member, a 16.5% increase from 2022, when expenditures were 29,467 dinars. The largest share of personal consumption expenditures went to food and non-alcoholic beverages (36.8%), followed by housing services, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels (16.4%) and transportation (8.7%).
