Latest reading: Inflation fell to 1.9% in May from April’s 2.0%, due to weaker price pressures for food, transport and...
Inflation in Serbia
Consumer price inflation in Serbia averaged 2.1% in the ten years to 2024, in line with the South-Eastern Europe regional average of 2.1%. The 2024 average figure was 4.7%. For more information on inflation, visit our dedicated page
Serbia Inflation Chart
Note: This chart displays Inflation Rate (CPI, annual variation in %) for Serbia from 2014 to 2024.
Source: Macrobond.
Serbia Inflation Data
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation (CPI, ann. var. %, aop) | 1.6 | 4.1 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 4.7 |
| Inflation (CPI, ann. var. %, eop) | 1.3 | 7.9 | 15.1 | 7.6 | 4.3 |
| Inflation (Core, ann. var. %, aop) | 1.6 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 5.2 |
Inflation drops to lowest level since July 2021 in May
Latest reading: Inflation came in at 3.8% in May, down from April’s 4.0%. May's reading represented the lowest inflation rate since July 2021. Looking at the details of the release, prices for housing plus hospitality rose at a slower pace. Moreover, transportation prices fell at a faster clip. That said, price pressures for food and non-alcoholic beverages intensified in May. Annual average inflation ticked down to 4.2% in May (April: 4.3%). Meanwhile, core inflation fell to 4.6% in May from April’s 5.0%. Lastly, consumer prices rose 0.21% in May over the previous month, coming in below April's 0.32% increase.
Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years
How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Serbian inflation projections for the next ten years from a panel of 23 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable inflation forecast available for Serbian inflation.
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