Share of imports that come from China in Serbia
Serbia: Share of imports that come from China was 15.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of imports that come from China in Serbia, 2006–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 15.4% for share of imports that come from china in 2025. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.4% on the previous year and up 82.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of imports that come from china in Serbia peaked at 15.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2006.
Serbia ranks 104th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Share of imports that come from China in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6.6% | — |
| 2007 | 7.4% | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 7.5% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 7.1% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 7.4% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 7.3% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 8.5% | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 6.8% | -27.7% |
| 2021 | 12.6% | +84.9% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 12.2% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 13.2% | +7.6% |
| 2025 | 15.4% | +17.4% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 15.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18.5%, 83% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 15.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.8%, 1.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of imports that come from China in Serbia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +84.9% | 6.8% | 12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.1% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 7.2% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.1% | 6.8% | 15.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 101 Vanuatu 15.7% compare
- 102 Tajikistan 15.7% compare
- 103 Trinidad and Tobago 15.5% compare
- 105 Mozambique 15.3% compare
- 106 Lebanon 15.0% compare
- 107 Netherlands 14.8% compare
More economy & growth data for Serbia
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -48.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.7 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 2.19 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.5822 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.6 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of imports that come from china in Serbia?
- Share of imports that come from china in Serbia was 15.4% in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of imports that come from china recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of imports that come from china recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2006.
- How does Serbia rank for share of imports that come from china?
- Serbia ranks 104th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of imports that come from china rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of imports that come from China. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of a country's total goods imports, including freight and insurance costs, that come from China.