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Serbia

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 6.2 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 21%.

32% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 32.4% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 84,267 hectares: 3.1% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year6.242024+1.074.73
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)6.362024+1.736.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person1.022024+0.011.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year-2.442024+1.140.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.162024−0.01100.00
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.3812022−0.1030.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year4762024+54—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year26,3322023+2,65221,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%32.12024−0.931.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%32.12024−0.940.9
Solar share of electricity%0.42024+0.46.9
Wind share of electricity%3.42024+3.48.1
Coal share of electricity%62.92024−3.334.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity6662024−18471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest32.42023+1.3—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 2,380 ha2002: 1,135 ha2003: 865 ha2004: 2,638 ha2005: 1,551 ha2006: 1,891 ha2007: 2,254 ha2008: 3,260 ha2009: 2,507 ha2010: 2,462 ha2011: 2,210 ha2012: 3,478 ha2013: 2,798 ha2014: 4,388 ha2015: 2,816 ha2016: 4,676 ha2017: 3,571 ha2018: 3,966 ha2019: 3,962 ha2020: 4,987 ha2021: 4,072 ha2022: 4,506 ha2023: 7,866 ha2024: 4,240 ha2025: 5,788 ha
20017,866 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 23.5 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 1.7 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data