Romania: 225 km (2026 edition) · Serbia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 375 m above Serbia’s

Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition) · Serbia: 2,169 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 38% of Serbia

Romania: 55.2% (2024) · Serbia: 38.1% (2024)

Romania has 2.9 times as many people as Serbia

Romania: 19 million (2025) · Serbia: 6.55 million (2025)

Romania is 11% more densely populated than Serbia

Romania: 83 per km² (2025) · Serbia: 75 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Serbia is 1.3 years older than in Romania

Romania: 42.6 years (2023) · Serbia: 43.9 years (2023)

Women in Serbia have 0.3 more children on average than in Romania

Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024) · Serbia: 1.64 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in Serbia are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Romania: 20.1% (2025) · Serbia: 23.1% (2025)

Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Serbia: no data

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Serbia none

Romania: 2.1 (2026) · Serbia: 0 (2026)

Romania and Serbia are practically level

Romania: 1 (2026) · Serbia: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Serbia’s

Romania: $429 billion (2025) · Serbia: $100 billion (2025)

Romania produces 50% more per person than Serbia

Romania: Int$50,895 (2025) · Serbia: Int$33,910 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Serbia than in Romania (Gini 3 points higher)

Romania: 29.8 (2023) · Serbia: 32.8 (2023)

Serbia and Romania are practically level

Romania: 0.7% (2023) · Serbia: 1.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.1% in Serbia, versus 6.0% in Romania

Romania: 6% (2025) · Serbia: 7.1% (2025)

Serbia and Romania are practically level

Romania: 2.3% (2025) · Serbia: 2.8% (2025)

Serbia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Romania: 16.2% (2024) · Serbia: 23.9% (2022)

Serbia’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Romania’s

Romania: 44% (2025) · Serbia: 45% (2025)

Romania spends 7% more on health per person than Serbia

Romania: $1,051 (2023) · Serbia: $984 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 30% more likely to die before turning one than in Serbia

Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024) · Serbia: 4.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 17% more doctors per person than Serbia

Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Serbia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 25% more hospital beds per person than Serbia

Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Serbia: 5.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Serbia is 23% higher than in Romania

Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023) · Serbia: 10.1 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 26% in Serbia

Romania: 37.7% (2024) · Serbia: 25.6% (2024)

40% of adults in Serbia smoke, versus 30% in Romania

Romania: 29.7% (2024) · Serbia: 39.7% (2024)

People in Serbia rate their lives 0.06 points higher than in Romania

Romania: 6.63 (2025) · Serbia: 6.69 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 52% more alcohol than in Serbia

Romania: 17.1 litres (2023) · Serbia: 11.2 litres (2023)

Serbia has 16% more meat per person than Romania

Romania: 72.5 kg (2023) · Serbia: 84.2 kg (2023)

Serbia has 230 kcal more food per person per day than Romania

Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023) · Serbia: 3,879 kcal (2023)

Workers in Serbia put in 169 more hours a year than in Romania

Romania: 1,826 hours (2023) · Serbia: 1,995 hours (2023)

Adults in Serbia went to school 0.09 years longer than in Romania

Romania: 11.6 years (2023) · Serbia: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 94% more tourists per resident than Serbia (2019)

Romania: 0.7 (2024) · Serbia: 0.36 (2024)

Romania has 6 more World Heritage sites than Serbia (11 against 5)

Romania: 11 (2026) · Serbia: 5 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Serbia 28

Romania: 318 (2026 edition) · Serbia: 28 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 88% in Serbia

Romania: 91% (2024) · Serbia: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 88% faster than in Serbia

Romania: 316 Mbps (2026) · Serbia: 168 Mbps (2026)

Romania and Serbia are practically level

Romania: 100% (2024) · Serbia: 100% (2024)

63% of people in Serbia live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Romania: 52% (2025) · Serbia: 63% (2025)

Serbia has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Romania: 120 (2024) · Serbia: 124 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 3.2 times as long as Serbia’s

Romania: 10,769 km (2021) · Serbia: 3,348 km (2021)

Airlines from Serbia fly 4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Romania: 0.15 (2023) · Serbia: 0.59 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Serbia, but only 30% of Romania

Romania: 30.2% (2024) · Serbia: 39.2% (2024)

The average person in Serbia emits 73% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Romania: 3.6 t (2024) · Serbia: 6.2 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 28% in Serbia

Romania: 47% (2025) · Serbia: 27.8% (2025)

The air in Serbia carries 23% more fine dust than in Romania

Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Serbia: 17.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17% more likely to be murdered in Serbia than in Romania

Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024) · Serbia: 1.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Romania are 18% deadlier than in Serbia

Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023) · Serbia: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Serbia is on average 1.0 °C warmer than Romania

Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Serbia: 12°C (2016–2025 avg)

Serbia gets 3% more rain than Romania

Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Serbia: 782 mm (2016–2025 avg)