Transport and infrastructure in Serbia

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Serbia with the average of all countries in Europe. Overall, the main traffic and transport routes are well developed and in comparatively good condition.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Serbia ranks 31st in the world with 0.54 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 3,724 kilometers long. Freight traffic on the rails most recently totaled 2.93 billion tons and kilometers traveled. Passenger traffic reached 191.00 million passenger-kilometers in 2021.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 44,248 km. For each of the country's 6.83 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 6.47 meters. This puts Serbia in 84th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 77 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.

With an average of 537 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Serbia is considered relatively safe. This corresponds to 7.7 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Serbia, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. This rule was introduced at the end of the 18th century during the Napoleonic Wars. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Serbia
Roadways	44,200 km	6,474.38 km	500.77 m
Railroads	3,700 km	544.90 km	42.15 m
Waterways	587 km	85.89 km	6.64 m
Commercial harbors	0	0.00	0.000
Airports	2	0.29	0.023

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Europe
Roadways	6,708,900 km	11,154.38 km	1,111.71 m
Railroads	258,600 km	429.97 km	42.85 m
Waterways	54,800 km	91.17 km	9.09 m
Commercial harbors	15,273	25.39	0.003
Airports	573	0.95	0.000

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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