In May 2025, purchasing power in Serbia slightly declined. The ratio of average earnings to the average consumer basket fell by 0.2%, while the ratio to the minimum consumer basket decreased by 0.1%, according to the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade.
An average salary in May, which was 107,705 dinars, was sufficient to cover the average consumer basket, valued at 107,396.23 dinars, and 0.52 of the average salary was enough to cover the minimum basket of 55,869.45 dinars. Both baskets saw small increases compared to April, with the average basket rising by 225.41 dinars and the minimum basket by 122.79 dinars.
Purchasing power above the national average was recorded in Belgrade, Smederevo, Niš, Novi Sad, and Kragujevac. In other monitored cities, average salaries were sufficient to cover the minimum basket but fell short of covering the average consumer basket.
