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  • Population: 6.6 million
  • GDP: €69.9 billion
  • GDP per capita: €10,586
  • Public debt: 52% of GDP
  • EU candidate: Candidate country since March 2012

'The Western Balkans Investment Framework projects in Serbia are transforming lives and supporting businesses as part of the country’s EU accession path, by building a robust infrastructure network aligned with EU standards. Our projects connect towns and villages with roads, railways, businesses, schools, and hospitals with electricity and digital cables, significantly improving the daily lives of citizens in the region. Investments in people and infrastructures boost the economy while promoting regional stability and long-term sustainability and deeper integration with the European Union.'

Ambassador Emanuele Giaufret

The WBIF has supported estimated investments of €10.7 billion in the public sector in Serbia.

Serbia received €1.1 billion in grants in 2008-2025: €1,006.8 million in investment grants and €94.1 million in technical assistance. These grants support estimated investments of €10.7 billion in rail, road, water and urban transport, renewable energy and energy efficiency, power and gas interconnections, district heating, rural broadband, water supply and sanitation, waste management, flood protection, education, health and judicial facilities, and social housing. 


From 2021 to 2024, the country benefited from fifteen EIP flagship investments, channelling a substantial €2.9 billion towards sustainable transport, clean energy, sanitation, rural broadband, higher education, and health facilities. The WBIF contributed €852.2 million in EU IPA grants to these investments. 

€1,100.9m

Investment grants: €1,006.8m

Technical assistance: €94.1m


€10.7bn

€4.1bn

WBIF contribution

Transport

Sustainable transport

€823m

Energy

Clean energy

€109.8m

Environment

Environment & climate

€56.9m

Social

Human capital

€75.3m

Digital infrastructure

Digital future

€35.9m

Private sector

See Priorities section

Total

€1,100.9m

Achieved results

2008–2023

  • 98 km of motorway built
  • 60 km of transmission lines upgraded to 400 kV
  • 108 km of gas interconnection built
  • 585,000 people with access to improved drinking water and sanitation

Expected results

2024–2030

  • 341 km of railway line rehabilitated
  • 27.2 km of highway built
  • 5 km of waterway upgraded by removing 21 shipwrecks to eliminate a critical bottleneck on the Danube
  • 307 MW renewable energy capacity installed
  • 193 km of transmission lines upgraded to 400 kV
  • 205,000 smart meters installed in the electricity distribution system in Kraljevo, Čačak and Niš
  • 368,000 people with access to broadband internet in rural areas
  • 81,250 people have access to improved sanitation
  • 30,792 m3/day additional wastewater treatment capacity
  • Innovative learning environments for 15,000 higher education students annually
  • New hospital built and equipped

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