•Location: Southeast Europe

•Area: 88,000 km2

•Population: 9.5 million

•Capital city population: 1.7 million

•Crossroad off European corridors VII i  X

•Link between Southeast, Central and Western Europe

•Navigable length off Danube in Serbia -- 580 km

•Status: Republic

•National Day:  February 15th

•GDP: 10,900 USD per capita

•Labor force: 2.95 million (2010)

•GDP – composition by sector (2010):
-- agriculture: 12.6%
-- industry: 21.9 %
-- services: 65.5 %