According to the data from the Serbia’s office of statistics, in 2018 average monthly expenses of Serbian households were slighlty higher than average monthly incomes. On average,  expenses exceeded income by RSD 747 (just over EUR 6). The average income stood at RSD 63,734 (around EUR 540), which is an increase of 3.8% compared to 2017. The expenses were also higher than in 2017 by 3.5%, according to the statistics office.