Open Data Portal of Serbia
Centralized government platform for open and accessible statistics
Description
The Open Data Portal of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia is a centralized digital platform that provides access to structured datasets across sectors, including agriculture, forestry, and fishery. Unique to the portal is its open data and privacy measures, which go through strict adherence to the requirements of the Law on Official Statistics and the Law on Personal Data Protection. According to the portal, open data can be used to develop applications and perform data visualization.
Technology
The platform supports data visualization, bulk downloads, and integration with third-party systems for advanced analytics and reporting. Using can easily navigate through the 24 available categories, wherein upon filtering, they can download the dataset in CSV or JSON format via a download link. Under the agriculture, forestry, and fishery category, users can view the number of farms cultivating crops, such as barley, cereals, maize, and even flowers and ornamental plants. The platform is available in English, Serbian and Russian.
Target
The portal is beneficial for IT professionals, researchers, companies, journalists, government authorities, local governments, and citizens. Academia and researchers can analyze the trends in various sectors, particularly in agriculture and fisheries. Cooperatives and farm advisors can also use the data to provide advisories to farms and clients while citizens can gain value from having access to open data available on the portal.
Business model
The data is available free of charge provided that Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia is specified as the source.
Impact
As of October 2025, the platform houses 24 categories with 185 datasets available for the agriculture, forestry, and fishery sectors.
Partners
Office for Information Technology and eGovernment; UN Development Program; World Bank; UK Government and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Four Betters
Better production
Better nutrition
Better environment
Better life
