New items in Serbia’s GDP: Prostitution and drug trade

Also, according to the same statistics, drug trafficking participates in Serbia’s GDP with almost RSD 17.5 billion, i.e. 0.32 percent of GDP. The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia started with the implementation of the European System of Accounts – ESA 2010 and a data transmission program to Eurostat in 2014, and since then the calculation of GDP has included the non-covered economy and illegal activities as its part. If one is to believe the official