The statistical regions of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, статистички региони Србије, statistički regioni Srbije, separator=" / ") are regulated by the ''Law of the Regional Development'' and the ''Law of the Official Statistics''. Serbia is divided into five statistical regions which are chiefly used for statistical purposes, such as regular statistical data published by the Statistical Office as well as census data. The regions encompass one or multiple

administrative districts Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

each.

Introduction

In 2009,

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

adopted the ''Law on Equal Territorial Development'' that formed seven statistical regions in the territory of Serbia. The Law was amended on 7 April 2010, so that the number of regions was reduced to five. The previously formed region of Eastern Serbia was merged with Southern Serbia and the region of Šumadija was merged with Western Serbia. The five statistical regions of Serbia are: *

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

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Šumadija and Western Serbia The Šumadija and Western Serbia () is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a Level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). History In 2009, the National Assembly adop ...

Southern and Eastern Serbia The Southern and Eastern Serbia () is one of five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a Level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). History In 2009, the National Assembly adopted a l ...

* Kosovo and Metohija

Classification

In a 2010 bylaw, the Government specified a nomenclature of statistic territorial units in the country. The act was an attempt to synchronize the existing statistical division of the country with the

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS () is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European ...

of the European Union. According to the act, an additional top level of grouping was introduced, with the territory divided into two

NUTS 1 The Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS, for the French ) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the European Union. There ...

regions: * Serbia-North ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Србија-север, Srbija-sever, separator=" / ") comprising **

, and * Serbia-South ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Србија-југ, Srbija-jug, separator=" / ") comprising **

** Kosovo and Metohija The five statistical regions would therefore become NUTS level 2 regions, while the administrative districts would correspond with NUTS level 3. However, the classification has remained largely in internal and limited use. , it has not been sanctioned by the European Union. According to a 2011 whitepaper by

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, which discusses the possibility to include Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina into NUTS nomenclature, "''the statistical NUTS1 and NUTS2 regions created by the government in order to meet the NUTS criteria as well as the requirements of the EU regional policy, do not have actually a considerable administrative power; also, they are not self-governed entities. The political criterion prevailed for their creation.''" Officially, NUTS regions only exist for EU member states. For EFTA, EU candidate and potential candidate countries, the European Commission agrees with the countries concerned on a nomenclature referred to as "statistical regions".

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